那些不熟悉4ad的朋友，可能对Swallow这支乐队知之甚少，其实Swallow也只是92年在4AD下仅发了一张"Blow"和混音辑"Blowback",94年之后就转投到Rough Trade旗下了。
半实验仙音吉他二人组(我很少把"仙音"这个词安到某个乐队身上)swallow越看越像是一队玩票的,要不然怎么这么多年来二个人一点动静都没有!玩神秘玩失踪也不用这样对待fans嘛!
由mike mason和louise trehy组成的Swallow可谓又是一队给人忽视的4AD乐队,原因?很简单,生不逢时.但如果听惯dreampop的耳朵对他们的声响都会很敏感,你只要比较一下90年代初那拨dreampop/shoegazing队伍的东西,你会发现swallow的声音真的是独此一家别无分号,Cocteau Twins和Lush完全盖不了他们.

Whirlpool is the debut album by British shoegazing band Chapterhouse. The album was reissued in 2006, on the label Cherry Red, with seven bonus tracks taken from three EPs (Freefall, Sunburst, and Pearl) released in the same time frame as the album. The Cherry Red reissue also included, for the first time, lyrics to all of the songs. The album spent 3 weeks in the UK Album chart in 1991, peaking at number 23.

Nowhere seems to hold consensus as the second-best record of the shoegaze era, and with very good reason. All of the common words, phrases, and adjectives commonly used with the short-lived subgenre fit properly here, and they're all positive, every one of them. Whir, whoosh, haze, swirl, ad nauseum -- this record holds all of these elements at their most exciting and mastered. But in the end, great pop records necessitate quality songs, which Nowhere delivers throughout. Undeniably, it's Ride's zenith -- dense, tight, hypnotic. "Seagull" serves as a dynamic opener; after a couple seconds of light feedback, bassist Steve Queralt kicks in with a rubbery, elliptical line (reminiscent of a certain Beatles song), which is soon followed by Andy Bell and Mark Gardener's guitar twists and Loz Colbert's alternately gentle and punishing drumming. After the upbeat "Kaleidoscope," the record falls into a tempo lull that initially seems impenetrable and meandering. However, patience reveals a five-song suite of sorts, full of lovely instrumental passages that are punctuated with violent jabs of manic guitars. The endlessly escalating "Polar Bear" is a high point, featuring expertly placed tom rolls from Colbert. The tempo picks up for the closing "Vapour Trail," a wistful pop song with chiming background guitars galore and mournful strings to close it out. The U.S. version was bolstered significantly with the remainder of the Fall EP ("Dreams Burn Down" having reappeared earlier in the record). "Taste" is one of their finest pure pop numbers; the moody/driving "Here and Now" rates well, and the five-minute "Nowhere" is a nasty distorto-freakout. [Nowhere was remastered and reissued by Ignition U.K. in 2001. Added to the 11 tracks featured on Sire's U.S. edition are the four selections from the equally wondrous Today Forever.]

Take Them On, On Your Own is the second album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It was released in 2003.
The album has a darker, harder rock sound than their debut album, and also contains more politically-themed lyrics. The album reached #3 in the United Kingdom music charts despite receiving mixed reviews, and is almost universally credited as a lesser achievement than its predecessor B.R.M.C..
The album cover is an homage to the film The Third Man.
This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Baby 81 is an album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It is their fourth studio album and was released on April 30, 2007 in Europe and on May 1, 2007 in the U.S.. The album features a harder, more raw sound compared with their previous record Howl. It was also a studio comeback for drummer Nick Jago who was unable to participate during the recordings of Howl (other than the last track recorded during the sessions, 'Promise'). A DualDisc edition of the album was set to be released on May 1 in the U.S.; however, it has since been canceled.
The album debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 14,000 copies in its first week.[1]
The album title refers to Baby 81, a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
The track "Weapon Of Choice" is featured in the bonus setlist in Guitar Hero: World Tour and as downloadable content for Rock Band.

Jonathan Beadle - vocals, guitar
Neal McCamis - guitar, backing vocals
Bryan Thompson - drums
Gregg Alexander Neville - bass
All songs written by The Vera Violets
Recorded by Steve Connelly at Zen Recording
Mixed and mastered by Bryan Thompson at Select and Adjust Studios
Cover art by Neal McCamis