Part shoegaze, part Britpop, Lush were one of the most interesting bands to come out of England in the 1990s--and with a reunion imminent, they've readied the definitive box set of their discography.

The five-disc Chorus, available December 4, gathers all of Lush's studio output in one set. The EP collection Gala (1990); studio albums Spooky (1992), Split (1994) and Lovelife (1996); and B-sides compilation Topolino (1996) will all be appended with additional material, including 16 unreleased tracks and countless uncollected rarities. The hardbound book package is designed by Chris Bigg, who helped design many of the band's early sleeves.

Formed by school friends and dual vocalists/guitarists Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson, Lush, rounded out by bassist Phil King and drummer Chris Acland, gained early notoriety among the British music press for their presence in the nascent shoegaze scene, heavy on guitar feedback and indistinct vocals. While the quartet racked up positive reviews in England, appearing at the Glastonbury Festival in 1990, songs like "Sweetness and Light" and "De-Luxe" hit the upper reaches of Billboard's Modern Rock chart in America, and 1992's Spooky crossed over into the U.K. Top 10.

Lush would eventually change their sound to align with the nascent Britpop movement of the mid-'90s, which also sold well, but the band was consistently pressured into pursuing success in America, something which never quite came thanks to odd live billings with incongruous groups like the Gin Blossoms. Tragedy struck in late 1996 when Acland hung himself; the group formally disbanded two years later.

In 2016, Lush (with Acland's friend, Elastica drummer Justin Welch, sitting behind the drum kit) will play two British dates in May, with a September date in New York just announced and additional dates to follow, possibly on both sides of the Atlantic. Chorus makes the perfect crash course

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Disc 1: Gala (4AD CAD 0017, 1990) and bonus material

1. Sweetness and Light
2. Sunbathing
3. Breeze
4. De-Luxe
5. Leaves Me Cold
6. Downer
7. Thoughtforms (Second Version)
8. Baby Talk
9. Thoughtforms
10. Scarlet
11. Bitter
12. Second Sight
13. Etheriel
14. Hey Hey Helen
15. Scarlet
16. Leaves Me Cold (John Peel Session - 2/19/1990) *
17. Breeze (John Peel Session - 2/19/1990) *
18. Hey Hey Helen (John Peel Session - 2/19/1990) *
19. Blackout (Evening Session - June 1994) *
20. Kiss Chase (Evening Session - June 1994) *
21. The Childcatcher (Evening Session - June 1994) *
22. Single Girl (Mark Radcliffe Session - 1/4/1996) *
23. Runaway (Mark Radcliffe Session - 1/4/1996) *
24. Heavenly Nobodies (Mark Radcliffe Session - 1/4/1996) *
25. Ladykillers (Mark Radcliffe Session - 1/4/1996) *

Tracks 1-3 released as Sweetness and Light - 4AD EP BAD 0013, 1990
Tracks 4-7 released as Mad Love - 4AD EP BAD 0003, 1990
Tracks 8-13 released as Scar - 4AD EP JAD 911, 1989
Track 15 released on Gigantic! 2 - Melody Maker MM RTCD002, 1990

Disc 2: Spooky (4AD CAD 2002, 1992) and bonus material

1. Stray
2. Nothing Natural
3. Tiny Smiles
4. Covert
5. Ocean
6. For Love
7. Superblast!
8. Untogether
9. Fantasy
10. Take
11. Laura
12. Monochrome
13. God's Gift
14. Fallin' In Love
15. Starlust
16. Outdoor Miner
17. Astronaut
18. Sweetness and Light (The Orange Squash Mix)
19. Undertow (Spooky Mix)

Tracks 12-14 from Black Spring - 4AD EP BAD 2016, 1991
Track 15-17 from "For Love" single - 4AD BAD 2001, 1991
Track 18 from Splendor: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Astralwerks 6282, 1999
Track 19 from "Hypocrite" single - 4AD BAD 4008, 1994

Disc 3: Split (4AD CAD 4011, 1994) and bonus material

1. Light from a Dead Star
2. Kiss Chase
3. Blackout
4. Hypocrite
5. Lovelife
6. Desire Lines
7. The Invisible Man
8. Undertow
9. Never-Never
10. Lit Up
11. Starlust
12. When I Die
13. Cat's Chorus
14. Love At First Sight
15. Girl's World
16. White Wood
17. 500 (Acoustic Version) *
18. Olympia (Acoustic Version)
19. Kiss Chase (Acoustic Version)

Tracks 13-14 from "Hypocrite" single - 4AD BAD 4008, 1994
Tracks 15-16 from "Desire Lines" single - 4AD BAD 4010, 1994
Tracks 18-19 from "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" singles - 4AD BAD/BAD-D 6009, 1996

Disc 4: Lovelife (4AD CAD 6004, 1996) and demos

1. Ladykillers
2. Heavenly Nobodies
3. 500
4. I've Been Here Before
5. Papasan
6. Single Girl
7. Ciao!
8. Tralala
9. Last Night
10. Runaway
11. The Childcatcher
12. Olympia
13. Sweetness and Light (Demo) *
14. Covert (Demo) *
15. Problem Child (Demo) *
16. Desire Lines (Demo)
17. Hypocrite (Demo) *
18. Lit Up (Demo)
19. Light from a Dead Star (Demo) *

Track 16 from The 13 Year Itch - 4AD SHUFFLE, 1993
Track 18 from Lush Information Service Christmas flexi-single, 1993

Disc 5: Topolino (4AD 2110-2, 1996) and bonus material

1. 500 (Shake Baby Shake)
2. I Have the Moon
3. Ex
4. I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
5. Matador
6. Outside World
7. I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind
8. Carmen
9. Shut Up
10. Cul De Sac
11. Demystification
12. Tinkerbell
13. Piledriver
14. Plums and Oranges
15. Half and Half
16. Dear Me (Miki's 8-Track Home Demo)
17. Sweetie
18. Heavenly
19. Pudding
20. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
21. All This Useless Beauty
22. Mannequin
23. Rupert

Tracks 1-2, 7 and 13 from "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" singles - 4AD BAD/BAD-D 6009, 1996
Tracks 3-5, 8, 14, 16 and 18 from "Ladykillers" singles - 4AD AD/BAD/BAD-D 6002, 1996
Tracks 6, 9-12, 17 and 19 from "Single Girl" singles - 4AD AD/BAD/BAD-D 6001, 1996
Track 15 from Copulation Explosion! - Volume 16, 1996
Track 20 from Alvin Lives (in Leeds) - Midnight Music CLANG 4, 1990
Track 21 from "You Bowed Down" CD single - Warner Bros. 43777, 1996
Track 22 from Whore - Various Artists Play Wire - WMO 2CD, 1996
Track 23 from Lush Information Service Christmas flexi-single, 1993