Way Beyond Blue

RELEASE
September 30, 1996
LABEL
Blanco y Negro Records
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Britpop, Alternative Pop/Rock

Album Review

Catatonia's major-label debut, Way Beyond Blue, is an infectious set of jangle pop, injected with the punkish attitude of indie rock. The guitars ring as if they were recorded in the late '80s, but it has a muscular backbone, and vocalist Cerys Matthews has a tough edge to her voice, which never makes the music sound weak. And a good majority of the songs -- from "Sweet Catatonia" and "You've Got a Lot to Answer For" to "Painful" and "Way Beyond Blue" -- are excellent, shimmering pop gems, making it an impressive debut.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Lost Cat
  2. Sweet Catatonia
  3. Some Half Baked Ideal Called Wonderful
  4. You've Got a Lot to Answer For
  5. Infantile
  6. Dream On
  7. Bleed
  8. This Boy Can't Swim
  9. Painful
  10. Whale
  11. For Tinkerbell
  12. Way Beyond Blue