Favorite Current 93 Studio Album

[SwansSoilMe/SwansSaveMe]

I should say, I don't even have half of the albums on the main list up there. Wish I did.

[Neurospaston]

Quote Originally Posted by waffles";p=&quot

I don't think I would've heard of Currentr 93 if not for TL.

...and I would'nt have heard of Ligotti if not for C93...
All the pretty little horses, Earth covers earth, Hypnagogue, Imperium, Black ships ate the sky, I think they're my favorites.

[beakripped]

I miss the days of voraciously searching out albums by Coil, Current 93, Nurse With Wound and others... Enjoy it while it lasts! The 7 years it took me to acquire all of Coil's CDs were golden years and I dearly miss the thrill of finding an album in the used bins, exclaiming "It's taken me forever to find this!" Most of all I miss how drastically my perception of these groups has changed with each additional album...

[The Silent One]

I'm torn between Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre (I can't believe that no-one mentioned this spectacular album!) and Sleep Has His House.

Not as familiar with Thunder Perfect Mind as I should be, although I really like what I've heard. Same with Black Ships Ate the Sky The Inmost Light trilogy comes close, very close, one of many reasons being "The Frolic". Soft Black Stars is very interesting, quite pretty, but not a specific favorite.

I also have a fondness for their 1987-9 period; Loads of fascinating stuff there. Speaking of which, who here is a fan of Earth Covers Earth? I really like this album, and it is so unjustly underappreciated. Horsey, too, is intriguing, but I've seen a video recording of a concert from Osaka in 1989, and "Tree" is much better live (especially with more acoustic backing).

[beakripped]

Earth Covers Earth was a difficult album for me to get into. It is, essentially, an EP-length album with a load of (in my opinion) sub-par versions of songs. That being said, Hourglass for Diana is one of the best songs they've ever recorded! I've considered aquiring the recent LP reissue on Free Porcupine Society. Have you seen it? It looks gorgeous.

I regret to say that I've neglected Horsey. Next time I see it in the used bins I plan to buy it, but what I heard in the past did nothing for me. I had similar feelings regarding ECE, which I now listen to often.

[Neurospaston]

"If I cast my eyes before me, what an infinite space in which I do not exist; and if I look behind me, what a terrible procession of years in which I do not exist, and how little space I occupy in this vast abyss of time..."

The Wind blowes out; the Bubble dies;
The Spring entomb'd in Autumn lies;
The Dew dries up; the Starre is shot;
The Flight is past; and man forgot.

Earth covers earth
Time tryeth truth...

[beakripped]

After rereading my last post I feel the need to clarify that by "sub-par" songs I was referring to the bonus material that was tagged onto the CD reissue of Earth Covers Earth.

I forgot to mention this... I saw Simon Finn a few weeks ago in Toronto. Mark Logan, who heads Durtro/Jnana, was there as well so some friends and I asked a few questions. Amongst his answers he revealed that:

There's an album in the works featuring Michael Cashmore on Guitar, Tibet writing lyrics and Antony on vocals. I don't think this will be a Current 93 album, but something different.

Also, it looks as if the next C93 album will be released in the spring. We were so excited by this news we failed to press him for further details. I'm sure delays will be encountered but still... just thought I'd mention it.

[SwansSoilMe/SwansSaveMe]

Based on glowing mentions of Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre here, I went ahead and ordered of the few copies on Amazon today at $49+. I don't know why I decided years ago not to get it, as I have only two songs from it on the comps. I realize I was trying to limit myself, and still will not be a C93 completist, but am looking very forward to this album.

[The Silent One]

Quote Originally Posted by beakripped

Earth Covers Earth was a difficult album for me to get into. It is, essentially, an EP-length album with a load of (in my opinion) sub-par versions of songs. That being said, Hourglass for Diana is one of the best songs they've ever recorded! I've considered aquiring the recent LP reissue on Free Porcupine Society. Have you seen it? It looks gorgeous. I regret to say that I've neglected Horsey. Next time I see it in the used bins I plan to buy it, but what I heard in the past did nothing for me. I had similar feelings regarding ECE, which I now listen to often.

