The Bride Ship

by Crime & the City Solution

The Bride Ship cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 April 1989
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 46:04
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Ralf Droge, Gareth Jones, Chrislo Haas

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking their evolution in Berlin, the ensemble weaves a cinematic, deeply literary atmosphere across sweeping, moody instrumentation. Anchored by Simon Bonney's commanding baritone and Mick Harvey's distinctive string arrangements, 'The Bride Ship' is a crucial artifact of the European post-punk diaspora.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, storytelling, orchestral, tense, minimal, bluesy, guitar-driven, soulful

Tracklist

  1. The Shadow of No Man (5:27)
  2. The Greater Head (4:22)
  3. Stone (4:12)
  4. The Dangling Man (4:30)
  5. Keepsake (4:40)
  6. The Bride Ship (6:23)
  7. Free World (3:11)
  8. New World (3:37)
  9. Three / Four (3:16)
  10. The Bride Ship - Extended (6:23)

Credits

  • Alexander Hacke - music by, performer
  • Bronwyn Adams - music by, performer, words by
  • Mick Harvey - music by, performer
  • Simon Bonney - music by, performer, words by
  • Thomas Stern - music by, performer
  • Thomas Cole - painting [cover: "course of empire-destruction" by thomas cole (1833/36)]
  • Chrislo Haas - synthesizer
  • Ralf Droge - trombone

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