| Blood | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 31 reviews)
Sales Rank: 91713
Category: Music
Artist: This Mortal Coil
Publisher: 4ad / Ada
Studio: 4ad / Ada
Manufacturer: 4ad / Ada
Label: 4ad / Ada
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71005
UPC: 652637100525
EAN: 0652637100525
ASIN: B000009NC7
Release Date: July 7, 1998
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 Depressing August 2, 2001
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
I love ambient music, but this is too depressing and dark, and unless you're in a huge downer kinda of mood, this will not be of enjoyment to you. The song Nature's Way is simply awful and akin to funeral music. The picture of the cover sums it all up, horribly dark and depressing. I am a fan of spooky sounds and haunting ambient, but not a fan of lyrics that have everything to do with death...it's simply too morbid and depressing for repeated listenings. This one will be going to the ebay pile!
 yum yum yummy January 19, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my fave TMC album. I told someone who was travelling thru town that I liked female vocals & violins, and he later sent me this album, lovely! Mr. Somewhere. Help Me Lift You Up. Late Night. You & Your Sister. Get it.
IMMORTAL MAGIC June 28, 2000
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Blood includes the talents of Alison Limerick, Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly and Heidi Berry. Haunting voices drift across ethereal soundscapes in a harmonious blend of their own material and songs by legends like Gene Clark and David Crosby, among others. Strange things happen as the meandering music carries one eastward to bliss in isles of orchids and westward to wonder in the isles of the blessed. They equal one of their most beautiful interpretations, Tim Buckley's Song To The Siren (from 1986's Filigree And Shadow) on their version of Mary Margaret O'Hara's Help Me Lift You Up, in a quivering, atmospherical treatment. An uncompromisingly poetic collection where the lyrics and music have been meticulously crafted to paint the most vivid moodscapes in pieces like With Tomorrow, The Lacemaker, the sorrowful I Come And Stand At Every Door and Late Night, a sweet interpretation of the Syd Barrett song. A glorious epitaph to an idea that produced some of the most magical music of the late 80s/early 90s.
Blood is thicker than water May 23, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The only thing bad about "Blood" is that it was the last c.d by This Mortal Coil! I listen to it now almost as much as I did back in 1991. I dream that they would do one more c.d! At least we still have Dead Can Dance doing new c.d's. All three T.M.C c.d's will inspire, just light a few candles and turn out the lights and let your mind go!
Fragments of a rainy season May 9, 2000
Another reviewer below said that this album lacked the talents of classic 4AD artists like Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. Well, the Cocteaus had already left the label, and DCD were working on "Aion" and "A passage in time". More important, the musical climate had changed since TMC's last effort "Filigree and shadow", and it would've been inappropriate for an avantgarde project to repeat the ideas and sounds of previous albums. And there are still many 4AD artists involved, just look at Heidi Berry, Kim Deal(Breeders), Tanya Donelly(Belly), Pieter Nooten(Clan Of Xymox), or John Fryer(producer). Overall, "Blood" shifts the focus from independent rock to contemporary chamber music and drumless ballads. This album comes up with a great variety of styles, including exceptionally beautiful synth passages ("The lacemaker", "Mr. Somewhere", "Several times"), psychedelic guitar rock ("I come and..", "I am the cosmos"), and several interesting cover versions. "Blood" is TMC's most ambitious effort and represents a singularly charming and disarming album. Only some underdeveloped tracks annoy, the rest is flawless. Personally, I think "Blood" remains the 4AD label's last true avantgarde album.
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