Legendary Pink Dots - Asylum (1985)
Legendary Pink Dots - Asylum (1985)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Play It Again Sam | 400Mb
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Play It Again Sam | 400Mb
First released as a double-LP set and later reissued on a single CD, Asylum is the album that best represents the Legendary Pink Dots in the '80s, which does not mean that it is the group's best album or that it makes a good point of entry into its '80s production. Albums like The Tower or Any Day Now are melodically richer and more focused, but Asylum is the album that brings together the group's songwriting and experimental leanings with the most gusto. It also captures the band coming out of its stark, cold sound of the early '80s and evolving toward relatively lusher arrangements. The opening song "Echo Police" is a typically alienating LPD new wave song, strongly reminiscent of the material found on The Tower, but soon things take a bizarre twist with "Gorgon Zola's Baby." Other more experimental tracks include "A Message from Our Sponsor," the whole fourth side of the LP release (the last four tracks on the CD), and the 11-minute "So Gallantly Screaming," which pairs up fragments of songs and tape collage. Several more straightforward songs are introduced by odd textures or include strange, disquieting developments. The album still offers its share of memorable melodies, including the off-kilter "The Hill," the Eastern-flavored "The Golden Dawn" and the near-epic "I'm the Way, The Truth, The Light," the album's highlight, with Edward Ka-Spel portraying a maniacal messiah. Asylum is also noteworthy for the inclusion of bassist/keyboardist Julia Niblock Waller (billed as "Poison Barbarella") in the lineup; she also contributes a low alto lead vocal on "Femme Mirage." This album is surely a must for the casual LPD fan, but newcomers may find these 75 minutes a tad too much (and too all over the place) to start with. (Allmusic)
Track listing
1 "Echo Police" – 4:48
2 "Gorgon Zola's Baby" – 2:29
3 "Fifteen Flies In the Marmalade" – 2:47
4 "Femme Mirage" – 3:35
5 "The Hill" – 4:22
6 "Demonism" – 2:35
7 "Prisoner" – 5:11
8 "So Gallantly Screaming" – 11:13
9 "I Am the Way, The Truth, The Light" – 8:01
10 "Agape" – 3:49
11 "Golden Dawn" – 5:49
12 "The Last Straw" – 4:53
13 "A Message From Our Sponsor" – 4:06
14 "Go Ask Alice" – 3:25
15 "This Could Be the End" – 8:01
Personnel
The Prophet Qa'Spel (Edward Ka-Spel) – voice, keyboards
The Silverman (Phil Knight) – keyboards
Stret Majest (Barry Gray) – guitar
Patrick Q Paganini (Patrick Wright) – violin, keyboards, vocals
Poison Barbarella (Julia Niblock Waller of Attrition) – bass, keyboards, vocals
Adantacathar (Graham Whitehead) – keyboards
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 8. March 2009, 10:44
Legendary Pink Dots / Asylum
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
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Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
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Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
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EAC extraction logfile from 8. March 2009, 10:44
Legendary Pink Dots / Asylum
Used drive : LITE-ON LTR-40125S Adapter: 3 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 12
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.33 | 4:48.55 | 33 | 21687
2 | 4:49.13 | 2:29.45 | 21688 | 32907
3 | 7:18.58 | 2:47.02 | 32908 | 45434
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12 | 54:44.35 | 4:53.33 | 246335 | 268342
13 | 59:37.68 | 4:06.35 | 268343 | 286827
14 | 63:44.28 | 3:25.35 | 286828 | 302237
15 | 67:09.63 | 8:01.45 | 302238 | 338357
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End of status report
Thx to the original uploader