Blood (This Mortal Coil album)

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For other albums of this name, see Blood (disambiguation).
Blood
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Studio album by This Mortal Coil
Released 22 April 1991 (1991-04-22)
Recorded Blackwing Studios, Palladium Studios
Genre Gothic rock, dream pop
Length 76:15
Language English
Label 4AD
Producer John Fryer and Ivo Watts-Russell
This Mortal Coil chronology
Filigree & Shadow
(1986)Filigree & Shadow1986		 Blood
(1991)		 1983-1991
(1993)1983-19911993
Singles from Blood
  1. "You and Your Sister"
    Released: April 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Pitchfork (8.4/10)[2]

Blood is the third and final album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was co-founder and (at the time) boss and president. The double album was released in April 1991, and was the second release on 4AD to utilize the double album-identifier "DAD" prefix in its catalog number.

Blood was the final LP in the project's history, although Watts-Russell used two TMC performers on his next project, The Hope Blister, in 1998. A remastered and repackaged CD edition of Blood was issued with the complete This Mortal Coil recordings in a self-titled box set, released in late November 2011. The CD was released individually shortly thereafter.[2]

In 2013, NME ranked the album at number 492 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[3]

Track listing

Side 1
No. Title Writer(s) Interpreted by Length
1. "The Lacemaker"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer, Martin McCarrick Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski 4:06
2. "Mr Somewhere"   Peter Milton Walsh Caroline Crawley, John Turner, Martin McCarrick 2:52
3. "Andialu"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer Alison Limerick 3:03
4. "With Tomorrow"   Gene Clark, Jesse Ed Davis Deirdre Rutkowski, John Turner 2:40
5. "Loose Joints"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer, Martin McCarrick This Mortal Coil 2:26
6. "You and Your Sister"   Chris Bell Kim Deal, Tanya Donnelly 3:14
Side 2
No. Title Writer(s) Interpreted by Length
7. "Nature's Way"   Randy California Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski 3:19
8. "I Come and Stand at Every Door"   Nâzım Hikmet, James Waters Deirdre and Louise Rutkowski, Tim Freeman 3:54
9. "Bitter"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski, Ikuko Kozu 6:25
10. "Baby Ray Baby"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer Deirdre Rutkowski, This Mortal Coil 2:13
11. "Several Times"   Pieter Nooten Pieter Nooten, Deirdre Rutkowski 3:12
Side 3
No. Title Writer(s) Interpreted by Length
12. "The Lacemaker II"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer, Martin McCarrick This Mortal Coil 1:24
13. "Late Night"   Syd Barrett Caroline Crawley 3:03
14. "Ruddy and Wretched"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer This Mortal Coil 3:15
15. "Help Me Lift You Up"   Mary Margaret O'Hara Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski 5:06
16. "Carolyn's Song"   David Roback Deirdre Rutkowski 3:47
17. "D.D. and E."   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer Deirdre Rurkowski, Ivo Watts-Russell 0:47
Side 4
No. Title Writer(s) Interpreted by Length
18. "'Til I Gain Control Again"   Rodney Crowell Deirdre and Louise Rutkowski, Heidi Berry 4:43
19. "Dreams Are Like Water"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer Deirdre Rutkowski, This Mortal Coil 8:37
20. "I Am the Cosmos"   Chris Bell Deirdre Rutkowski, Dominic Appleton 4:05
21. "(Nothing But) Blood"   Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer Deirdre Rutkowski, This Mortal Coil 4:04

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm


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