The Brothel to the Cemetery

by The Tiger Lillies

The Brothel to the Cemetery cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Misery Loves Co.
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 54:13
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The eccentric British trio pioneers their highly theatrical, distinctly morbid cabaret sound with this deeply sarcastic release. Driven by Martyn Jacques' bizarre falsetto and accordion, the album spins surreal, comedic narratives centering around societal outcasts, crime, and squalor.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, death, alcohol, crime

Tracklist

  1. Roll Up (2:42)
  2. Tiger Lillie Line (3:23)
  3. Banging in the Nails (2:16)
  4. Sailors (3:59)
  5. Slough (1:30)
  6. Alone with the Moon (3:39)
  7. Terrible (2:21)
  8. Russians (3:35)
  9. Gypsy Lament (4:41)
  10. Heaven to Hell (3:00)
  11. Mortuary (2:20)
  12. Nightingale (2:16)
  13. Crime (2:06)
  14. Old Gracefully (3:20)
  15. Reap What You Sow (2:56)
  16. Pretty Soon (3:18)
  17. Arthur (2:56)
  18. Decline (2:32)
  19. Millionaire (1:12)

Credits

  • Phil Butcher - bass
  • Mary Morrison - cello
  • Adrian Huge - drums, percussion, performer [musicians]
  • Stan - guitar
  • Gabriel - performer [everything]
  • Adrian Stout - performer [musicians]
  • Martyn Jacques - performer [musicians], songwriter
  • Corin - piano

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