Blood (This Mortal Coil album)
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 493 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[3]
Track listing
| 1. |
"The Lacemaker" | Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer, Martin McCarrick | Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski |
4:06 |
| 2. |
"Mr Somewhere" | Peter Milton Walsh | Caroline Crawley, Jon 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, Jon 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Rutkowski, Ivo Watts-Russell |
0:47 |
| 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 |
Credits
Personnel as printed in the liner notes:[4]
- "The Lacemaker"
- Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- Programming: John Fryer
- "Mr Somewhere"
- Voice: Caroline Crawley
- Music: Jon Turner
- Cello: Martin McCarrick
- "Andialu"
- Voice: Alison Limerick
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer
- "With Tomorrow"
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Jon Turner
- "Loose Joints"
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- Programming: John Fryer
- "You and Your Sister"
- Voices: Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly
- Music: Jon Turner
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- "Nature's Way"
- Voices: Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- "I Come and Stand at Every Door"
- Voices: Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski, Tim Freeman
- Violin: Gini Ball
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Programming: John Fryer
- "Bitter"
- Voices: Ikuko Kozu, Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Guitar: Jim Williams
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- Programming: John Fryer
- "Baby Ray Baby"
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Programming: John Fryer
- "Several Times"
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Violin: Gini Ball
- Music: Pieter Nooten
- Programming: John Fryer
- "The Lacemaker II"
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- Programming: John Fryer
- "Late Night"
- Voice: Caroline Crawley
- Music: Jon Turner, Ivo Watts-Russell
- "Ruddy and Wretched"
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Programming: John Fryer
- Guitar: Jim Williams
- Voice: Anne Garrigues
- "Help Me Lift You Up"
- Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music and programming: Jon Turner
- "Carolyn's Song"
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- Piano: Jon Turner
- Guitar: Jim Williams
- Drums: Rain Parade
- "D.D. and E."
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- "'Til I Gain Control Again"
- Voices: Heidi Berry, Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski
- Piano: Jon Turner
- Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
- "Dreams Are Like Water"
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Programming: John Fryer
- "I Am the Cosmos"
- Voices: Dominic Appleton, Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music and programming: Jon Turner
- Guitar: Jim Williams
- "(Nothing But) Blood"
- Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
- Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
- Programming: John Fryer
- Produced by Ivo Watts-Russell
- Co-produced and engineered by John Fryer
- Additional engineering by Jon Turner
- Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London and Palladium Studios, Edinburgh
- Mixed at Blackwing Studios, London
- Mastering by Gus Shaw
- String arrangements by Martin McCarrick
- Sleeve design by Vaughan Oliver/v23
- Black and white photography by Nigel Grierson; colour photography by Claire Lazarus
References
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