Editing Lush (band) (section)

===''Scar'', EPs and ''Spooky'' (1989–1993)===
In 1989, the band signed to [[4AD Records]] and released their first recording ''[[Scar (Lush album)|Scar]]'', a six-track mini-album. Critical praise for ''Scar'' and a popular live show established Lush as one of the most written-about groups of the late 1980s/early 1990s UK indie scene. Anderson told Everett True in ''[[Melody Maker]]'', "I remember when I couldn't play, I wasn't in a band, didn't know anyone else who could play, and now we've got a record out on 4AD. I sometimes find it impossible to come to terms with what's happening."<ref name=shelton/>

Not long after, the British music press tagged them with the "shoegazing" label. The following year, the [[Extended play|EP]]s ''[[Mad Love (EP)|Mad Love]]'' (produced by [[Robin Guthrie]] of [[Cocteau Twins]]) and ''[[Sweetness and Light (EP)|Sweetness and Light]]'' (produced by [[Tim Friese-Greene]]) were released.<ref name="lightdisc" /> All three releases were eventually combined into the ''[[Gala (album)|Gala]]'' compilation album, which was produced mainly for the US and Japanese markets. The band recorded a live session for [[John Peel]]'s [[BBC Radio 1]] show in 1990 and contributed a [[cover version]] of "[[Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep]]" later that year to the anti-[[Poll tax (Great Britain)|poll tax]] album ''Alvin Lives (In Leeds)''.<ref name="Thompson" />

The band's profile was raised by extensive touring, including an appearance at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] in June 1990 and tours of Japan in late 1990 and the US (with [[Ride (band)|Ride]]) in the spring of 1991.<ref name="Thompson" /><ref name=gigo /> Preceded by the ''[[Black Spring (EP)|Black Spring]]'' EP issued in October 1991, Lush's first full-length album of completely new material, ''[[Spooky (album)|Spooky]]'', was released in January 1992. Again produced by Guthrie, ''Spooky'' featured a sound very similar to Guthrie's band Cocteau Twins, with [[wall of sound|walls of sound]] and a great deal of [[guitar effects]]. Reviews were mixed and critics of the album held that Guthrie's production brought the sound away from the band's original creative vision, although it sold well, reaching No. 7 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="Thompson" /> The album was preceded by the band's first [[UK Singles Chart|UK top 40]] single, "For Love",<ref name="Thompson" /> which was partly re-recorded and remixed by Mark Freegard. He also produced the single's B-sides: the original recording of "Starlust", [[Wire (band)|Wire]] cover "Outdoor Miner" and the only Lush track with lead vocals by Anderson, "Astronaut". [[Gil Norton]] remixed "Superblast!" for the Japanese single release.

Rippon left the band after recording the "For Love" EP to concentrate on writing, though his book ''Cold Turkey Sandwich'' — a fictionalised chronicle of his time touring — was rejected by publishers. He was replaced by [[Phil King (musician)|Phil King]].<ref name=lightbios/> During the summer of 1992, Lush toured America as part of the second edition of the [[Lollapalooza]] festival.<ref name="Thompson" /> Lush were added to the roster by Lollapalooza organiser [[Perry Farrell]], the [[Jane's Addiction]]/[[Porno for Pyros]] frontman, who personally requested Lush.<ref name=avalyn/>