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Blood (This Mortal Coil album)

Blood is the third and final album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was boss and president at the time. The double album was released in April 1991, and was the second release on 4AD to utilize the double album-identifier "DAD" prefix in its catalog number.

Blood was the final LP in the project's history, although Watts-Russell collaborated again with two TMC performers on his next project, The Hope Blister, in 1998. A remastered and repackaged CD edition of Blood was issued with the complete This Mortal Coil recordings in a self-titled box set, released in late November 2011. The CD was released individually shortly thereafter.

In 2013, NME ranked the album at number 493 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

Credits

Personnel as printed in the liner notes:

Music

  1. "The Lacemaker"
  2. *Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski
  3. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  4. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  5. *Programming: John Fryer
  6. "Mr Somewhere"
  7. *Voice: Caroline Crawley
  8. *Music: Jon Turner
  9. *Cello: Martin McCarrick
  10. "Andialu"
  11. *Voice: Alison Limerick
  12. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer
  13. "With Tomorrow"
  14. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  15. *Music: Jon Turner
  16. "Loose Joints"
  17. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  18. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  19. *Programming: John Fryer
  20. "You and Your Sister"
  21. *Voices: Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly
  22. *Music: Jon Turner
  23. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  24. "Nature's Way"
  25. *Voices: Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski
  26. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  27. "I Come and Stand at Every Door"
  28. *Voices: Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski, Tim Freeman
  29. *Violin: Gini Ball
  30. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  31. *Programming: John Fryer
  32. "Bitter"
  33. *Voices: Ikuko Kozu, Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski
  34. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  35. *Guitar: Jim Williams
  36. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  37. *Programming: John Fryer
  38. "Baby Ray Baby"
  39. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  40. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  41. *Programming: John Fryer
  42. "Several Times"
  43. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  44. *Violin: Gini Ball
  45. *Music: Pieter Nooten
  46. *Programming: John Fryer
  47. "The Lacemaker II"
  48. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  49. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  50. *Programming: John Fryer
  51. "Late Night"
  52. *Voice: Caroline Crawley
  53. *Music: Jon Turner, Ivo Watts-Russell
  54. "Ruddy and Wretched"
  55. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  56. *Programming: John Fryer
  57. *Guitar: Jim Williams
  58. *Voice: Anne Garrigues
  59. "Help Me Lift You Up"
  60. *Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski
  61. *Music and programming: Jon Turner
  62. "Carolyn's Song"
  63. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  64. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  65. *Piano: Jon Turner
  66. *Guitar: Jim Williams
  67. *Drums: Rain Parade
  68. "D.D. and E."
  69. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  70. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  71. "'Til I Gain Control Again"
  72. *Voices: Heidi Berry, Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski
  73. *Piano: Jon Turner
  74. *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slany
  75. "Dreams Are Like Water"
  76. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  77. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  78. *Programming: John Fryer
  79. "I Am the Cosmos"
  80. *Voices: Dominic Appleton, Deirdre Rutkowski
  81. *Music and programming: Jon Turner
  82. *Guitar: Jim Williams
  83. "(Nothing But) Blood"
  84. *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
  85. *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
  86. *Programming: John Fryer

Production

  • Produced by Ivo Watts-Russell
  • Co-produced and engineered by John Fryer
  • Additional engineering by Jon Turner
  • Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London and Palladium Studios, Edinburgh
  • Mixed at Blackwing Studios, London
  • Mastering by Gus Shaw
  • String arrangements by Martin McCarrick
  • Sleeve design by Vaughan Oliver/v23
  • Black and white photography by Nigel Grierson; colour photography by Claire Lazarus

References