So Tonight That I Might See

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So Tonight That I Might See

Studio album by Mazzy Star

Released

October 5, 1993

Genre

Dream pop, alternative rock

Length

51:36

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link
Rolling Stone link (May 2004)
Wired (favorable) link (November 1993)

Mazzy Star chronology

She Hangs Brightly
(1990)

So Tonight That I Might See
(1993)

Among My Swan
(1996)

So Tonight That I Might See is the second studio album by the dream pop band Mazzy Star, released on October 5, 1993. The album's first track, "Fade Into You," was the band's only single to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, topping out at #44. The song also hit #48 on the UK Singles Chart.

This represents a limited change in the sound from Mazzy Star's first album; the tracks are a bit more processed and a little less gritty. "Fade Into You" became a staple of mid-1990s teen dramas, movies, and represented the kind of gentle ennui that was missing from the more aggressive angst of grunge. Continuing with the general theme of quiet, contemplative songs, this album became a staple on college radio stations.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback except 'Five String Serenade' (track four) written by Arthur Lee.

"Fade Into You" – 4:55
"Bells Ring" – 4:32
"Mary Of Silence" – 6:02
"Five String Serenade" – 4:24
"Blue Light" – 5:10
"She's My Baby" – 4:25
"Unreflected" – 3:42
"Wasted" – 5:31
"Into Dust" – 5:36
"So Tonight That I Might See" – 7:19

[edit] Trivia

"Fade Into You' was sampled by Richard X on his album Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 for his song "Into U" featuring Jarvis Cocker.

"Into Dust" was played as an outro song in The O.C. season 1 episode 7 The Escape (The O.C. episode) as well as in the "Charmed" episode [A Knight to Remember] and the House season 3 episode Informed Consent. Most recently, "Into Dust" was in the Moonlight episode Fever and an episode of Canterbury's Law titled Baggage.