Medusa [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Clan of Xymox | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: 4ad / Ada
• ASIN: B00000I8S6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,761 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative
  • #55 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Netherlands

Track Listings

1. Theme I

2. Medusa

3. Michelle

4. Theme II

5. Louise

6. Lorretine

7. Agonised by Love

8. Masquerade

9. After the Call

10. Back Door

11. Blind Hearts [*]

12. A Million Things [*]

13. Scum [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Mysterious journey, May 2, 2000

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A. Griffiths "Adrian" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medusa (Audio CD)

Clan of Xymox never made the big time in the UK Goth scene, but this is a superb album, full of haunting atmosphere and gloom, but without the usual cliched references to graveyards and blood that can make Goth pop sound so adolescent. As a result, the album has not dated at all, the songs are beautifully produced, with dark and forbidding crescendos in the fast numbers, and elegaic melancholy in the slow tracks. The production is refreshingly danceable, especially the title track, without the distortion and noisy guitars favoured by other bands of this type. The inclusion of the last 4AD produced ep songs( A Million Things and Blind Hearts) as bonus tracks make this an excellent purchase, as these versions are far superior to the watered down remixes that appear on "Twist Of Shadows"

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, January 30, 2002

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filterite "filterite" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medusa (Audio CD)

This is a lovely album for which words can not be expressed deeply enough from the start of Theme 1 to Back Door the album just cries genius !

From the sound of the album it feels like a break up in a relationship and the feelings of sorrow . There's a feeling of no ending in this album . Perhaps this can be due to the fact that there is no end to the pain that people suffer and this album expresses it beautifully

If you are thinking of buying it I would recommend it instantly . And may you lose yourself in it's ethereal beauty

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classic, October 18, 2004

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Fishbone "Fishbone" (Tampa, Fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medusa (Audio CD)

For their second 4 AD album, Dutch band Clan of Xymox have taken the most effective and attractive elements
of their mosaic of sound (as witnessed at intervals on their debut long player) and produced a work which, at times, achieves the beauty and ambience of label mates like The Cocteau Twins or DCD.The playing here glistens and shimmers, especially on the opener 'Theme 1'. 'Michelle' on side one, is a good example of the new approach, powerful and melodic, harnessing the aggression and momentum that would once have pulled the song into a brutal climax.
Medusa is a vibrant soundscape that really saw Clan of Xymox reaching a larger and more appreciative audience.
Medusa is, quite simply, beautiful listening and of course a classic in many books and so it is in mine.
Louise is just a track I will never ever get tired of.