Oh, if you had a problem with Earth Covers Earth, Horsey will pose problems. None of the versions are amazing, but the cover of Comus' "Diana" is horrific. Not as in bad, I mean scary; You can practically hear Tibet drooling in madness.

Personally, I really love "Rome (for Douglas P.)". I don't know why really, except that the chorus is extremely catchy. I also found via file-sharing three live versions from 1988 of "Hourglass", "Rome", and "Fields of Rape". They appeared on a bonus 7" that only came with the Japanese issue of the aforementioned album, which was billed as a taster for the still-unreleased Live in Japan LP. The version of "Fields of Rape" is quite nice, complete with electric guitar and a vocal duet with Douglas P.

Quote Originally Posted by beakripped

After rereading my last post I feel the need to clarify that by "sub-par" songs I was referring to the bonus material that was tagged onto the CD reissue of Earth Covers Earth. I forgot to mention this... I saw Simon Finn a few weeks ago in Toronto. Mark Logan, who heads Durtro/Jnana, was there as well so some friends and I asked a few questions. Amongst his answers he revealed that: There's an album in the works featuring Michael Cashmore on Guitar, Tibet writing lyrics and Antony on vocals. I don't think this will be a Current 93 album, but something different. Also, it looks as if the next C93 album will be released in the spring. We were so excited by this news we failed to press him for further details. I'm sure delays will be encountered but still... just thought I'd mention it.

Hmm... Interesting... Antony is working with Lou Reed, too, among other things... I rather like what I've heard from this new album, so I wonder, really: Will Tibet continue with the "black ships" and Cæsars, or will he pull something totally unexpected out of his hat? Antony doing the intros to "Happy Birthday Pigface Christus" and "Black Flowers, Please" would make me quite happy in that sick place in my mind.

Yes, the bonus tracks are a tad lacking, but "At The Blue Gates Of Death" (the six minute one) is pretty interesting, to be honest. I really like what Stapleton does with all the bizarre sound effects. Accentuates the vaguely disturbing nature of the song: Facing death in an unexpected form.

Quote Originally Posted by SwansSoilMe/SwansSaveMe

Based on glowing mentions of Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre here, I went ahead and ordered of the few copies on Amazon today at $49+. I don't know why I decided years ago not to get it, as I have only two songs from it on the comps. I realize I was trying to limit myself, and still will not be a C93 completist, but am looking very forward to this album.

Multiple copies? For what illicit purpose *gentle nudge*...? Yes, this is an amazing album. I really enjoy the final suite of three songs, as well as the wonderfully concise "Into the Bloody Hole I Go"....

Into the bloody hole I go
Oh no, oh no!

And so on. The whole blood motif is pretty creepy, or worse yet the rape to reaping theme in Tibet's early work. I think it all goes back to the Tibetan thigh bone stuff (eeeppp...), but it may be more than that.

Quote Originally Posted by Neurospaston

"If I cast my eyes before me, what an infinite space in which I do not exist; and if I look behind me, what a terrible procession of years in which I do not exist, and how little space I occupy in this vast abyss of time..." The Wind blowes out; the Bubble dies; The Spring entomb'd in Autumn lies; The Dew dries up; the Starre is shot; The Flight is past; and man forgot. Earth covers earth Time tryeth truth...

And now, an example of failure to communicate:

And I built you a playground
Surrounded by crosses
But you wanted a valley
Where horses could run free.

There you go...

Horses were riding...
Hooves were shining...
Children were crying...
Manes were flying...

The rubble is bloody,
The hooves are bloody.

Hooves....

[SwansSoilMe/SwansSaveMe]

Yes, I missed a word there -- I meant *one* of the few copies. I never buy more than one.

Tibet truly is mad. Who else would ask e-mail recipients this week to pray for the canonization of some dude... Canonization? How boring. Mad, I say.