Laid Black [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Unplugged collection of The Stranglers favorite works. Includes versions of 'Walk On By', 'Strange Little Girl', 'European Female', 'Always The Sun', 'Golden Brown' and more.

Tracks:

O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
Ah! How Sweet It Is To Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
Not All My Torments - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
Stripp'd Of Their Green - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
If Music Be The Food Of Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
Hark! Hark! The Echoing Air - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
Incassum, Lesbia - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
Sweeter Than Roses - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
Cupid, The Slyest Rogue Alive - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
From Silent Shades - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
Dear Pretty Youth - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
From Rosy Bow'rs - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
Now That The Sun Hath Veil'd His Light - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
Beneath A Poplar's Shadow - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
Let Us Dance - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
Fairest Isle - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby

Tracks:

Nymphs And Shepherds - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Amidst The Shades And Cool Refreshing Streams - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
Love In Their Little Veins Inspires - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/Nigel North
Fly Swift, Ye Hours - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
The Plaint: O Let Me Weep - Nancy Argenta/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
In The Black, Dismal Dungeon Of Despair - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
See, Even Night Herself Is Here - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones
Why Should Men Quarrel? - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/John Toll
Seek Not To Know - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Sophia McKenna/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Retir'd From Mortals' Sight - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
To Arms, Heoric Prince - Nancy Argenta/Mark Bennett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Halcyon Days - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Bid The Virtues - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Lord, What Is Man? (A Divine Hymn) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Music For A While - Nancy Argenta/John Toll
If Music Be The Food Of Love (1st Setting) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll
Sawney Is A Bonny Lad (A Scotch Song) - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North

Customer Reviews:

Nice Collection.......2007-03-05

I have many collections of Purcell's Music. This collection stands up to them at half the price. Solid buy.

PERFECT!.......2006-10-26

There is only a word with which I can describe this set of discs: perfect!
The only flaw there is, is not related to the singing or playing: no text enclosed.

Great singing and excellent value for money.......2004-09-19

This is probably one of the best anthologies of Purcell songs around, and not just because it's two-for-one pricing means it contains twice as much music (CD1:74'24" & CD2: 77'41")! Nancy Argenta has an irrepressible sense of style and crystal clear diction. But unlike Emma Kirby, whose vocal purity can become tiresome, these renditions radiate warmth. She is also, I have found, more consistently involving than any one of the singers in Hyperion's three disc survey of Complete Secular Songs (recently reissued as a single set). One marvels at how she judiciously balances restraint and emotional forthrightness. The accompaniments (archlute, viola da gamba, harpsichord, and organ) are well judged and blend with the voice, all helped by an excellently defined recording acoustic. This is an absolute winner at any price!

More than two hours of beautiful 17th century 'ayres'.......2001-08-02

Two CDs, totaling more than 150 minutes of sparsely-arranged (never more than 3-5 instruments at a time), sweetly-sung, 350 year old 'ayres' (a typically English form of secular music). Nancy Argenta's soprano voice is lovely, silvery indeed as her name implies. The instruments are a discreet but friendly accompaniment to her solo voice. Perhaps the instruments are a little too discreet -- there are times when I wish they were a touch more prominent. But that is a very, very minor complaint. A beautiful collection, and quite well worth the money.

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Fornever Laid to Rest
Seance
Manufacturer: Black Mark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000246IM
Release Date: 2006-03-22

Tracks:

Who Will Not Be Dead
Reincarnage
Blessing of Death
Sin
Haunted
Fornever Laid to Rest
Necronomicon
Wind of Gehenna
Inferna Cabala - Seance,

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This is only one guy playing all the cello parts?

The Silver Swan

Manufacturer: Black Box Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000BX5LF
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

Henry Purcell: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
J.S. Bach: Jesu, meine freude
Georges Bizet: 'Romance' from the Pearl Fishers
J.S. Bach: Jesu meine freude
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus in 8 Parts
Plainsong: Ubi Caritas
Anonymous, Poem: Corpus Christi Carol (read by Dame Judi Dench)
Benjamin Britten: Corpus Christi Carol
Arvo Part: Fratres
J.S. Bach: Meine seele erhebet den Herm
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, deus
J.S. Bach: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan
J.S. Bach: Verleih' uns frieden gnodlich
Igor Stravinsky: Apotheosis from Apollon Musagete
Charles Sanford: The Bluebird
J.S. Bach: Meine seele erhebet den Hern
Traditional: Song of the birds (Catalan folk song)

Customer Reviews:

This is only one guy playing all the cello parts?.......2003-10-16

This CD is absolutly amazing! I have never heard a multi- tracked recording ever played so musically and so excellently! Barley's intonation and "ensemble" playing is far and away above that of most cellists. I can heartily recommend this CD to anyone looking for evocative and intropsective music. This is great for fans of the music of Gorecki and Arvo Pärt.

