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This Mortal Coil
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  • Audio CD (July 7, 1998)
  • Original Release Date: 1986
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: 4ad / Ada
  • ASIN: B000007SPU
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,735 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Velvet Belly
2. Jeweller
3. Ivy and Neet
4. Meniscus
5. Tears
6. Tarantula
7. My Father
8. Come Here My Love
9. At First, and Then
10. Strength of Strings
11. Morning Glory
12. Inch-Blue
13. I Want to Live
14. Mama K
15. Filigree & Shadow
16. Firebrothers
17. Thaïs
18. I Must Have Been Blind
19. Heart of Glass
20. Alone
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a must-own CD on many levels, March 19, 2000
I heard of This Mortal Coil through a soundtrack, and I bought this CD on a whim--probably the best impulse buy I ever made. I first listened to it a few weeks later at three in the morning while smoking a cigarette and watching tree branches scrape my window. When you hear this music you will understand that it perfectly fit the moment. Dominic Appleton has the voice of a faceless lover in a gothic dream, and the instrumental pieces are quite haunting. "At First, and Then" is a gorgeous progression from calm to chaotic and frenzied that I see as a musical interpretation of either sex or death. "The Jeweller" is simply the best, most beautiful song I've heard, period. I found the Pearls Before Swine original version since I liked the cover so much, and the arrangement and vocals of This Mortal Coil's version make it far superior. This album also makes the best psychedelic music I've ever heard, bar none. It is great to chill out to--very relaxing, yet visionary. If I could own only one CD, this would be it.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking., June 11, 2004
By Linda M. Versluis "geist" (St. Catharines, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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After ordering 'Blood', the 3rd album from This Mortal Coil, I decided to pick up Filligree and Shadow, and I am very happy I did. This album combines gentle strings, throbbing guitars and gentle piano chords, along with mesmering synthesizers, creating a 76 minute epic 4AD masterpiece. I was shocked at how wonderful this CD is. Ivo Watts Russell takes a number of relatively unknown songs by other artists, and gives them a '4AD makeover'. (The Jeweller, Come Here My Love, My Father, Strength of Strings, Morning Glory, Firebrothers, I Must Have Been Blind, Alone, Drugs)
There are also a number of TMC originals, which connect the songs to each other quite well. Darker and Warmer than It'll End in Tears, but more unfocused than Blood.
If you like Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Pink Floyd, etc. Pick this album up. NOW.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A compelling disc, August 26, 2002
By Michael G. Hannaford (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I first heard this when I was in high school. Its melancholy demeanor, luscious melody and intriguing orchestration spoke well to me then. Over a decade after the first listen, this disc still remains compelling. The sequence of tracks that runs from "Thais (I)" to the end of the album is fantastically beautiful; if those tracks were an album unto themselves, it would be one of the most listened to albums I own. I still have just as much fun singing along with "I Must Have Been Blind," and I still adore the cover of David Byrne's "Drugs." And the ambient tracks (too numerous to mention) are superb.

I can't give it the five stars because, like the other TMC releases, it is inconsistent. Some songs haven't lasted as well and now they get on my nerves. Luckily, they seem to be crowded more towards the beginning of the disc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars get it...unless it might be too artsy and ambitious for you....
This album should be a part of everybody's 100 disc collection regardless of if it is a mostly classical or heavy metal collection of music. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Deven Gadula

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not age well
I remember liking this album 20+ years ago. I gave it a listen recently and determined it belongs in the past.
Published 4 months ago by C. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite, emotive mid 80s goth/new wave
'This Mortal Coil' was a superband for 80s alternative label 4AD. I read somewhere that this record was partly the inspiration for NIN's THE FRAGILE. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Wolfsegg

3.0 out of 5 stars Continuing the collaboration of 4AD talent, but with rather lesser results than the first album
Drawing on the immense and varied talent signed to his record label 4AD, Ivo Watts-Russell created the collaborative project This Mortal Coil, specializing mainly in covers of... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Christopher Culver

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambient Goth
A slow lingering polished project of fathomless melancholy. Mystified storylines of love and tragedy beautifully presented yet somehow pleasantly disturbing. Read more
Published on October 18, 2007 by dream factory

5.0 out of 5 stars Very relaxing
I play this at night when I'm working and I want to relax while programming. This album is very pleasant and it seems to change the atmosphere around me when I play it. Read more
Published on February 9, 2007 by Phlegmak

5.0 out of 5 stars I l ike it, I like it alot... alot.
This music tames the penned up violence in my soul, the rage against injustice. It... touches me. Really.
Published on May 14, 2006 by Sharon N. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Obscure, Original and Classic
It is still hard to believe this album was made and released in the early mid 1980's. It is so completely against the grain of the stereotypes of that time in that decade. Read more
Published on July 7, 2005 by SystemStructure

5.0 out of 5 stars #2 of the "coils" trilogy,you can`t live without.
The second in the series of "This Mortal Coil"is much longer and Dominic Appleton of "Breathless"another unique band worth checking out, has offered up his vocal skills along with... Read more
Published on November 6, 2004 by Victoria L. Williamson

4.0 out of 5 stars the maze
After a few listens, 'Filigree and Shadow' really started to affect me and now I love it. Not as good as 'It'll End In Tears' but I think that's only because the first This Mortal... Read more
Published on January 2, 2004 by Thomas Dean Nordlum

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