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Catastrophe Ballet
Rock · 1984 · 10 tracks

Catastrophe Ballet

Christian Death

A pivot from raw punk to elegant, surrealist art-rock. Shimmering guitars and tribal drums frame a vocal performance inspired by Bowie and Lou Reed.

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It's like a gothic David Bowie record made in a haunted cathedral.

A sophisticated, surrealist descent into dark romanticism and atmospheric melancholy.

Catastrophe Ballet · vs · Christian Death
Dusk+4.0σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Awake at the Wall
3:56
02
Sleepwalk
5:18
03
The Drowning
4:05
04
The Blue Hour
4:56
05
Evening Falls
3:32
06
Androgynous Noise Hand Permeates
1:15
07
Electra Descending
4:32
08
Cervix Couch
4:57
09
The Glass House
3:12
10
The Fleeing Somnabulist
4:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the haunting piano intro of Sleepwalk into its driving tribal rhythm
Rozz Williams shifting from a breathy whisper to a rich croon during the climax of Evening Falls
The jarring avant-garde collage of noise and spoken fragments in Androgynous Noise Hand Permeates
The way the flanged guitar melody in The Blue Hour seems to hang suspended in mid-air
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