Bush - Golden State (Japanese Edition) (2001)

Golden State is the fourth studio album by the British post-grunge band Bush, released on 23 October 2001 through Atlantic Records. It is the last Bush album to feature Nigel Pulsford and Dave Parsons on guitar and bass, respectively. Bush would not release another studio album until ten years later with The Sea of Memories. The liner notes of Golden State cite the album in memory of Ian Lowery, founder of The Folk Devils. In the documentary Making Of Golden State, the title is revealed as being inspired by the Golden State Freeway, which Gavin Rossdale used to use to get home.

Golden State received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, where they assign a "weighted average" rating out of 100 to selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of a 63, based on 11 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews."

The fact that the album's sound is a return to Bush's earlier style brought both criticism and praise. Kerrang! hailed it as "Bush's best album yet." However, Jenny Eliscu of Rolling Stone commented "Today, the group could be criticized for imitating itself… Gavin Rossdale's delicious rasp is still unequivocally sexy, but his melodies are rote versions of the same old song." She added "Nothing here hits the inevitable, almost scientific heights the band reached with anthems like 'Everything Zen' or 'Glycerine.' As it is, Golden State has only a few bright spots." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave a slightly more positive review, considering Bush "comfortable and powerful, rocking hard, turning out songs that are not only catchy, but that hold together and cohere over the course of an album." Regarding the album's reverted style, he said "It doesn't sound hip or current in 2001 by any means – it sounds charmingly retro, as a matter of fact, sorta stuck in 1994 – but it's better than most records in its vein."

Track List:
01. Solutions 04:27
02. Headful of Ghosts 04:21
03. The People That We Love 04:01
04. Superman 04:00
05. Fugitive 04:02
06. Hurricane 03:15
07. Inflatable 04:18
08. Reasons 03:41
09. Land of the Living 04:15
10. My Engine Is with You 02:35
11. Out of This World 04:04
12. Float 04:15
13. Japanese Freight Train 03:44