From the Promised Land [IMPORT]

Play Dead

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Anagram Gothic
• ASIN: B000Q7ZBOC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,656 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Isabel

2. Torn on Desire

3. Walk Away

4. Pleasureland

5. Return to the East

6. No Motive

7. Holy Holy

8. Weeping Blood

9. Break [*]

10. Bloodstains [*]

11. Solace [*]

12. Pale Fire [*]

13. Sacrosanct [*]

14. Conspiracy [*]

15. Bloodstains Pleasure [*]

16. Solace [Extended Version][*]

17. Holy Holy [Catholic Mix][*]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Where some albums have torturous histories, this one has spent more time on the rack than most! When Play Dead's 1984 LP From The Promised Land was reissued in the early '90s, it was re-titled Resurrection, for no good reason that anyone can remember. Now, Anagram Records have put the track selection back as intended, and re-instated 'Weeping Blood' (absent from Resurrection) to the running order along with nine bonus tracks. You now have, effectively; the album the band wanted you to hear first time round! Anagram.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic gothic rock outing, May 23, 2008

By	A. Salas "fennis2000" (Brooklyn, New York United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Play Dead was an excellent british band that flourished in the 80s indie/post-punk/gothic rock areas..... with a number of solid releases.

From the Promised Land is perhaps their best, and this is an excellent version of it: remastered, in original track-order, and packed with b-sides and remixes.

Buy this and realize that all that mall-rock metal that kids are calling "goth" these days is nothing but commercial "emo" garbage.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holy! Holy!, February 5, 2008

By	Warren BONES (Sydney) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Play Dead are one of the most under-rated bands of the 80's and this is their finest work. I hesitate to call them a goth band, there appeal should be far wider than that, but if you like Killing Joke or The Sisters of Mercy then you are sure to like this. What I enjoy about this album in particular is the bass work - it drives most of the songs and is very funky on a lot of tracks. The guitar is as sharp as broken glass and the pummeling drums drive it forward like a freight-train. The distinctive, almost wailing vocals top it all off to perfection. Pleasureland is one of my all-time favourite songs yet here it fails to stand-out much from the excellent pieces around it. John Fryer's production is almost flawless.
This CD features the full album, followed by a fairly comprehensive set of bonus tracks from the era. These tracks lend more variety to this release, with the synth-bass driven Conspiracy and Sacrosanct, which points the way to the band's next release [Company of Justice - also brilliant].