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{{Infobox album
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| name         = m b v
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]
| cover        = My Bloody Valentine - MBV.jpg
| alt          = Alternate shades of blue with "m b v" written in lowercase purple text.
| released     = {{Start date|2013|02|02|df=yes}}
| recorded     = *1996–1997
*2006–2012
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| genre        = *[[Shoegaze]]<ref name="VMP"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=4|title=The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=24 October 2016|access-date=8 May 2021|page=4}}</ref>
*[[noise pop]]<ref name="VMP">{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Marty |title=The 10 Best Shoegaze Albums to Own on Vinyl |url=https://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/the-10-best-shoegaze-albums-to-own-on-vinyl/ |website=Vinyl Me, Please |access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref>
| length       = 46:37
| label        = m b v, [[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-bloody-valentine-sign-with-domino-records-and-release-back-catalogue-on-streaming-services-2911457|title=My Bloody Valentine sign with Domino Records and release back catalogue on streaming services|website=[[NME]]|last=Reilly|first=Nick|date=31 March 2021|accessdate=31 March 2021}}</ref>
| producer     = [[Kevin Shields]]
| prev_title   = [[EP's 1988–1991]]
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'''''m b v''''' is the third studio album by Irish-English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], self-released on 2 February 2013. Produced by the band's vocalist and guitarist [[Kevin Shields]], ''m b v'' was the band's first full-length release of original material since [[Loveless (album)|''Loveless'']] (1991), over two decades earlier.
Recording for ''m b v'' began prior to My Bloody Valentine's breakup in 1997. Shields resumed recording in 2006 at the time when the band was reunited, with further recording occurring after 2011. The album received critical acclaim and was named among the best albums of 2013 by numerous publications, including ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'', and ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]''.
==Background and recording==
Following their departure from [[Creation Records]] after the release of their second studio album ''[[Loveless (album)|Loveless]]'' (1991), My Bloody Valentine signed with [[Island Records]] in October 1992 for a reported £250,000.<ref name="uc">{{cite journal|last1=Stubbs|first1=David|author-link=David Stubbs|year=1999|title=Sweetheart Attack: My Bloody Valentine's ''Isn't Anything'' is ''the'' Eighties Rock Album|journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=February 1999}}</ref> The band's advance went towards the construction of a home studio in [[Streatham]], [[South London]], which was completed in April 1993. Several technical problems with the studio sent the band into "semi-meltdown", according to vocalist and guitarist [[Kevin Shields]],<ref>{{cite book|last=McGonigal|first=Mike|title=My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (33 1/3)|pages=101–102|year=2007|publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]]|location=New York City|isbn=978-0-8264-1548-6}}</ref> who was rumoured to have been suffering from [[writer's block]].<ref name="td">{{cite web|url=http://totallydublin.ie/music/music-features/butchers-block/|title=TD Archive: My Bloody Valentine's Bilinda Butcher Interviewed|work=Totally Dublin|date=1 October 2012|publisher=Totally Partner|access-date=3 February 2013|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031084244/http://totallydublin.ie/music/music-features/butchers-block/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between 1993 and 1996, the band recorded and released two covers: "[[We Have All the Time in the World]]" by [[Louis Armstrong]] for ''[[Peace Together]],''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=peace-together-mw0000100948|pure_url=yes}}|title=Peace Together&nbsp;– Various Artists: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> and "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" by [[Wire (band)|Wire]] for the tribute album ''Whore: Tribute to Wire''.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=whore-tribute-to-wire-mw0000182636|pure_url=yes}}|title=Whore: Tribute to Wire&nbsp;– Various Artists: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
Rumours spread that several albums worth of material had been recorded and shelved prior to the band's 1997 breakup. In 1999, it was reported that Shields had delivered 60 hours of material to Island Records,<ref name="uc" /> and vocalist and guitarist [[Bilinda Butcher]] confirmed that there existed "probably enough songs to fill two albums".<ref name="td" /> Shields confirmed that at least one full album of "half-finished" material was abandoned: "It was worth dumping. It was dead. It hadn't got that spirit, that life in it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kuci.uci.edu/~kuci/text/interviews/mbv.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912030457/http://www.kuci.uci.edu/~kuci/text/interviews/mbv.html|title=My Bloody Valentine interview with KUCI|work=[[KUCI]]|publisher=[[University of California]]|archive-date=12 September 2010|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref>
