[dream-pop] (2018) This Mortal Coil - Blood (1991, Remastered)
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(2018) This Mortal Coil - Blood (1991, Remastered) Review: …remastered audio made from the original analogue studio tapes by the late John Dent. The third and final album by This Mortal Coil, 1991’s Blood is neither as unfocused as Filigree & Shadow or as conceptually pure as It’ll End in Tears, but it’s a solidly enjoyable set. Once again, nearly half the tracks are instrumentals (or tracks with minimal and often wordless female vocals) written by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer, but this batch of tunes holds together much better than the much more amorphous originals on Filigree & Shadow; lengthy atmospheric explorations like “Dreams Are Like Water” sound composed and thoughtful rather than merely pretty. And as always, the covers are brilliantly chosen. The twin highlights are two songs written by Big Star’s Chris Bell; ”I Am the Cosmos” is reinterpreted as a ragged, brink-of-chaos rocker that sounds like it could have been on Big Star’s post-Bell magnum opus, Third, while a delicate acoustic version of “You and Your Sister” with wispy, unsure vocals by Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly ranks with the first album’s reinterpretation of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren” as one of the group’s masterpieces. Other gems include a near-symphonic reading of Spirit’s “Nature’s Way” and a version of Syd Barrett’s “Late Night” that strips the song down to not much more than Caroline Crawley’s voice and a low-frequency hum. Tracklist: 01 - The Lacemaker.flac 02 - Mr. Somewhere.flac 03 - Andialu.flac 04 - With Tomorrrow.flac 05 - Loose Joints.flac 06 - You and Your Sister.flac 07 - Nature's Way.flac 08 - I Come and Stand at Every Door.flac 09 - Bitter.flac 10 - Baby Ray Baby.flac 11 - Several Times.flac 12 - The Lacemaker II.flac 13 - Late Night.flac 14 - Ruddy and Wretched.flac 15 - Help Me Lift You Up.flac 16 - Carolyn's Song.flac 17 - D.D. And E.flac 18 - 'Til I Gain Control Again.flac 19 - Dreams Are Like Water.flac 20 - I Am the Cosmos.flac 21 - (Nothing But) Blood.flac Summary: Country: UK Genre: dream-pop
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