A Chaos of Desire

by Black Tape for a Blue Girl

A Chaos of Desire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 March 1991
  • Label: Projekt
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:17
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Melinda Matthews Rosenthal, Sam Rosenthal, instruments, Padraic Ogl, Sue-Kenny Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Spearheaded by Projekt Records founder Sam Rosenthal, the collective's third album explores lush, intensely melancholic ethereal wave soundscapes. Combining acoustic strings with synthesizer textures and soaring vocals, the release helped codify the American neoclassical darkwave movement.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic, ambient, dreamy, vocal, minimal

Tracklist

  1. These Fleeting Moments (5:59)
  2. A Chaos Of Desire (5:17)
  3. Pandora's Box (4:31)
  4. Tear Love From My Mind (6:08)
  5. The Hypocrite Is Me (9:00)
  6. Beneath The Icy Floe (6:34)
  7. We Watch Our Sad-Eyed Angel Fall (5:32)
  8. One Last Breath (3:21)
  9. Of These Reminders (8:49)
  10. How Can You Forget Love? (4:12)
  11. Chains Of Color (2:28)
  12. Could I Stay The Honest One (5:21)

Credits

  • Black Tape for a Blue Girl - primary artist
  • J'Anna Jacoby - music by [additional melodic construction], violin
  • Julianna Towns - music by [additional melodic construction], vocals, backing vocals [treated background vocals], backing vocals, flute
  • Kim Prior - music by [additional melodic construction], vocals
  • Loren - music by [additional melodic construction], vocals
  • Oscar Herrera - music by [additional melodic construction], backing vocals, guitar, vocals, instruments [treated background instruments]
  • Vicki Richards - music by [violins were improvised]
  • Sue-Kenny Smith - guitar, backing vocals [treated background vocals]

More from Black Tape for a Blue Girl: full discography