Volume 1-Best of Gothic Radio

Best of Gothic Radio

Best of Gothic Radio / Volume 1-Best of Gothic Radio
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 10 Sep 2002
Catalogue Number: DRFU4.2

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Yes, it can be pretty difficult to take goth music seriously, in part because its practitioners are so serious themselves. Few things invoke a giggle fit quite as effectively as the sight of a sallow 15-year-old wearing black lipstick, black lace, and a tragic facial expression, listening to funereal music with Latin lyrics and lots of cellos. And this album's cover art doesn't really give one hope for anything less hackneyed -- between the dark forest, the 19th century church facade, and the statue of a weeping angel, it's got just about every goth cliché covered. So the stylistic variety and occasional rich complexity of the music it contains come as a very pleasant surprise. The album opens with "Concubine Crush Factor #8" (no, really, give it a chance) by Christopher, a dark but not heavy exploration of ethereal North African melisma and electronic textures; it gets even more interesting with Ego Likeness's "Drown Like You," a song whose muscular funk structure nicely offsets the singer's self-consciously spooky delivery, and hits its peak on "One Eyed Man" by This Morn Omina, a song that combines what sound like (but probably aren't) British football chants with thick industrial rhythms, resulting in a dense and forbidding soundscape that sounds something like a cross between Barmy Army and Ministry. Other highlights include the gothic trip-hop of Collide's "Razor Sharp" and the rather heavy metalish "Gave Up" by Anathema Device. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the outer territories of the goth scene. ~ Rick Anderson, AMG

Track Listing:

1.  Concubine Crush Factor #8 [4:58]
2.  Ophelia [4:07]
3.  Drown Like You [6:04]
4.  Gave Up [4:10]
5.  Plaything [5:05]
6.  Awakening [3:56]
7.  I Can Feel the Sweet Wind Blowing (Bless My Soul) [3:11]
8.  Razor Sharp [4:52]
9.  Just a Dream [5:12]
10.  Turn Away [4:01]
11.  Nocturnal Emissions [5:29]
12.  One Eyed Man [5:31]
13.  Pain 13 [4:34]
14.  End [4:26]

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