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Get out the incense and candles.
Emotional driftwood...but it's *pretty* emotional driftwood!
Gloomy ethereal that is not for everyone
Great CD From the Masters Of Surreal Music
What the hell was I thinking buying this?

As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire
Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Manufacturer: Projekt Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

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This Lush Garden Within
Halo Star
A Chaos of Desire
The Scavenger Bride
Remnants of a Deeper Purity

ASIN: B00000G5PH
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire
Given
Entr'Acte (The Garden Awaits Us)
Tell Me You've Taken Another
Entr'Acte (The Carnival Barker)
Dream
The Apotheosis
Russia
Your One Wish
Dulcinea
The Green Box
Denouement/Denouncement
The Passage

Amazon.com

While Saturday Night Live's "Goth Talk" sketch has all but shattered the pretensions of those living after midnight, the music's emotional impetus remains undisturbed, if As One Aflame be admitted as evidence. The Projekt label has been long dedicated to ethereal sounds, releasing albums that combine the placid spirituality of New Age with the vampiric night music of goth since 1986. Label founder and Black Tape "electronics" guru Sam Rosenthal works with a revolving cast (a bit like Ivo Watts-Russell's work at 4AD with This Mortal Coil but with increased involvement). The melancholy streak permeates all 71 minutes. Longing and desire are brought to obsessive degrees (lyric inspiration includes Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs and Baudelaire's "Windows," for starters); the music echoes these sentiments. Excessive swaths of reverb heighten the otherworldly effect for the choirlike vocal ensemble and stretch the flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and harmonium notes to infinity. Piano chords signal doom. The perfect soundtrack for those trapped in their room staring at candles. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Get out the incense and candles........2005-12-12

Being a casual fan of the goth genre for twenty years, I thought I'd give this album a try. Of course this is no Sisters Of Mercy. Overall, "As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire" is a nice listen. The majority is quite mellow, definitely moody, and for the most part it's rather calming and beautiful. The few flaws are that it can be over-the-top here and there, and the male vocals are.....not the best. I much prefer the tracks with the girl singing, or the "instrumentals". To compare, they remind me the most of Dead Can Dance, just not as daring or experimental, or good. I'd say if you think you might like it, you will. I'd call it goth-light.

Emotional driftwood...but it's *pretty* emotional driftwood!.......2002-08-15

This is a nice collection of sound-art that's melancholy, pretty, and pleasant to listen to while day-dreaming or getting ready to sleep.

I would agree with other reviewers that it's not for everyone's taste. So, I wouldn't recommend this if you aren't friendly to (or at least open-minded about) experimental/ambient music. I would hesitate to call most of these tracks "songs" in the traditional sense. If you expect a beat and a melody, you'll be disappointed! Also, don't expect great poetry. The lyrics are, at least in my opinion, second-rate. (But that isn't especially distracting. The vocal delivery is generally very non-agressive, so you can ignore the words and let the voices blend into the sounds.)

On the positive side, this CD weaves together a mood that is tranquil, yearning, and dreamy. It's all pretty, and there are occasional moments of beauty. The ethereal voices are nice (especially the female vocals) and the instrumentation is often lulling and sometimes haunting.

You could find it either peaceful or boring, I think, because it doesn't build to any real crescendos. Fragments of melody appear and disappear. A motif starts to develop, then fades away. I think of it as "emotional driftwood" because it's like a fragment of feeling or a bit of a story that washes up on the beach with one wave, then vanishes underwater again with the next. I find it nice to listen to with my eyes closed, just letting my thoughts swirl in and out of the soundscapes. It's sort of like meditation music, but painted with a different palette than the new-age stuff, grey-tones instead of brights or pastels.

Gloomy ethereal that is not for everyone.......2002-07-06

BTFABG's work is definitely an aquired taste. Their pretensious, artsy leanings can be off-putting to some as can the bleakness of their sound. However, when they strike the right balance, BTFABG can create some really great stuff.

