Goth: Music of the Shadows 1

Various Artists - Alternative - Gothic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K-Tel
• ASIN: B00001XDQ5
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,417 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mysterium Iniquitatis - Christian Death

2. Dark Entries - Bauhaus

3. Walk Away - The Sisters Of Mercy

4. Kiss - London After Midnight

5. Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend

6. Qual - X-Mal Deutschland

7. Drool - Switchblade Symphony

8. Snake Dance - March Violets

9. I Am Nothing [The Harvey Summer's Mix] - Faithful Dawn

10. One Last Breath - Black Tape For A Blue Girl

11. Let Me Entertain You - All About Eve

12. Tales of Innocence - Gitane Demone

13. Preacher Man - Fields Of The Nephilim

14. The Witching Hour - Nosferatu

15. Black Cross - 45 Grave

16. Beasts - Sex Gang Children

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh My Goth!, August 26, 2000

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David Baker (Nosgoth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goth: Music of the Shadows 1 (Audio CD)

...This is (to my knowledge) the best Goth compilation there is, minus those Cleopatra box sets which are of equal standards. It amazes me how far Gothic music has come since Bauhaus first recorded "Bela Lugosi's Dead" back in '79. Sadly, many of the greats have either fallen from their respected grace, broken up, or key members passed on. All the more reason to have Black Tape For A Blue Girl and London After Midnight on this album to show that Gothic music is still very much alive and well. In fact, "Kiss" (almost) holds it's own with the more legendary bands here. Speaking of legendary, Bauhaus's "Dark Entries" is one of their best songs. Daniel Ash's guitar playing has had a profound effect on mine and I worship this band. I'm also glad there's other legendary Goth bands such as Sisters Of Mercy, Alien Sex Fiend, Sex Gang Children, and, most of all, Christian Death to show those important Gothic roots. I'm having a VERY hard time tracking down a copy of Christian Death's "Only Theatre Of Pain" on CD, so anything from them that will tie me over until I get it (assuming I do; if anyone can get me a copy of it, please e-mail me) will just have to do. But as good as this disk sounds, it does have it's drawbacks. First of all, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you release a CD of great Goth music, it'll spark our interest. Unfortunately, most of us have at least a few of these songs already. Secondly, there was a few bands that I felt were missing. Joy Division, The Cure, Dead Can Dance, and Siouxsie & The Banshees (I'm not a fan of this band, but they did make a big contribution to the scene). How the hell can you leave them off? Perhaps K-Tel couldn't get the proper licensing for these bands or something. I mean, I highly doubt whoever put this compilation together just forget about them. That's just not likely. Still though, this album is a great place to start for those interested in what we listen to, as well as a good album for those that want a little bit of everything on one disk. Five stars for newbies, four stars for those who already call ourselves Gothic. Also, you might want to go and check out Bauhaus's "Crackle". They are the genre's Gothfathers, after all.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Am AFRAID., October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Goth: Music of the Shadows 1 (Audio CD)

Sure, you all remember KTel Records from the 70s? Crappy recordings, lame songs. Guess what? They got better. This is a surprisingly good album from the label that I will always associate with evil bad recordings of crappy disco songs. But these songs are GREAT! I HIGHLY recomend this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compiler adds some thoughts, May 24, 2002

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mick mercer (Selsey, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goth: Music of the Shadows 1 (Audio CD)

I just wanted to correct A Music Fan when he said that K-Tel used tracks without permission. I was a bit surprised when I first heard the rumour about the London After Midnight track being used with no consultation. When I e-mailed the band to point out that I had suggested the majority of the tracks, and assumed K-Tel had done everything properly, Sean e-mailed back to say that there hadn't been any problems. The company who deals with licensing their tracks had simply forgotten to inform the band! Things like that do happen, and can't be helped.

As to bands being missing - well it was only a single CD, and I wanted to reflect some sense of the old but concentrate on a broad range of new names which were established, because I felt the compilation would obviously be aimed at newcomers.

Compilations can be awkward beasts to pull off. The Gothic Rock ones, done by Jungle/Cleopatra, were the first big ones to really get noticed, and I came up with the idea when doing my second book. That was quite easy, but you still don't get certain bands because some simply don't want to be involved, so if you ever see a comp and think something's missing it doesn't mean the person organising it didn't ask. Then I did the Hex Files ones with Nova Tekk, and that was nearly all new bands, because that's what my Hex Files book was about, concentrating on what was happening at the time. Now I've done my new book I'm looking for a label to do a new compilation. And so it goes on....