Black Ships Ate the Sky

by Current 93

Black Ships Ate the Sky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 May 2006
  • Label: Durtro
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:15:33
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: John Contreras, Michael Cashmore, Ben Chasny

Album Notes & Community Reviews

David Tibet's apocalyptic vision reaches new heights on 'Black Ships Ate the Sky'. Featuring guest vocals from Antony Hegarty and Marc Almond, the album is a haunting, hallucinatory journey through faith and despair. It is a dense, poetic masterpiece of neofolk.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, conceptual, male-vocals, acoustic, ritualistic, pagan, folk, experimental, dark-humor, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Idumea (3:28)
  2. Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina) (3:19)
  3. Black Ships In The Sky (3:38)
  4. Then Kill CāˆšĀ¶sar (3:58)
  5. Idumea (Vocals Bonnie "Prince" Billy) (2:42)
  6. This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich (4:03)
  7. The Dissolution Of The Boat "Millions Of Years" (3:57)
  8. Idumea (Vocals - Baby Dee) (4:19)
  9. Bind Your Tortoise Mouth (2:30)
  10. Idumea (Vocals - Antony) (2:02)
  11. Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven (4:08)
  12. Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer) (3:20)
  13. Idumea (Vocals - Clodagh Simonds) (2:35)
  14. Black Ships Were Sinking / Idumea (Vocals - Cosey Fanni Tutti) (11:06)
  15. The Beautiful Dancing Dust (0:58)
  16. Idumea (Vocals - Pantaleimon) (3:06)
  17. Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbour) (4:41)
  18. Idumea (Vocals - David Tibet) (1:50)
  19. Black Ships Ate The Sky (4:20)
  20. Why CāˆšĀ¶sar Is Burning Part II (2:49)
  21. Idumea (Vocals - Shirley Collins) (2:43)

Credits

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