This dreamy album was almost totally new to me except the classic opening track “Fade Into You”. Evidence suggests that 1993 was a year of many problems for the alt rock acts of the day, but this album feels like Mazzy Star chose to dissociate completely from their worldly worries rather than put them to a straightforward melody and cry about them like their peers. Or maybe instead of wearing their feelings on their sleeves for all the ladies and concerned parents to see like Radiohead and Counting Crows did, Mazzy Star is simply seeking empathy from some higher and more ephemeral power.

It’s sleepy and folksy, a nice counterpoint to the about-to-explode 1993 alt scene. Soon enough the idea of alt rock as a sideshow would be thrown out the window, and the bands that smack you in the face with emotion painted in bright primary colors would find a fitting home in the world of pop. Next to that backdrop, Mazzy Star feels like a pastel watercolor in the best way.

From the roundup Jamwise #44 - The Best Albums of 1993, pt. 3.