Loveless is the second studio album by shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine. Released on 4 November 1991, the album was recorded over a two-year period between 1989 and 1991. Vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields dominated the arduous recording process, intent on achieving a particular sound; he experimented with guitar tremolo and tuning systems, unorthodox production techniques, obscured vocals, and sampled feedback and percussion. Often dissatisfied with their recording environments, the group went through nineteen recording studios and a large number of engineers during the creation of the album, with its recording rumoured to have cost £250,000. After the record's release, My Bloody Valentine were removed from their record label Creation Records due to the difficulty and expense of working with Shields, a factor that was alleged to have contributed to the bankruptcy of the label.
While Loveless did not achieve great commercial success, the album received enthusiastic reviews from critics, who praised its sonic innovations and experimentation. It has since been widely proclaimed as among the best albums of the 1990s by critics, as a landmark work of the shoegazing genre, and as an influence on various subsequent artists. The album was reissued as a two-disc CD set on Sony in May 2012, containing remastered editions of the original digital tape and a previously unreleased ½-inch analogue tape. The reissues placed in several international charts and in July 2013, Loveless was certified Silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry.