The Virgin Prunes - …If I Die, I Die (Vinyl)
…If I Die, I Die was released only weeks before the Heresie box set. The two albums show very different faces of The Virgin Prunes – one that explored mythical worlds and another that showed their surrealistic interest in the creative power of insanity. They also highlight the ways in which the band enjoyed experimenting with different genres, sound forms and recording techniques. As Friday has commented recently, ‘The Virgin Prunes contained four different bands at the same time.’
The album was recorded at the Windmill Studios in Dublin in the summer of 1982 and produced by Wire’s Colin Newman. Rather than adopt an A/B format, the sides of the 1982 vinyl and album cover, which was designed by Steve Averill, were given brown and blue colours, signalling earth and sky respectively. The artwork on each side of the sleeve was also inverted so that either side could be read as the front cover. Ursula Steiger’s photography captured, on the brown side, the band running through a forest like a nomadic tribe. On the blue side we then find them in different costumes, performing with fire and mannequins within a derelict building.(BMG)
40th Ann. Remastered edition available on limited transparent vinyl.
Tracklist:
A1. Ulakanakulot (2022 Remaster)
A2. Decline And Fall (2022 Remaster)
A3. Sweethome Under White Clouds (2022 Remaster)
A4. Bau-Dachöng (2022 Remaster)
B1. Baby Turns Blue (2022 Remaster)
B2. Ballad Of The Man (2022 Remaster)
B3. Walls Of Jericho (2022 Remaster)
B4. Caucasian Walk (2022 Remaster)
B5. Theme For Thought (2022 Remaster)
…If I Die, I Die was released only weeks before the Heresie box set. The two albums show very different faces of The Virgin Prunes – one that explored mythical worlds and another that showed their surrealistic interest in the creative power of insanity. They also highlight the ways in which the band enjoyed experimenting with different genres, sound forms and recording techniques. As Friday has commented recently, ‘The Virgin Prunes contained four different bands at the same time.’
The album was recorded at the Windmill Studios in Dublin in the summer of 1982 and produced by Wire’s Colin Newman. Rather than adopt an A/B format, the sides of the 1982 vinyl and album cover, which was designed by Steve Averill, were given brown and blue colours, signalling earth and sky respectively. The artwork on each side of the sleeve was also inverted so that either side could be read as the front cover. Ursula Steiger’s photography captured, on the brown side, the band running through a forest like a nomadic tribe. On the blue side we then find them in different costumes, performing with fire and mannequins within a derelict building.(BMG)
40th Ann. Remastered edition available on limited transparent vinyl.
Tracklist:
A1. Ulakanakulot (2022 Remaster)
A2. Decline And Fall (2022 Remaster)
A3. Sweethome Under White Clouds (2022 Remaster)
A4. Bau-Dachöng (2022 Remaster)
B1. Baby Turns Blue (2022 Remaster)
B2. Ballad Of The Man (2022 Remaster)
B3. Walls Of Jericho (2022 Remaster)
B4. Caucasian Walk (2022 Remaster)
B5. Theme For Thought (2022 Remaster)
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