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Gossip [Original recording remastered] [Import]
Alexander Lokshin: Symphony No. 4; Three Scenes from Goethe's Faust
6 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019; 2 cd set
6 Concerti for Flute & Strings
Airmail Special: A Salute to the Big Band Masters
Tommy Reilly plays Harmonica Concertos
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
Amazon.com
The debut release by this superstar-Goth outfit shined (and still does) in all its glorious misery and despair. Just how can it be so beautiful? the listener wonders. For one thing, when the project is conceptualized by 4AD Records brain-man Ivo Watts-Russell and includes artists from groundbreaking U.K. bands such as Cocteau Twins, Magazine, and Dead Can Dance, and when a chunk of the material is from musical heavyweights such as Tim Buckley (the haunting "Song to the Siren"), Alex Chilton of Big Star (the devastating "Holocaust" and the heartbreakingly lovely "Kangaroo"), and Colin Newman of Wire (the rockin' "Not Me"), you're bound to come up with something that will be remembered and revered by old-school Goths everywhere. This is lush, hypnotic, astonishingly beautiful. --Lorry Fleming