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Contents • • • • • • • Background and recording [ ] Prior to writing the album, band members and had ended their relationship and Halstead began to spend more time writing songs alone, a process that had been completed by the full band in the past. The album's title was taken from a skit by, where one of the duo prank called a hotel manager asking him to perform sexual acts on their wife. Upon learning the manager was Greek, the caller says 'My wife loves that Greek shit. She'll suck your cock like souvlaki.'
Early demos for the album were influenced by. These demos were initially rejected by boss, but he later decided to give the band full creative control over the album. Slowdive asked to produce the album and he declined.
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However, he agreed to do a couple of days of recording with Halstead, and out of these sessions came the tracks 'Sing' and 'Here She Comes'. Following these sessions Halstead began to take greater influence from ambient music and has cited,, and early as influences for the track 'Souvlaki Space Station'.
The album was mixed by, who had previously worked with. Release [ ] Souvlaki was released on 17 May 1993 and peaked at 51 on the on the 12 June 1993, nineteen places lower than their debut album, and only remained in the chart for one week. 
The album's US release was delayed for nearly a year and includes the previously unreleased cover of ' (written by and originally recorded by Hazlewood and in 1967) and three tracks from the band's 1993 5 EP, comprising the four US release bonus tracks.
A two-disc remastered re-issue of the album was released in 2005 by, a subsidiary label of. Reception [ ] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 91/100 Review scores Source Rating 6/10 9.3/10 4/5 Souvlaki initially had a mixed reception from critics, with some reviews bordering on ridicule. Dave Simpson of wrote: '.' Sing' aside, I would rather drown choking in a bath full of porridge than ever listen to it again'. In 2015, the band and Creation Records boss stated they felt that when the album was released and had become unfashionable and the music press were more interested in bands like. Despite the initial criticism, the album has subsequently received widespread acclaim from contemporary critics. In his retrospective review, Nitsuh Abebe of called the album 'a bit of an Essential Slowdive in itself'.
Called the album 'the definitive shoegaze statement'. Jack Rabid of described the album as 'quiet, moving, and aggressive simultaneously, mixing trance-like beauty with the deepest delayed guitar sounds around, a sound at once relaxing, soothing, and exciting, and most of all harshly beautiful.' Pitchfork released a documentary about the album in 2015 as a part of the Pitchfork Classic series.
In 1999, critic Ned Raggett ranked the album at number 83 on his list of 'The Top 136 or So Albums of the Nineties'. In 2016, Pitchfork listed the album at number 2 on their list of ″The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time″. Track listing [ ] All tracks written by, except where noted. Title Writer(s) Length 1. Foni dlya shapok na yutub.