page_title: Scar (Lush album)
section_title: Packaging
hierarchical_section_title: Scar (Lush album) / Packaging
caption_attribution_description: Miki Berenyi, Rennes, avril 1990
context_page_description: Scar is the debut mini album by the English alternative rock band Lush. It was released on 9 October 1989 on 4AD. Originally intended to be a three-track single release, Scar was produced by John Fryer and the band themselves and recorded at London's Blackwing Studios in 1989.
  Lush were the subject of considerable attention from the British music press, including NME and Melody Maker, around the time of Scar. The mini album was met with critical acclaim upon release, particularly for its shoegazing style and its unusual songwriting arrangements. Scar's material drew comparisons to several fellow independent artists, including My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Cocteau Twins.
  In support of its release, Lush toured with Pale Saints and Loop, performing a dozen dates on the UK university circuit. Scar was also a moderate commercial success for 4AD, selling over 15,000 copies in its first four months of release and peaking at No. 3 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. It was reissued as part of the compilation album Gala—Scar's original working title—in November 1990.
context_section_description: The packaging and sleeve design of Scar was designed by Christopher Bigg and Vaughan Oliver and featured photography by Jim Friedman. The front cover art features alternating shades of several colours, described by Alternative Press as "streaked in pale, pale blue and pink, highlighted by just-slightly-outdated print, lined in bright pinkish-orange." Scar's sleeve design was both commissioned and approved by 4AD without any input from members of Lush.
  Scar's interior sleeve contains several drawings and singular words that are deliberately obscured. According to  Berenyi, "One says tongue, the other says elder sister, and they sort of meet in the middle." Berenyi described the interior design as "a bit perverse". The run-out matrix codes on the groove of the vinyl pressing of the mini album feature two similarly obscured messages: "Fanny tits delight" on side 1 and "I'll still fondle you" on side 2.
  Originally the mini album was due to be titled Gala, after Salvador Dalí's wife, Gala Dalí, but Scar was ultimately chosen as the title "because it juxtaposed the image of Lush and highlighted the band's abrasive side", according to Anderson.
caption: Vocalist Miki Berenyi performing on tour with Pale Saints at l'Ubu in Rennes, France in April 1990
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