In my opinion, the less Oscar vocals, the better. Black Tape's best stuff is ethereal, moody, contemplative and quite beautiful. Some if it can be reminiscent of This Mortal Coil's work (in style), some of it similar to darker moodier New Age/Vidna Obmana type work (whom Sam did a collaboration with once. An excellent CD by the way). I don't care what anybody says, I happen to like that stuff and I enjoy melodramatic, dark music. To me, I don't need a band to have so called "redeeming" values in the their work. I don't see optimism as being either a "redeeming" value or a negative one. It just is. If you want optimism put some other band in your player. That's what I do. When I'm in the mood for a more bleak and serious tone, I put in Black Tape or other stuff like them. Everything has it's place and purpose. Just because a work of art is pessimistic does not mean it does not have "redeeming" quality. As for the band being too artsy and literate..well, I see both sides of this arguement. I mean with a name like Black Tape For A Blue Girl, you should know what you are in for....a little pretensiousness is bound to be evident. However it's a sad sad commentary on American culture that when someone is literate and has a knowledge of art and they show it because that is what they are genuinely interested in, they get put down or dismissed as being too "artsy".

That being said a lot of Goth music can be a little too melodramatic at times, too over the top and I tend to like those bands that don't cross that line into excessivness. That's why a lot of Black Tape's work is hit and miss. At their worst they can be unintentionally comical, at their best they are entrancing and beautiful. This release is one of the latter and well worth getting.

Great CD From the Masters Of Surreal Music.......2002-03-15

Black Tape for a Blue Girl is overlooked in the music business considering their talent and the quality of their music. Seems like [stuff] is always popular and anybody can be called a diva but there are bands and groups out there in the shadows whose talent is superior however they rarely if ever get noted for it or recieve any recognition.
Anyway this cd is great to relax to and listen to while writing or to set the mood for a quiet evening with friends. Given is my favorite track on the cd. Though I wouldn't say this is their best cd it's certainly one of my favorites.

What the hell was I thinking buying this?.......2002-03-04

I heard the track "Given" on a sampler CD and was intrigued enough to buy this. Not the smartest purchase I've ever made. Can't decide if the artists here want to be musicians or just bad poets and even worse songwriters. The whole is truly LESS than the sum of the parts. It's hard to categorize this "music" as something other than Bohemian Goth, whatever the heck that is. Had I heard more of the CD before buying it I certainly would have saved myself [money]. But hey, that doesn't mean YOU won't like it (snicker, snicker)!

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One Night

Manufacturer: Black Eye Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA34PQ
Release Date: 2004-07-06

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Laid Bare John Gilmore Skip Heller Cd
John Gilmore , and Skip Heller
Manufacturer: Amok Audio
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000RQBWKO

Product Description

Los Angeles author JOHN GILMORE ("L.A. Despair", "Severed - The Black Dahlia Murder", etc) reads from his extensive body of work, backed by SKIP HELLER and his musical collaborators. TRACKLISTING: 01. WATUSSI (6:00) 02. SEHR KOSMISCH (10:58) 03. SONNENSCHEIN (3:56) 04. DINO (3:32) 05. OHWURM (5:09) 06. AHOI! (5:14) 07. VETERANO (3:58) 08. HAUSMUSIK (4:33)

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Nancy Argenta ~ Songs and Airs Purcell
Henry Purcell , Nancy Argenta , Nigel North , Richard Boothby , John Toll , Mark Bennett, Pauline Nobes, Nicholas Robinson, Fiona Huggett Paul Nicholson , and Marion Scott, Paul Goodwin, Sophia McKenna, Trevor Jones Rachel Becket
Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Nymphs And Shepherds - Nancy Argenta/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Amidst The Shades And Cool Refreshing Streams - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
Love In Their Little Veins Inspires - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott
Fly Swift, Ye Hours - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers - Nancy Argenta/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
The Plaint: O Let Me Weep - Nancy Argenta/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
In The Black, Dismal Dungeon Of Despair - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
See, Even Night Herself Is Here - Nancy Argenta/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones
Why Should Men Quarrel? - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/John Toll
Seek Not To Know - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Sophia McKenna/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Retir'd From Mortals' Sight - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
To Arms, Heroic Prince - Nancy Argenta/Mark Bennett/Richard Boothby/Nigel/North/John Toll
O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel/North/John Toll
Halycon Days - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel/North/John Toll
Bid The Virtues - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Lord, What Is Man? - A Divine Hymn - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Music For A While - Nancy Argenta/John Toll
If Music Be The Food Of Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll
Sawney Is A Bonny Lad - A Scotch Song - Nancy Argenta//Nigel North
When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining - Nancy Argenta/Fiona Huggett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth - Nancy Argenta/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North