Still in a Dream: A Story of Shoegaze 1988-1995

by Various Artists

Still in a Dream: A Story of Shoegaze 1988-1995 cover art

This exhaustive five-CD box set serves as the definitive historical document of the brief, immensely influential UK shoegaze movement. Tracing the genre's origins in noise-pop through its peak 'scene that celebrates itself' era, it features both established titans like Slowdive and Ride alongside countless obscure, fuzz-pedal-worshipping contemporaries. The curation beautifully maps the evolution of overwhelming guitar volume used as a tool for ethereal pop melodies.

Genres

  • Shoegaze

Tracklist

  1. Rollercoaster
  2. Cherry‐Coloured Funk
  3. Christine
  4. Baby Milk Snatcher (12” version)
  5. Mercy Seat (12” version)
  6. Hypnotized
  7. Arc‐Lite (Sonar)
  8. Surfacer
  9. Tugboat
  10. Puppet Clouds
  11. The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule
  12. One of Our Girls Has Gone Missing
  13. Precious Little
  14. Sight of You
  15. Ocean Run Dry
  16. Angel
  17. Drive Blind
  18. De‐Luxe
  19. Slip So Slow
  20. Crystal Eyes
  21. Waiting for the Angels
  22. I Don’t Care If You Go
  23. Inescapable
  24. Falling Down
  25. Switchblade Smile
  26. Kaleidoscope
  27. Rave Down
  28. Slowdive
  29. Liar
  30. Sugarblast
  31. Decadence
  32. She’s My Friend (Wilde club version)
  33. Somersault Sunrise
  34. All Different Things
  35. Ten Little Girls
  36. Godlike
  37. Gorgeous Blue Flower in My Garden
  38. February Fourteenth
  39. Good Afternoon
  40. Chlorine Dream
  41. Gravity
  42. Translucent
  43. Suzanne
  44. Run
  45. Heaven Sent an Angel
  46. June Wilson
  47. Square Wave
  48. By Tomorrow
  49. Explosion
  50. My Deranged Heart
  51. Gong
  52. Geek Love (original 12” version)
  53. Closer
  54. Mirrored
  55. In Hollow
  56. Phonefreak Honey
  57. Sunshine Smile
  58. I Don’t Mind
  59. Sugar Your Mind
  60. Winona
  61. Talkin’ ’Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to live Forever)
  62. Aruca
  63. Charming Sister Kiss Me Dead!!
  64. Starhappy
  65. Babysbreath
  66. No. 1 Fan
  67. Park the Car by the Side of the Road
  68. Chemical Tester
  69. Space Shine
  70. True Love Will Find You in the End
  71. Spooky Vibes
  72. Memory
  73. Soaring High
  74. Alive
  75. Loveblind
  76. Bronx Cheer
  77. Chelsea
  78. Plainsong
  79. Surround Sound
  80. Miss Leader
  81. Die Easy
  82. Dozen
  83. The Last Unicorn
  84. Next to Nothing
  85. Me Voy
  86. Orange Creamsickle
  87. 23 Minutes in Brussels