Recording sessions for ''m b v'' began in 1996, after bassist [[Debbie Googe]] and drummer [[Colm Ó Cíosóig]] had left the band. Shields began recording guitar riffs to tape, laying the foundations for several songs.<ref name="p4k2013">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9192-kevin-shields|title=Interviews: Kevin Shields &#124; Features|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|date=9 August 2013|access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref> He said that when the sessions concluded in 1997 the album was "half-finished".<ref name="ds">{{cite web|url = http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/my-bloody-valentine-reunion-confirmed|title = My Bloody Valentine: the reunion confirmed|work = The Daily Swarm|last = Prince|first = David|date = 6 November 2007|access-date = 10 February 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114215017/http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/my-bloody-valentine-reunion-confirmed|archive-date = 14 November 2007}}</ref> Shields recorded most of the instrumentation. In an interview with ''[[Drowned in Sound]],'' Googe said that the drum parts had "been added then taken off at least once", with Shields' brother [[Jimi Shields]] recording beats for [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] and Ó Cíosóig recording final live tracks.<ref name="dis">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145768-we-became-seminal-for-doing-nothing---dis-meets-debbie-googe-of-my-bloody-valentine|title=We became seminal for doing nothing": DiS meets Debbie Googe of My Bloody Valentine / In Depth|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|last=Gourlay|first=Dom|date=6 December 2012|access-date=2 February 2012|archive-date=8 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208032805/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145768-we-became-seminal-for-doing-nothing---dis-meets-debbie-googe-of-my-bloody-valentine|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2006, Shields resumed recording at the time when the band was reunited, combining recordings from the 1996 and 1997 sessions with additional instrumentation. Final vocal, bass and drum tracks and overdubs were recorded in 2011 and 2012. "She Found Now" was the only song recorded "completely from scratch" in 2012.<ref name="p4k2013" /> The album was recorded and mixed on analogue equipment, as with My Bloody Valentine's earlier albums. It was recorded on 2-inch 24-track tape and mixed on half-inch tape.<ref name="dl">{{cite web|url=http://mybloodyvalentine.org/BundleDetail.aspx?rid=139|title=my bloody valentine&nbsp;– m b v|work=mybloodyvalentine.org|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
[[Audio mastering|Mastering]] was completed on 21 December 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stereogum.com/1225902/my-bloody-valentine-finish-mastering-new-album/news|title=My Bloody Valentine Finish Mastering New Album|work=[[Stereogum]]|last=Nelson|first=Michael|date=26 December 2012|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/67903|title=My Bloody Valentine finish mastering new album |work=[[NME]]|date=26 December 2012|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> after four months of mixing and editing in late 2012.<ref name="p4k2013" /> The post-production process involved no digital processing, according to the band.<ref name="dl" /> The band recorded additional material at [[Grouse Lodge]] in [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]], Republic of Ireland during January 2013.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=grouselodge|number=286802488332525569|title=grouselodge: What an honour to have Kevin&nbsp;... |date=3 January 2013|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advertiser.ie/mullingar/article/58151/rosemounts-grouse-lodge-continues-to-attract-world-class-musicians|title=Rosemount's Grouse Lodge continues to attract world-class musicians|work=Mullingar Advertiser|last=Daly|first=Maria|date=25 January 2013|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
==Composition==
In an interview with ''[[The Quietus]]'' prior to ''m b v''{{'}}s release, Shields said it was "not going to sound like ''Loveless'' where it's like looking into another world&nbsp;... more like ''Isn't Anything'', where it seems to be of this world, but with one foot in another world ... the songs on ''Loveless'' had more in common with folk-blues music to me, just a verse and an instrumental passage, circular" and described the new material as "more elongated" and "raw".<ref name="tq">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/08742-kevin-shields-interview-my-bloody-valentine-new-album|title=News &#124; Kevin Shields Discusses New MBV Album|work=[[The Quietus]]|last=Parkes|first=Taylor|date=8 May 2012|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> [[The Beach Boys]]' unfinished album ''[[Smile (Beach Boys album)|Smile]]'' was an influence on the composition. According to Shields, he "wanted to see what would happen if I worked in a more impressionistic way, so that it only comes together at the end."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/64118|title=Kevin Shields: The new My Bloody Valentine album was influenced by The Beach Boys |work=[[NME]]|date=2 June 2012|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> He later expanded on his comments, stating that he was "purposefully not trying to write songs with a beginning, middle, and end."<ref name="p4k2013" />
Shields mentioned [[drum and bass]] as an influence on one of the album's songs,<ref name="tq" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/63675|title=My Bloody Valentine taking drum'n'bass direction on new album? |work=[[NME]]|date=8 May 2012|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> and [[jungle music]] had influenced some of the original material recorded in 1996.<ref>{{cite book|last=DeRogatis|first=Jim|author-link=Jim DeRogatis|title=Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock|page=491|year=2003|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|Hal Leonard]]|location=[[Milwaukee]]|isbn=978-0-634-05548-5}}</ref> Commenting on unreleased songs from ''m b v''{{'}}s recording sessions Shields said "there's probably about three more [songs] that will come out sometime."<ref name="p4k2013" />
