...If I Die, I Die

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...If I Die, I Die
...If I Die, I Die cover.jpg
Studio album by Virgin Prunes
Released 4 November 1982 (1982-11-04)
Recorded July–August 1982 at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Length 40:19
Label Rough Trade
Producer Colin Newman
Virgin Prunes chronology
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...If I Die, I Die
(1982)
Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981-1983)
(1985)Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981-1983)1985

...If I Die, I Die is the third studio album by Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes. It was released on 4 November 1982 by record label Rough Trade. It was produced by Colin Newman of Wire.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Virgin Prunes

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Ulakanakulot"   2:35
2. "Decline and Fall"   4:50
3. "Sweethome Under White Clouds"   4:45
4. "Bau-Dachöng"   5:52
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Baby Turns Blue"   5:07
2. "Ballad of the Man"   3:32
3. "Walls of Jericho"   3:09
4. "Caucasian Walk"   4:44
5. "Theme for Thought"   5:45

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau B+[2]
Spin favourable[3]

...If I Die, I Die has been well received by critics. AllMusic, in their contemporary review of the album, called it "a wonderfully confounding and sometimes campy and often disturbing exercise in unfettered creativity".[1]

Personnel

Charts

Charts (1982) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[4] 8

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1982 Rough Trade LP ROUGH 49
France 1985 Virgin LP 70307
United Kingdom 1990 Rough Trade CD ROUGH LCD 49
France 1993 New Rose CD 452043
United Kingdom 2004 The Grey Area CD YEO2CD
United States 2004 Mute CD MUTE 9265-2

References

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