Against Perfection

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Released1 March 1993 (1993-03-01)
Studio
  • Greenhouse Studio, London
  • The Beat Factory, London
GenreShoegaze[1]
Length48:50
Against Perfection
Studio album by
Adorable
Released1 March 1993 (1993-03-01)
Studio
  • Greenhouse Studio, London
  • The Beat Factory, London
GenreShoegaze[1]
Length48:50
LabelCreation
ProducerPat Collier
Alan Moulder (track 5)
Adorable chronology
Against Perfection
(1993)		 Fake
(1994)
Singles from Against Perfection
  1. "Sunshine Smile"
    Released: 20 April 1992
  2. "I'll Be Your Saint"
    Released: 13 July 1992
  3. "Homeboy"
    Released: 26 October 1992
  4. "Sistine Chapel Ceiling"
    Released: 25 January 1993
  5. "Favourite Fallen Idol"
    Released: 12 April 1993

Against Perfection is the debut album by the British alternative rock band Adorable.[2][3] It was released in the UK on 1 March 1993 on Creation Records[4] and in the United States by SBK. The band supported the album with a North American tour.[5]

"Still Life" was recorded without the inclusion of drums.[6] "Sunshine Smile" was a college radio hit.[7]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Select3/5[9]

The Washington Post wrote that the album "sometimes balances the harsh and the lyrical in the manner of My Bloody Valentine, but ultimately seems more indebted to the minor-key epics of early Echo and the Bunnymen."[10] The Waterloo Region Record noted that "all twelve songs on this release sound pretty much the same, with Piotr Fijalkowski's very power-wave British vocals set against guitars that threaten to jangle but usually just screech."[11] Trouser Press praised the "sharp, varied songs that are by turns pretty, soaring and brooding."[12]

In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Against Perfection at number 42 on its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time".[13]

Track listing

UK version
  1. "Glorious" – 4:17
  2. "Favourite Fallen Idol" – 2:41
  3. "A to Fade In" – 4:50
  4. "I Know You Too Well" – 3:41
  5. "Homeboy" – 4:30
  6. "Sistine Chapel Ceiling" – 3:34
  7. "Cut #2" – 4:43
  8. "Crash Sight" – 4:02
  9. "Still Life" – 2:37
  10. "Breathless" – 5:18
US version
  1. "Sunshine Smile" – 5:03
  2. "Glorious" – 4:17
  3. "Favourite Fallen Idol" – 2:41
  4. "A to Fade In" – 4:50
  5. "I Know You Too Well" – 3:41
  6. "Homeboy" – 4:30
  7. "Sistine Chapel Ceiling" – 3:34
  8. "Cut #2" – 4:43
  9. "Crash Sight" – 4:02
  10. "Still Life" – 2:37
  11. "Breathless" – 5:18
  12. "I'll Be Your Saint" – 3:32
Japan version
  1. "Glorious" – 4:17
  2. "Favourite Fallen Idol" – 2:41
  3. "A to Fade In" – 4:50
  4. "I Know You Too Well" – 3:41
  5. "Homeboy" – 4:30
  6. "Sistine Chapel Ceiling" – 3:34
  7. "Cut #2" – 4:43
  8. "Crash Sight" – 4:02
  9. "Still Life" – 2:37
  10. "Breathless" – 5:18
  11. "Sunshine Smile" – 5:03
  12. "I'll Be Your Saint" – 3:32
  13. "Summerside" – 2:49

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