The Comforts of Madness

by Pale Saints

The Comforts of Madness cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 February 1990
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:10
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Kendra Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Comforts of Madness' is a strikingly melodic collision of shoegaze and dream pop from the 4AD roster. The album weaves dense, noisy guitar textures with ethereal vocal harmonies, resulting in a lush and highly atmospheric indie rock debut.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, male-vocalist, melodic, noisy, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Way the World Is (2:40)
  2. You Tear the World in Two (3:01)
  3. Sea of Sound (5:51)
  4. True Coming Dream (2:29)
  5. Little Hammer (2:17)
  6. Insubstantial (4:19)
  7. A Deep Sleep for Steven (3:43)
  8. Language of Flowers (2:53)
  9. Fell from the Sun (4:45)
  10. Sight of You (5:37)
  11. Time Thief (3:29)

Credits

  • Pale Saints - primary artist, instruments, written-by
  • Vaughan Oliver - art direction, design
  • Chris Cooper - band
  • Graeme Naysmith - band
  • Ian Masters - band
  • Chris Bigg - design [design assistance]
  • Alistair Clay - engineer
  • John Fryer - engineer, producer
  • Tim Davis - engineer [assistant]
  • Richard Hermitage - management [manipulated by]
  • Sarah Tucker - photography by [cat]
  • Bleddyn Butcher - photography by [group]
  • Gil Norton - producer
  • Kendra Smith - written-by

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