Loveless is a shoegazing album by British band My Bloody Valentine, released on November 5, 1991 (see 1991 in music). Widely praised as the best album by My Bloody Valentine, it is also considered one of the most influential British albums of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The recording of Loveless was marred by difficulties, and it took years to be completed. The long recording nearly bankrupted Creation Records, My Bloody Valentine's record label.

Brian Eno said, regarding the song "Soon", "It set a new standard for pop. It's the vaguest music ever to have been a hit." (Hype article reproduced at www.mybloodyvalentine.net)

Track listing

1. "Only Shallow" (Butcher/Shields)
2. "Loomer" (Butcher/Shields)
3. "Touched" (O'Closoig)
4. "To Here Knows When" (Butcher/Shields)
5. "When You Sleep" (Shields)
6. "I Only Said" (Shields)
7. "Come in Alone" (Shields)
8. "Sometimes" (Shields)
9. "Blown a Wish" (Butcher/Shields)
10. "What You Want" (Shields)
11. "Soon" (Shields)

Personnel

• My Bloody Valentine - Art Direction
• Nick Addison - Engineer
• Darren Allison - Engineer
• Harold Burgon - Engineer
• Bilinda Butcher - Guitar, Vocals
• Anjali Dutt - Engineer
• Guy Fixsen - Engineer
• Alan Moulder - Engineer
• Nick Robbins - Engineer
• Kevin Shields - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Sampling, Mixing
• Ingo Vauk - Engineer
• Andy Wilkinson - Engineer
• Adrian Bushby - Engineer
• Dick Meaney - Engineer
• Colm O'Ciosoig - Drums, Producer, Engineer, Sampling, Mixing
• Pascale Glovetto - Engineer
• Deb Googe - Bass
• Nick Savage - Engineer
• Charles Steel - Engineer
• Angus Cameron - Photography
• Ann Marie Shields - Coordination

Awards

#1 - Pitchforkmedia: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s

#2 - Pitchforkmedia: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s Redux

#219 - Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (Nov 2003)