Blood
by This Mortal Coil
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 April 1991
- Label: 4AD
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:16:27
- Community rating: 3.82/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Syd Barrett, Rodney Crowell, Gini Ball, Deirdre Rutkowski, Jesse Ed Davis, Anne Garrigues, Randy California, Gene Clark, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Rain Parade, Tim Freeman, James Waters, I. Watts Russell, Ikuko Kozu, Alison Limerick, Caroline Crawley, Tanya Donelly, Hickmet, David Roback, Heidi Berry, N芒zim Hikmet, Peter Milton Walsh, Sally Herbert, Kim Deal, Dominic Appleton, Jim Williams, Jocelyn Pook, Pieter Nooten, Sonia Slany, Chris Bell, Louise Rutkowski
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The third and final album from Ivo Watts-Russell's supergroup project is an incredibly lush and melancholic conclusion to their dream pop trilogy. 'Blood' heavily utilizes string orchestration and guest vocalists to cover obscure folk and psych songs, creating a profoundly dark, mysterious, and ethereal atmospheric experience.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, dreamy, reverb-heavy, delicate, hushed, vocal, orchestral, melodic
Tracklist
- The Lacemaker (4:07)
- Mr. Somewhere (2:53)
- Andialu (3:04)
- With Tomorrow (2:40)
- Loose Joints (2:26)
- You And Your Sister (3:14)
- Nature's Way (3:17)
- I Come And Stand At Every Door (3:56)
- Bitter (6:26)
- Baby Ray Baby (2:13)
- Several Times (3:12)
- The Lacemaker II (1:23)
- Late Night (3:03)
- Ruddy And Wretched (3:15)
- Help Me Lift You Up (5:05)
- Carolyn's Song (3:47)
- D. D. And E. (0:48)
- 'Til I Gain Control Again (4:42)
- Dreams Are Like Water (8:37)
- I Am The Cosmos (4:05)
- (Nothing But) Blood (4:05)
Credits
- This Mortal Coil - primary artist
- Martin McCarrick - arranged by [string arrangements], strings, written-by, cello
- John Fryer - co-producer, engineer, programmed by, written-by, music by
- John Turner - engineer [additional engineering], music by, music by, programmed by, piano
- Gus Shaw - mastered by
- Nigel Grierson - photography by [black and white]
- Claire Lazarus - photography by [colour]
- Ivo Watts-Russell - producer, music by, written-by
- Vaughan Oliver - sleeve, design
- v23 - sleeve, design
- Jocelyn Pook - strings
- Sally Herbert - strings
- Sonia Slany - strings
- Caroline Crawley - voice
- Deirdre Rutkowski - voice
- I. Watts Russell / M. McCarrick / J. Fryer - written by
- Peter Milton Walsh - written-by
- Alison Limerick - voice
- Gene Clark - written-by
- Jesse Ed Davis - written-by
- Kim Deal - voice
- Tanya Donelly - voice
- Chris Bell - written-by
- Randy California - written-by
- Gini Ball - violin
- Louise Rutkowski - voice
- Tim Freeman - voice
- Hickmet / Waters - written by
- James Waters - written-by
- N芒zim Hikmet - written-by
- Jim Williams - guitar
- Ikuko Kozu - voice
- Pieter Nooten - music by, written-by
- Syd Barrett - written-by
- Anne Garrigues - voice
- Mary Margaret O'Hara - written-by
- Rain Parade - drums
- David Roback - written-by
- Heidi Berry - voice
- Rodney Crowell - written-by
- Dominic Appleton - voice