You Made Me Realise
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| Released | 8 August 1988 | |||
| Recorded | January 1988 | |||
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| Length | 17:06 | |||
| Label | Creation | |||
| Producer | My Bloody Valentine | |||
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You Made Me Realise (stylized in lowercase) is the third extended play (EP) by the Irish-English rock band My Bloody Valentine, released in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1988. After the troubled production of Ecstasy (1987), the band were invited by record executive Alan McGee to release music under Creation Records. The EP was then recorded within a week in January 1988, during which vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields wrote most of its songs. The band recorded in a small Walthamstow studio provided by McGee and handled production by themselves. The EP blends the shoegaze, noise rock and dream pop genres, which were inspired by musicians Thurston Moore and J Mascis, while Shields was influenced by his smoking cannabis.
You Made Me Realise entered the UK Indie Chart at number two and was praised by the independent music press for My Bloody Valentine developing their sound. One single from the EP was released, "You Made Me Realise", which reached number 107 on the UK singles chart. The success of the record allowed the band to create six more releases for Creation throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s.