L'esprit (In the Nursery album)

L'esprit
Studio album by In the Nursery
Released	April 1990
Recorded	Slaughterhouse Recording Studios, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire
Genre	Neoclassical Dark Wave, Martial industrial
Length	43:29
Label	Wax Trax!, Third Mind
Producer	Steve Harris, In the Nursery
In the Nursery chronology
Prelude 1983-1985 (1989)Prelude 1983-19851989 L'esprit (1990) Sense (1991)Sense1991

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L'esprit is the fourth album by In the Nursery, released in 1990 through Wax Trax! Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Klive Humberstone and Nigel Humberstone. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"To the Faithful"	4:46
2.	"At First Sight"	4:46
3.	"Sesudient"	4:20
4.	"Azure Wings"	3:03
5.	"Sœurette"	3:28
6.	"Inamorata"	0:54
7.	"Retaliation"	4:42
8.	"Träumerei"	3:51
9.	"Scenes of Childhood"	4:48
10.	"The Pearl"	5:01
11.	"L'esprit"	3:46

CD bonus tracks (The Compulsion 12")
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Reverie"	1:46
13.	"Alluvion"	4:53
14.	"Across the Ruins"	4:01
15.	"To the Faithful (Reprise)"	2:21

1999 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Archaic Torso"	3:05
17.	"Blade"	3:37
18.	"Incidental Guilt"	3:42

Personnel

In the Nursery

• Klive Humberstone – instruments
• Nigel Humberstone – instruments
• Q. – percussion
• Dolores Marguerite C – narration

Production and additional personnel

• Chris Bigg – design
• Ruth Chappell – photography
• Steve Harris – production
• In the Nursery – production
• Bill Stephenson – photography

External links

• L'Esprit at Discogs (list of releases)