Considered by many as one of the albums that defined the shoegaze genre, THE COMFORTS OF MADNESS by PALE SAINTS couldn't be missed in my vinyl collection. For some reason this band has been thoroughly overlooked by me, but since i bought some 12"s earlier this year i'm slowly getting into them. This album is indeed a classic. It's less dreampop than Slowdive and less avantgarde than Cocteau Twins. Definitely less noisy than My Bloody Valentine as well, however they sometimes remind me a bit of them in their pre-Creation period in the way the songs are written. All in all, a great album and it has a really nice cover as well; of course designed by Vaughan Oliver who did all the 4AD artwork in those days. My copy is a recent reissue from 2011; the original is very hard to find.
Label: ORG Music (originally: 4AD)
Cat.nr.: ORGM-1003
Year of release: 2011 (originally: 1990)
SIDE A:
01.Way The World Is
02.You Tear The World In Two
03. Sea Of Sound
04. True Coming Dream
05. Little Hammer
SIDE B:
01: True Coming Dream
02. A Deep Sleep For Steven
03. Language Of Flowers
04. Fell From The Sun
05. Sight Of You
06. Time Thief
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