ARTiST: VA
TiTLE: Plague Songs
LABEL: 4AD
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 41:01 min
SiZE: 55,0 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-23-2006
RELEASE DATE: Oct-02-2006
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Klashnekoff - Blood (The Plague Of Blood) 03:44
02. King Creosote - Relate The Tale 04:59
(The Plague Of Frogs)
03. Stephin Merritt - The Meaning Of Lice 03:02
(The Plague Of Lice)
04. Brian Eno And Robert Wyatt - Flies 05:47
(The Plague Of Flies)
05. Laurie Anderson - The Fifth Plague 03:24
(The Death Of Livestock)
06. Cody Chesnutt - Boils 02:41
(The Plague Of Boils)
07. The Tiger Lillies - Hailstones 05:49
(The Plague Of Hail)
08. Imogen Heap - Glittering Cloud 03:36
(The Plague Of Locusts)
09. Scott Walker - Darkness 03:44
(The Plague Of Locusts)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Katonah 04:15
(The Death Of The Firstborn)
Release Notes:
Rufus Wainwright, Scott Walker and Brian Eno are
amongst the artists who have contributed songs to a
morbid album.
As the name suggests, 'Plague Songs' is based on the
ten biblical plagues - with each of the ten songs
chronologically representing each of the
afflictions.
Other artists appearing on the collection include
Imogen Heap, Stephin Merritt, The Tiger Lillies and
Laurie Anderson.
All the songs were originally commissioned by a
British Arts Organisation called Artangel which will
be performing the songs in Kent later this month.
Now the tracks have been collated for this
collection which is released through 4AD on October
2 via CD and digital download.
Scott Walker said of his contribution 'Darkness':
"In order to avoid purely passive reception, memory
kicked in with an elemental lesson from schooldays
that the filament of the very first light bulb was a
threat of carbonised cotton.
"It then led to other disparate paths like slavery,
corporate reach, etcetera."