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It'll End in Tears

This Mortal Coil

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This Mortal Coil is the vision of 4AD record-label owner of Ivo Watts-Russell and the work of many artists who could dial up ethereal, melancholy mood music that reflected the sepia-toned artwork featured on the album covers. Members of the Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, the Buzzcocks and Modern English, among others, contributed to this brilliant set that is highlighted by two covers from Big Star’s Third (a.k.a. Sister Lovers) album, “Kangaroo” and “Holocaust,” Colin Newman’s “Not Me” and Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren.” In the case of Buckley, the cover helped bring attention to the late, great avant-jazz folk musician. Each cover is given the royal treatment with reverb and either gentle acoustic guitar or piano and strings. The remaining tracks range from evocatively dour instrumentals to delightfully weird tone poems. Roy Harper’s “Another Day” caresses the top end of the scale with manipulated vocals that bring about a sorrowful hue. Lisa Gerrard’s “Dreams Made Flesh” falls down the rabbit hole. 1980’s Goth doesn’t get more moody than this.

Customer Reviews

Watershed

I came across this album in my podunk hometown because the store write down the wrong ISBN number and got this. They had no idea what they had, but they put it on the new release wall in hopes of suckering some schmuck into taking the (then) drastic plunge of nine dollars (it was the English import, no less). Lucky for me, and essential for you. I realize that a lot of time has passed since this release, so it can't have the same significance to a new listener as it did 23 years ago, but this in no way diminishes the overall artistry of this release. The album is best taken as whole with candlelight and Frank Incense, but should prove especially moving to those just beginning to come to grips with the larger world. Now, for a few words in response to the official review: every single cover on this album surpasses and transforms the original to such a degree that it could be deemed an outright co-option (I, for one, have no use for the originals even though I sought them out in response to this release in the confidence of opening new musical vistas for myself - something which did happen, but only in respect to Cindytalk, Dead Can Dance and Colourbox), and to say that Lisa Gerrard's songs are tiresome simply boggles my mind (this coming from a fan who can date his love of her voice and music to this release). To cut myself short, this album marked a turning point in my early life and effectively expressed my inner life to an astonishing degree. Perhaps it can do the same for you.

To Miss OpinionateGirl....

Sweetie...history lesson #1..."that girl" singing Song to the Siren is none other than Elizabeth Frazier of The Cocteau Twins...and yes...she is FABULOUS! As is the enitre This Mortal Coil collection (why only two on here?) ...and for those of us who remember it the first time around...it only gets better with age.

Just Another Day

Initially bought this b/c of Song to the Siren cover, but really, another is better. It's just so awesome how Liz Frasier can make some pretty dirty lyrics sound so beautiful. I think it's the combination of cello, viola, violin. It's almost licenstiously victorian. I must take her, I must make her While the dove domains And feel the juice run as she flies Run my wings under her sighs (but sounds like thighs) As the flames of eternity rise

Biography

Formed: 1983 in Wadsworth, London, England

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '80s, '90s

The gothic dream pop collective This Mortal Coil was one of the most representative bands on the 4AD label, not least because they were run by 4AD president and co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. Whether they played covers (of Watts-Russell's favorite artists) or originals, their material epitomized the haunting, ethereal sound that came to be associated with the label. Lush, swirling arrangements drenched in echo, reverb, and other effects were the project's stock-in-trade, often approaching ambient...
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