Coil - The Ape Of Naples
(c) 2022 Infinite Fog Productions
Artist....: Coil
Album.....: The Ape Of Naples
Source....: LP
Tracks....: 20
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Infinite Fog Productions
Encoder...: LAME 3.100
Quality...: 252 kbps / 480kHz / Joint Stereo
URL.......:
Tracklist:
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A1.Fire Of The Mind 5:13
A2.The Last Amethyst Deceiver 10:06
A3.Tattooed Man 6:29
B1.Triple Sun 3:45
B2.It's In My Blood 4:51
B3.I Don't Get It 5:35
B4.Heaven's Blade 4:11
B5.Cold Cell 4:02
C1.Teenage Lightning 2005 7:09
C2.Amber Rain 5:12
C3.Going Up 8:24
D1.Ten Minute Triple Sun 10:46
D2.Heaven's Blade (Mix 1) 6:00
D3.Amber Rain (Drier More Intimate) 5:05
E1.Cold Cell In Bangkok (6 Minute Version) 6:24
E2.I Don't Get It (Unadorned Mix) 5:34
E3.Going Up (Live Better 2) 9:38
F1.I Don't Get It (Untitled Rendered) 5:04
F2.Animal Are You? 11:35
F3.Catch A Falling Star 3:56
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128:59
Total:244.51MB / 128:59
Release Notes:
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This is a great (re)master but not so great when it comes to pressing. Crackling
here and there throughout - enjoy digital rip with occasional analog artefacts.
This. masterpiece is worth it.
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"The Ape of Naples" is a deeply emotional and uniquely rewarding album. In its
immediate accessibility it is somewhat reminiscent of Coil's mid-1980s classic
"Horse Rotorvator" sharing that album's wild variety of sounds and styles as
well as its overriding sombre mood. Originally released in 2005 and in many ways
the band's ultimate swan song, it is now considered one of the go-to albums for
introducing new listeners to the unparalleled magick of Coil. Compiled and
released by Peter Christopherson one year after Jhonn Balance's tragic deadly
fall, it includes reworkings of the live favourite "Amethyst Deceivers" and
"Love Secret's Domain"'s "Teenage Lightning" as well as several songs originally
intended for the ill-fated "Backwards" album like the haunting and preminiscent
"Fire of the Mind" and the superb "Amber Rain". Other tracks were created using
unfinished song ideas from around "Backwards", sampling tiny bits of Balance's
live vocals from songs only ever performed in concert once like "Triple Sun".
Using the lyrics of the theme tune for the 1970s BBC sit com series "Are you
being served?" for the unbelievably haunting "Going up", this album's final
track and the last song Coil ever performed live, is maybe the most poignant
example of Balance's and Christopherson's method of turning base matter into
pure sound gold, and like the title of the album, derived from an imaginary
adult video an equally fine example of the often underappreciated humour of the
boys.
Christopherson with the help of long-term sound wizard Danny Hyde and using some
of the talent of Coil touring members managed to craft an album which feels and
flows like a true Coil classic.
The Infinite Fog version is the third Coil record receiving the fully remastered
and enhanced 3LP/2CD treatment supervised by Danny Hyde.
All of the original material has again been carefully and sympathetically
remastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson who has been previously
lauded for her splendid job on its sister release "The New Backwards". Coil fans
old and new will be thrilled over the inclusion of more than an hour's worth of
9 rare and largely unheard bonus tracks from Danny's vaults completing the set.
The astounding design of the original box-set release is restored for the
gatefold 3LP sleeve using the fully-licensed artwork by Ian Johnstone (making it
easy to differentiate this new vinyl version from previous un-sanctioned LP
releases using poor reproductions of the original CD art for the front cover),
the CD will be available in two versions with the original and well-loved
original CD cover art and for the first time using the former vinyl-only cover
art.
If you do not yet own a physical copy of the "Ape of Naples", or if you always
wanted an enhanced version of this masterpiece, there has never been a better
time to make that wish come true.