In 2007, describing the imminent release of a new record, Shields said "It sounds like what we sounded like—different but not radically different" and revealed the album was composed from "[the] '96/'97 record half-finished record finished, and then a compilation of stuff we did before that in 1993–94, and a little bit of new stuff."<ref name="ds" />
==Release==
My Bloody Valentine confirmed ''m b v''{{'}}s release through the band's Facebook page on 2 February 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mybloodyvalentine/posts/404728879618015|title=We are preparing to&nbsp;... |via=Facebook|date=2 February 2013|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> The band's website was relaunched at 11:58 GMT on 2 February, where ''m b v'' was released on mbv Records. It was made available for purchase on the website as a [[Music download|download]] (MP3 or [[WAV]]), a CD and download package, or a 180g [[Gramophone record|LP]], CD and download package.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mybloodyvalentine.org/Catalogue.aspx|title=Music|work=mybloodyvalentine.org|access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> The website crashed within minutes of ''m b v''{{'}}s release, due to web traffic,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/surprise_my_bloody_valentine_album_crashes_website.html|title=Surprise My Bloody Valentine Album Crashes Website &#124; News|work=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive]]|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> and the album was later made available for [[Streaming media|stream]] on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/9846770/My-Bloody-Valentine-release-surprise-album-after-22-years-and-stream-on-YouTube.html|title=My Bloody Valentine release surprise album after 22 years and stream on YouTube|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Vincent|first=Alice|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> Physical copies of the album were released on 22 February.<ref name="dl" /> Asked about the sales, Shields said: "If we [had] put it out on a major label, we would've had to sell 1.5 million copies to do as well as we will have done by the end of the year."<ref>Ryan Dombal. " On March 31st of 2021, m b v was made available on all major streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Amazon Music, for the first time ever.[https://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9192-kevin-shields/Interviews: Kevin Shields]". ''Pitchfork''. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.</ref>
===Tour===
[[File:My Bloody Valentine - Manchester 2013.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|My Bloody Valentine performing at the [[O2 Apollo Manchester|O2 Apollo]] in Manchester, United Kingdom on 10 March 2013]]
Prior to ''m b v''{{'}}s release, My Bloody Valentine announced live dates in South Korea,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreagigguide.com/2013/01/29/my-bloody-valentine-live-in-seoul-this-weekend|title=Blog Archive » My Bloody Valentine Live in Seoul this weekend|work=Korea Gig Guide|date=29 January 2013|access-date=4 February 2013|archive-date=25 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425112156/http://www.koreagigguide.com/2013/01/29/my-bloody-valentine-live-in-seoul-this-weekend/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Japan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/46544-my-bloody-valentine-return-to-the-stage|title=My Bloody Valentine Return to the Stage |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=17 May 2012|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> Taiwan and Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3564854.htm|title=All Tomorrow's Parties to return to Australia in 2012 &#124; Music News|work=[[triple J]]|date=10 August 2012|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> during February 2013. The tour began on 3 February in Seoul and concluded on 22 February in Melbourne. A three-date tour of the United Kingdom was later announced,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/06/my-bloody-valentine-uk-dates|title=My Bloody Valentine announce UK tour dates for March 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 December 2012|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> with the band performing from 8 to 12 March at [[Barrowland Ballroom|Barrowlands]] in Glasgow, [[O2 Apollo Manchester|O2 Apollo]] in Manchester and [[Hammersmith Apollo]] in London. Due to demand, a second performance at Hammersmith Apollo on 13 March was added.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/10909-my-bloody-valentine-announce-2013-uk-dates|title=News &#124; My Bloody Valentine Announce 2013 Tour|work=[[The Quietus]]|last=Tuffrey|first=Laura|date=6 December 2012|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> The band performed a warm-up show at Electric Brixton in London on 27 January 2013, performing a new song entitled "Rough Song",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/68386|title=My Bloody Valentine debut new song at London gig&nbsp;– watch|work=[[NME]]|date=28 January 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> which was later titled "New You" on ''m b v''. The band undertook North American and Japanese dates in summer and fall of 2013.
