Golden State by Bush

Golden State, Bush's fourth album, came out on Atlantic on 23 October 2001 in America, with Dave Sardy producing. After the raw, Steve Albini-helmed Razorblade Suitcase and the electronic tinges of The Science of Things, it swings back toward the big, grungy crunch of their Sixteen Stone days.

Gavin Rossdale named it after the Golden State Freeway, the road he used to take home, and the record has that kind of highway-at-night hum: churning guitars, heavy-lidded choruses and Rossdale's raspy croon. "The People That We Love" is the standout, a tense, driving rocker. It was the last Bush album with guitarist Nigel Pulsford and bassist Dave Parsons, alongside drummer Robin Goodridge, and the band split the following year. The liner notes dedicate it to Ian Lowery, founder of Folk Devils. A decade would pass before the next Bush studio album.

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