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- Date Released: January 1, 1989
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Post-Punk, Alternative
- Label: Projekt / Iris
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Black Tape's third full album takes the band to a new level of grace; while bandleader Rosenthal's work remains generally consistent - ambient soundscapes mingled with low-key rock mood pieces, backing Rosenthal's varying studies of romantic obsession and fragmentation - the various performances here are more involving than ever. Herrera and Kenny-Smith return as the major vocalists, along with Rosenthal himself on 'slight vocals' and electronics; a bevy of other guest performances flesh out the album as a whole, from guitars to clarinet and violin. The opening title track proved to be the best Black Tape song up to that point, starting with a gentle wash of electronics suddenly punctuated by a tribal percussion hit - wonderfully echoed and layered for atmosphere - and Kenny-Smith's delicate take on the lyrics. Herrera himself gets to shine in the very next number, "Across A Thousand Blades," one of the more overtly goth-rock numbers Black Tape has recorded, with a pulsing rhythm, Cure/Banshees-like guitar and fretless bass adding to Herrera's anguished performance. The rest of the album doesn't quite match up to such an excellent beginning, but as a consistent collection of songs and performances, Ashes is never anything less that tastefully atmospheric, and often more than that, a perfect soundtrack to a late night.
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Ashes In The Brittle Air |
4:01 |
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| 02. | |
Across A Thousand Blades ('89) |
3:40 |
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The Touch And The Darkness |
2:58 |
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Through Sky Blue Rooms |
1:36 |
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The Scar Of A Poet |
7:29 |
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You Tangle Within Me |
4:25 |
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From The Tightrope |
4:46 |
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Am I So Deceived |
5:10 |
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Is It Love That Dare Not Be? |
2:17 |
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I Ran To You |
3:28 |
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| 11. | |
I Wish You Could Smile |
2:58 |
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11 Total Tracks, 42:48 Total Length
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Credits
- Walter Holland - Guitar // Walter Holland - Vocals // Walter Holland - Engineer // Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Main Performer // Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Main Performer // Black Tape for a Blue Girl - ? // Black Tape for a Blue Girl - ? // Robin Russell - Vocals // Richard Watson - Clarinet // Sam Rosenthal - Vocals // Sam Rosenthal - Design // Sam Rosenthal - Mixing // Sam Rosenthal - Cover Art Concept // Sam Rosenthal - Electronics // Sam Rosenthal - Package Concept // Oscar Herrera - Vocals // Sue-Kenny Smith - Guitar // Sue-Kenny Smith - Vocals // Stephen Nester - Piano // Allan Kraut - Percussion // Paula Smith - Cover Model
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