==Reception==
{{Music ratings
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| ADM = 8.7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/5206/My-Bloody-Valentine-mbv.aspx|title=mbv by My Bloody Valentine reviews|work=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref>
| MC = 87/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/m-b-v/my-bloody-valentine|title=Reviews for M B V by My Bloody Valentine|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=6 February 2013}}</ref>
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="am">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/m-b-v-mw0002488164|title=m b v&nbsp;– My Bloody Valentine|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|last=Phares|first=Heather|access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2score = A−<ref name="av">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/my-bloody-valentine-mbv-1798175691|title=My Bloody Valentine: MBV|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|last=Heller|first=Jason|date=4 February 2013|access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9855185/My-Bloody-Valentine-m-b-v-album-review.html|title=My Bloody Valentine, m b v, album review|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=McNulty|first=Bernadette|date=7 February 2013|access-date=16 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="tg">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/04/mbv-review-my-bloody-valentine|title=My Bloody Valentine: m b v&nbsp;– review|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev5score= {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ti">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-my-bloody-valentine-m-b-v-mybloodyvalentinecouk-8486028.html|title=Album review: My Bloody Valentine, m b v (mybloodyvalentine.co.uk)|work=[[The Independent]]|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=8 February 2013|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212141717/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-my-bloody-valentine-m-b-v-mybloodyvalentinecouk-8486028.html|archive-date=12 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="la">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-0205-mbv-review-20130205,0,2815597.story|title=Review: Can't help but crank up My Bloody Valentine's m b v|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=4 February 2013|access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/my-bloody-valentine/14047|title=My Bloody Valentine – 'm b v'|work=[[NME]]|last=Nicolson|first=Barry|date=6 February 2013|access-date=6 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316100452/http://www.nme.com/reviews/my-bloody-valentine/14047|archive-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8score = 9.1/10<ref name="pf">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17726-mbv|title=My Bloody Valentine: m b v|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Richardson|first=Mark|date=6 February 2013|access-date=6 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mbv-20130208|title=MBV|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=8 February 2013|access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10score = 8/10<ref name="sp">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/my-bloody-valentine-m-b-v-self-released|title=My Bloody Valentine, 'm b v' (Self-Released)|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|last=Robbins|first=Michael|date=5 February 2013|access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref>
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''m b v'' received universal acclaim. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 87, based on 46 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="mc" /> [[AllMusic]] rated ''m b v'' four out of five stars.<ref name="am" /> Writing for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', Jason Heller said the album "stands as something potentially timeless—and immediately breathtaking". Heller drew comparisons between the first half of the album and ''Loveless'', and stated that the latter half "relinquishes the familiar and swims far beyond the sight of shore", in his A− review.<ref name="av" /> [[BBC Music]] reviewer Ian Wade gave ''m b v'' a favourable review, describing "the lack of a dramatic shift in direction" as "comforting". He referred to the album as "a perfect follow-up to ''Loveless'' and noted it "represents an astounding return".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fq3q|title=Review of My Bloody Valentine&nbsp;– m b v|work=[[BBC Music]]|last=Wade|first=Ian|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> Greg Kot of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' awarded the album two and a half stars out of four and described ''m b v'' as being in thirds, saying "the opening trio of songs offers a paler version of the revolutionary ''Loveless'' sound", "the album takes a turn in its middle third with 'Is This and Yes,' essentially a long palette cleanser devoid of guitars" and "the album's final three songs serve as the antidote".<ref name="ct">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/turnitup/chi-my-bloody-valentine-review-20130204,0,1699158.column|title=My Bloody Valentine review; m b v reviewed|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref>
