Almost Human

by Voltaire

Almost Human cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Projekt Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:32
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Voltaire's second album of dark cabaret, recorded for Projekt, builds its program around death, faith and the afterlife. Violin, cello and acoustic guitar arrangements underpin macabre, comic lyrics on sex and mortality.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, dark-humor, theatrical, death, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Out of Reach (4:23)
  2. Dunce (5:17)
  3. Feathery Wings (5:04)
  4. Almost Human (3:55)
  5. God Thinks (4:12)
  6. Anastasia (5:22)
  7. Dead Girls (4:11)
  8. Underground (4:10)
  9. Ringo No Uta (1:29)
  10. The Headless Waltz (3:34)
  11. Alchemy Mondays (1:26)
  12. The Last Word (4:40)
  13. The Night (4:32)
  14. El Barquito De Nuez (1:17)

Credits

  • George Higham - artwork [fetal skeletons]
  • A Man Called Jamie - artwork [wings]
  • Matthew Goeke - cello, written-by
  • Baby Mars - model [angel]
  • Joe Netherworld - stylist [props, styling]
  • Gregor Kitzis - violin, written-by
  • Mark Zappasodi - recorded by, mixed by
  • Todd Speser - costume designer [oh my goth! pendant]
  • Roger Lian - mastered by
  • Mark Avery - photography by
  • Tadashi Manjome - written-by
  • Francisco Gabilondo Soler - written-by

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