THIS MORTAL COIL - Blood - Original UK 2-LP - 4AD Shelleyan Orphan Dream Pop

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THIS MORTAL COIL

Blood

Original UK 2-LP released on 4AD Records in 1991.
Includes printed innersleeves.

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The third and final album by This Mortal Coil, 1991's Blood is neither as unfocused as Filigree & Shadow nor 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.

Tracks Are :-

Record One

The Lacemaker
Mr Somewhere
Andialu
With Tomorrow
Loose Joints
You And Your Sister

Nature's Way
I Come And Stand At Every Door
Bitter
Baby Ray Baby
Several Times

Record Two

The Lacemaker II
Late Night
Ruddy And Wretched
Help Me Lift You Up
Carolyn's Song
D.D. And E.

'Til I Gain Control Again
Dreams Are Like Water
I Am The Cosmos
(Nothing But) Blood

Released on '4AD Records' in 1991

Catalogue No. DAD 1005

Discs are VG (record 1) / VG+ (record 2)

Sleeve is in VG condition (ringwear / some creasing)

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