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the ''[[Financial Times]]'' rated the album four out of five stars and said that ''m b v''{{'}}s opening track "leads us to expect a ''Loveless'' 2.0; as though Shields, pushing 50, has finally accepted that he has painted himself into a corner. However, as the album unfolds it transforms itself into a remarkable act of renewal", later concluding there was "a wild, undisciplined feel to the music".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/81be66aa-6ede-11e2-8189-00144feab49a.html|title=My Bloody Valentine: mbv|work=[[Financial Times]]|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Alexis Petridis]] compared the album favourably to ''Loveless'' and stated that ''m b v'' was "more melodically complex, intriguing and often pleasing than anything My Bloody Valentine has written before" in his full five-star review.<ref name="tg" />
Both ''[[Hot Press]]'' and ''[[The Irish Times]]'' published favourable reviews of ''m b v''—Eamon Sweeney of ''Hot Press'' said My Bloody Valentine "have delivered nine tracks and 46 minutes of beautiful madness to luxuriate and get completely lost in"<ref name="hp">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/My-Bloody-Valentine/music/reviews/albums/New-My-Bloody-Valentine-The-Hot-Press-verdict/9519694.html?new_layout=1|title=New My Bloody Valentine: The Hot Press Verdict|work=[[Hot Press]]|last=Sweeney|first=Eamon|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> and [[Jim Carroll (journalist)|Jim Carroll]] praised the album, referring to it as "damn good" and adding "but this is [My Bloody Valentine] and that third album comes with so many expectations that it's nigh on impossible for it to live up to what we expect."<ref name="it">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2013/02/04/the-stuff-that-just-happened-beyonce-oxegen-my-bloody-valentine|title=On the Record » The stuff from the weekend: Beyonce, Oxegen, My Bloody Valentine|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|last=Carroll|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist)|date=4 February 2013|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''{{'}} music critic Randall Roberts awarded ''m b v'' three and a half stars out of four. He described the album as opening with "a syrupy, drunken vessel of deep tremolo guitar" and ending on "a whirlwind of rhythm", adding "the record blossoms 20 minutes in, and over its length presents the sound of a group living in the here and now: rhythms of the moment, and staticky love-anthems like 'If I Am' as beautiful as anything the band has ever done."<ref name="la" /> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' rated ''m b v'' eight out of ten, with reviewer Michael Robbins referring to it as a "logical next step" and "utterly contemporary" with "a few songs betray[ing] their long, frustrating gestation in a studio vacuum."<ref name="sp" />
The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=2014 |publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref> although it was removed in later versions.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 46:37
| all_writing     = [[Kevin Shields]]<ref name=liner>{{cite AV media notes|title=m b v|others=[[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]|year=2013|type=CD|publisher=mbv Records|id=mbv CD 01}}</ref>
| title1          = She Found Now
| length1         = 5:06
| title2          = Only Tomorrow
| length2         = 6:22
| title3          = Who Sees You
| length3         = 6:12
| title4          = Is This and Yes
| length4         = 5:07
| title5          = If I Am
| length5         = 3:54
| title6          = New You
| length6         = 4:59
| title7          = In Another Way
| length7         = 5:31
| title8          = Nothing Is
| length8         = 3:34
| title9          = Wonder 2
| length9         = 5:52
}}
==Personnel==
All credits adapted from ''m b v''{{'}}s liner notes.<ref name="liner" />
'''My Bloody Valentine'''
*[[Kevin Shields]]
*[[Bilinda Butcher]]
*[[Debbie Googe]]
*[[Colm Ó Cíosóig]]
'''Technical personnel'''
*Kevin Shields&nbsp;– production, [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
*Andy Savours&nbsp;– mix [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*Noel Summerville&nbsp;– LP [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
*Alex Wharton&nbsp;– CD and digital mastering
'''Design personnel'''
*Matthew Cooper&nbsp;– layout
*Debbie Googe&nbsp;– layout
*Lung&nbsp;– booklet images
*Anna Meldal&nbsp;– booklet images
*Nicholas Pankhurst&nbsp;– sleeve artwork, booklet images
==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| [[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/345cc/My-Bloody-Valentine-MBV|title=My Bloody Valentine&nbsp;– MBV|work=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>
| 87
|-
! scope="row"| [[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/345cc/My-Bloody-Valentine-MBV|title=My Bloody Valentine&nbsp;– MBV|work=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref>
