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''MBV'' (stylised as ''m b v'') is the third studio album by the Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, self-released on 2 February 2013. Produced by the band's vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields, ''MBV'' was the band's first full-length release of original material since ''Loveless'' (1991). Part of the album was recorded prior to My Bloody Valentine's breakup in 1997. Additional recording took place prior to the band's reunion in 2007. ''MBV'' received critical acclaim. ==Background and recording== Following their departure from Creation Records after the release of their second studio album ''Loveless'' (1991), My Bloody Valentine signed with Island Records in October 1992 for a reported £250,000 contract. The band's advance went towards the construction of a home studio in Streatham, South London, which was completed in April 1993. Several technical problems with the studio sent the band into "semi-meltdown", according to vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields, who was rumoured to have been suffering from writer's block. The band recorded and released two cover songs from 1993 to 1996—a rendition of "We Have All the Time in the World" by Louis Armstrong for ''Peace Together'' and a cover of "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" by Wire for the tribute album ''Whore: Tribute to Wire''. Rumours had spread amongst fans that several albums worth of material had been recorded and shelved prior to the band's 1997 break up. In 1999, it was reported that Shields had delivered 60 hours of material to Island Records,〔 and vocalist and guitarist Bilinda Butcher confirmed that there existed "probably enough songs to fill two albums."〔 Shields later admitted that at least one full album of "half-finished" material was abandoned. He said, "() just () dumped, but it was worth dumping. It was dead. It hadn't got that spirit, that life in it." Recording sessions for ''MBV'' began in 1996, after bassist Debbie Googe and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig left the band. Shields began recording guitar riffs to analog tape, laying the foundations for a number of songs. He described that when the sessions concluded in 1997 the album was "half-finished." Googe has referred to ''MBV''s recording as "a long process" and noted that Kevin Shields recorded most of the album's instrumentation. In an interview with Drowned in Sound, Googe revealed that the album's drum parts had "been added then taken off at least once"—with Shields' brother Jimi Shields recording initial drum tracks and Ó Cíosóig recording final tracks. In 2006, Shields resumed the recording of ''MBV'', combining recordings from the 1996 and 1997 sessions with additional instrumentation. Final vocal, bass and drum tracks and overdubs were recorded in 2011 and 2012. ''MBV''s opening track, "She Found Now", was the only song to be recorded "completely from scratch" in 2012.〔 The album was recorded and mixed on analogue equipment, similar to ''Isn't Anything'' (1988) and ''Loveless''. It was recorded on 2–inch 24–track tape and mixed on half-inch tape.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=my bloody valentine – m b v )〕 The album's mastering was completed on 21 December 2012, after four months of mixing and editing in late 2012.〔 The post-production process involved "no digital processing", according to the band.〔 The band recorded additional material at Grouse Lodge in Westmeath, Republic of Ireland during January 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MBV (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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