Sacred City

Shriekback | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 1998)
• Label: World Domination
• ASIN: B000005LA6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Signs

2. Psycho Drift

3. The Bastard Sons Of Enoch

4. (Open Up Your) Filthy Heart (To Me)

5. Exquisite Corpse

6. Below

7. Beatles Zebra Crossing?

8. Hymn To The Local Gods

9. Every Force Evolves A Form

10. 3 AM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing musical exploration of the city as archetype, July 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sacred City (Audio CD)

Sacred City was Shriekback's last release. Rather than showing any sign of decline as so many bands do, this disc instead demonstrates the full flowering of the band's talent. From the industrial Bastard Sons of Enoch to the joyful Hymn to the Local Gods, the album uses a variety of musical styles to explore all facets of the city as an archetype (although Londoners may recognize their city perhaps more than any other). The two instrumental pieces, 3AM and Underground, are not so much music as atmosphere, hauntingly capturing the essence of night in the city with minimalistic genius. Well worth acquiring and listening to repeatedly. (I also recommend walking though your city while playing it on headphones. It will make you appreciate your city and Shriekback's Sacred City in a whole different way.)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars underrated from the underrated, October 24, 2005

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C. L. Phillips (Steamboat Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacred City (Audio CD)

When looking back on my collection of Shriekback CD's (and LP's), this one is near the top. After "Go Bang!", I thought I had seen the end of one of my favorite bands - then again I though the same after they released "Jam Science." Sacred City, while not as complete as "Oil & Gold" or "Big Night Music," does contain some excellent songs. If you are reading this and do not have it, buy it - and check out "Local Gods, "Beatles Zebra Crossing, "Signs," and "Every Force..."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good Shriekback album, May 7, 2005

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Steven Krut (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacred City (Audio CD)

This album has never received the respect it deserves - perhaps because few people have actually listened to it. This is too bad because it is actually one of Shriekback's best efforts and is quite enjoyable. With its complex, shifting rhythms, subtly melodic invocations of mystery (a Shriekback specialty), and Wendy and Sarah Partridge backing vocals, the album is an intriguing evolution of the approach the band took with Big Night Music. It's more experimental and less immediately accessible than BNM. It's also a concept album of sorts - each song dealing with aspects of cities. The songwriting is strong. In fact, the strongest tracks on Sacred City rank easily among the best songs Shriekback has recorded. If you're a Shriekback fan and haven't heard this album, you're missing out.