| 120
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 31 May 2021|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|issue=1630|page=6|date=31 May 2021}}</ref>
| 88
|-
{{album chart|Ireland3|44|date=20210528|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Oricon|47|date=2021-<!-- YYYY-MM-DD -->05-31|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|42|artist=My Bloody Valentine|album=MBV|rowheader=true|access-date=2 June 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|9|date=20210528|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| Swedish Physical Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/234?dspy=2021&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 21|language=sv|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{album chart|UK2|29|date=20210528|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UKIndependent|6|date=20210528|rowheader=true|access-date=29 May 2021}}
|}
==Accolades==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Publication
!Accolade
!Rank
|-
| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| 'Top 50 Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9293-the-top-50-albums-of-2013/5/|title=Top 50 Albums of 2013|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724123400/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9293-the-top-50-albums-of-2013/5/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"|4
|-
| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| 'Top 100 Albums 2010–2014'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9465-the-top-100-albums-of-2010-2014/4/|title=Top 100 Albums 2010-2014|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=20 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820061044/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9465-the-top-100-albums-of-2010-2014/4/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"|28
|-
| [[Consequence of Sound]]
| 'Top 50 Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/12/albums-of-the-year-2013/13/|title=Top 50 Albums of 2013|date=13 December 2013 }}</ref>
| align="center"|3
|-
| ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| 'Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_best_of_2013-top_20_pop_rock_albums_part_two|title=Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2013}}</ref>
| align="center"|3
|-
| [[Cokemachineglow]]
| 'Top 30 Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cokemachineglow.com/category/top-30-albums-2013/?pg=3|title=Top 30 Albums of 2013}}</ref>
| align="center"|5
|-
| ''No Ripcord''
| 'Top 50 Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noripcord.com/features/top-50-albums-2013-part-two|title=Top 50 Albums of 2013}}</ref>
| align="center"|1
|-
| ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| 'Best Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/wild-mercury-sound/the-best-albums-of-2013-the-uncut-top-80|title=Best Albums of 2013}}</ref>
| align="center"|1
|-
| [[Stereogum]]
| '50 Best Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1567541/the-50-best-albums-of-2013/list/|title=50 Best Albums of 2013|date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>
| align="center"|5
|-
| {{sort|Village Voice|''[[The Village Voice]]''}}
| 'Pazz & Jop Critic's Poll'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-01-15/music/the-village-voice-s-2013-pazz-jop-critics-poll/full/|title=Pazz & Jop Critic's Poll|access-date=19 October 2014|archive-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019130748/http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-01-15/music/the-village-voice-s-2013-pazz-jop-critics-poll/full/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"|6
|-
| {{sort|Wire|''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]''}}
| 'Releases of the Year 1–50'<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=2013 Rewind: Releases of the Year 1–50 |date=January 2014 |magazine=The Wire |issue=359 |page=34 |location=London |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/37744/spread/35 |url-access=subscription |via=[[Exact Editions]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
| align="center"|21
|-
| [[Metacritic]]
| '25-Best Reviewed Albums of 2013'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2013|title=25-Best Reviewed Albums of 2013|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127173619/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"|3
|-
| [[Metacritic]]
| '2013 Music Critic Top-Ten Lists'<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-ten-albums-of-2013|title=2013 Music Critic Top Ten Lists|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=23 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123055052/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-ten-albums-of-2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"|13
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Rock music}}
* [[2013 in Irish music]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{AllMusic|class=album|id=m-b-v-mw0002488164|label=''m b v''}}
*{{Discogs master|518127|m b v|type=album}}
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