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Very relaxing
I l ike it, I like it alot... alot.
Obscure, Original and Classic
#2 of the "coils" trilogy,you can`t live without.
Breathtaking.

Filigree & Shadow
This Mortal Coil
Manufacturer: 4ad / Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007SPU
Release Date: 1998-07-07

Tracks:

Velvet Belly
The Jeweller
Ivy And Neet
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My Father
Come Here My Love
At First, And Then
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Very relaxing.......2007-02-10

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. As I already mentioned, I like it at night, especially. The music is very original and I haven't heard anything like it elsewhere.

I l ike it, I like it alot... alot........2006-05-15

This music tames the penned up violence in my soul, the rage against injustice. It... touches me. Really.

Obscure, Original and Classic.......2005-07-08

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. So, as a result, when this was printed by then indie label 4AD, it became a startlingly original and instant classic album of a certain niche in underground culture.

First, there's the cover art - a distorted image of what appears to be some sort of vampiric creature. And that's really what the album kind of sounds like and why it had so much appeal to the "goth" or "gothic" underground. The album sounds like the collected anthems of an immortal creature. Something that was raised in another country perhaps, in splendour, then lived on and on. The clashingly classic and eloquent first tracks on the album are like a trip down memory lane for an old vampire. Then we hit some more energetic, 80's rock type material for the modern age of the undead creature. I can see someone listening to this and then reading Anne Rice. Wait, actually I DID see that in my childhood because my brother was a 80's goth in California! He now watches Invader Zim and does design work.

Regardless, it was in large part due to this album that I realized music didn't have to be the top 40 on the radio. I later discovered my own bands like Sonic Youth and Flying Saucer Attack yet I still give a nod to the This Mortal Coil experience. There really is NOTHING like this album that I can think of and I've heard a lot of music as a radio dj myself. If you think you're ready for an original listening experience then I invite you to try Filigree & Shadow.

Highlights include : Ivy and Neet, the hard to pronounce "Thais", Strength of Strings - and the goth girl anthem "Come Here My Love."

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#2 of the "coils" trilogy,you can`t live without........2004-11-07

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 Alison Limeric, a vibrant wonderful singer,as well as the sisters Diedre and Loise Rutowski who`s harmonies rival the wilson sisters of the band "Heart".The first song "The Jewler" sung by Appleton is a sweet melancholy story and there are also some other storyteller type songs."My father" a Judy Collins song, Covered by Alison Limeric is extremly well done and as beautiful as songs get. Limerics voice sores to great hights and plumets to low visa versa,versa visa.I often have to repeat it because one listen is`nt enough."The strength of Strings" is a rather unique song but is a treat to hear and I must say at first I didn`t know it was Appleton on the vocal because I had never heard him sing in the range he`s using, meanwhile instrumental soundscapes run through it connecting it all together,same as the first but more experimental, dramitic and complicated venturing toward the tribal beat.If you liked the first then you will like this. If you are not familiar with any of them, but enjoy ecletic music then this is for you too.It`s one of those cd`s that you can put on whilst enjoying a quite evening to your selfe.Enjoy

Breathtaking........2004-06-12

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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pleasurable sounds indeed
A beautiful haunting journey.

Filigree And Shadow

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ASIN: B000004B9S

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pleasurable sounds indeed.......1999-05-28

The mood of this work is intentionally melancholic. Some songs have beautiful melodies, others are little more than "ambient" music, but all are superbly arranged and performed. Echoes of Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance abound, and you will like this CD if you like these groups. Well before the new age and ethnic craze, TMC anticipated a popular trend, while managing to avoid the kitch that pervades the genre.

A beautiful haunting journey........1998-06-15

This CD is one of my favorites from the band. If you could imagine a haunting dream to be romantic and emotionally stirring then this CD captures it rather perfectly. Wonderful vocals, well arraged compositions of remakes and original material. I also highly reccomend BLOOD from This Mortal Coil.

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Progressive mix of rock and jazz with one commerical hit

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Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
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ASIN: B0000695MV
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Commercial
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The Man Who Paints The Pictures
Taft Street Strut
Cruzzing
Imitation Situation
San Francisco Girls
Dont Push Me
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Ninety Nine And One Half
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Album Description

2002 compilation for the 60's pyschedelic band best-known for their hit, 'California Girls'. Featuring their entire self-titled 1968 debut album, a rare single & choice live tracks. Digitally remastered.

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Progressive mix of rock and jazz with one commerical hit.......2002-11-01

I only vaguely remembered Fever Tree before I bought this compilation. A few of the songs got airplay on the FM rock stations of the late 60's and early 70's. The song mix is eclectic ranging from early jazz-rock to a more progressive rock sound. The liner notes state that the band is a product of Houston, TX, which is surprising given the strong West Coast sound they seemed to aspire to. The centerpiece of the CD is the remastered `San Francisco Girls.' `Girls' is a great, if not widely remembered, wistful reflection on the 60's psychedelic era. I heartily recommend this album to those who missed this band.

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