Dark Pleasures: Gothic Rock Collection

Various Artists - Alternative - Gothic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B00000J2US
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,276 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lions

2. Evaporation

3. Golden Brown

4. Saudade

5. Permafrost

6. I Should Have Known Better

7. Bela Lugosi's Dead [Live]

8. The Killing Moon

9. Day of the Dead

10. Hex

11. Love Like Blood

12. Wasteland

13. Snake Dance

14. Sebastiane

15. Grimly Fiendish

16. Goo Goo Muck

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice old school goth, April 1, 2000

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Galina (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Pleasures: Gothic Rock Collection (Audio CD)

I bought this album on a whim, and have never regretted it. It's got a great mix of mostly English goth bands who started the whole scene. Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is a real classic of course and the anchor for the rest of the album. I also especially enjoyed the aural wash of Love and Rockets' "Saudade" While a lot of the album could be described as somber rock, it ends on a goofy note with The Cramps' "Goo Goo Muck," an irreverant take off on old American horror movies. Great liner notes with pictures of all of the bands too. I can't recommend this album enough.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best, January 31, 2004

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Pleasures: Gothic Rock Collection (Audio CD)

This has got to be the number one greatest gothic compilation I have ever heard. Rather than sticking really bad darkwave bands on a really bad compilation, they stuck amazing mind bending music on here. This is goth to a "T"
Psychological, is another way to put this. At least in the sense of artistic imagery in the mind of an efeminent artist. I highly recomend this to both new kindergoths (god knows they need to stop M.M) and the elder goths (who need to losen up a little towards the younger generations).