The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse | ||||
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Released | 1990 | |||
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Length | 68:06 (CD) 46:41 (LP and cassette) | |||
Label | Play It Again Sam/Wax Trax!, Caroline (Belgium, US) Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon (US) SPV (Poland) | |||
Producer | The Legendary Pink Dots | |||
The Legendary Pink Dots chronology | ||||
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The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse is an album by the Anglo-Dutch band the Legendary Pink Dots, released in 1990.[1][2][3] The album is a cult fan favorite.[4] Niels van Hoorn contributed on flute, saxophones, and clarinet.[5]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Chicago Tribune | [7] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Using instrumentation that includes electronics, guitar, sitar, flute and oboe, the longtime-cult-favorite Pink Dots craft a sometimes-stark, sometimes-elegant, sometimes-dreamy outing of neo-psychedelia and alternative pop that's imbued with a pronounced eccentricity of vision and a captivating originality of execution."[7] Trouser Press noted that "Green Gang" "runs sitar/tabla meanderings into twittering flutes and winds up building a quietly disturbing skein of motorway noise."[8]
In 2016, LA Weekly included Crushed Velvet Apocalypse on its list of classic goth albums.[9] Salt Lake City Weekly called the music "lush, luxurious and sensual, yet also dark and sinister, with a sense of mysticism that is foreboding more than comforting."[10]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty" | 4:40 |
2. | "Green Gang" | 7:38 |
3. | "Hellsville" | 5:42 |
4. | "Hellowe'en" | 1:17 |
5. | "The Safe Way" | 4:31 |
6. | "Just a Lifetime" | 7:40 |
7. | "The Death of Jack the Ripper" | 5:20 |
8. | "New Tomorrow" | 9:53 |
9. | "Princess Coldheart" (*) | 6:40 |
10. | "The Pleasure Palace" (*) | 8:10 |
11. | "The Collector" (*) | 5:20 |
12. | "C.V.A." (+) | 1:15 |
Total length: | 1:08:06 |
(*) Not included on LP and cassette editions – taken from the Princess Coldheart 12".
(+) Unreleased CD bonus track.