Crushed Velvet Apocalypse

The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse
Studio album by The Legendary Pink Dots
Released 1990
Genre Experimental, Psychedelic rock, Gothic rock, Progressive rock
Length 1:08:06 CD, 46:41 LP and cassette
Label Play It Again Sam/Wax Trax!, Caroline (Belgium, US)
Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon (US)
SPV (Poland)
Producer The Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots chronology
Four Days
(1990)
The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse
(1990)
The Maria Dimension
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse is a 1990 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty"4:40
2."Green Gang"7:38
3."Hellsville"5:42
4."Hellowe'en"1:17
5."The Safe Way"4:31
6."Just a Lifetime"7:40
7."The Death of Jack the Ripper"5:20
8."New Tomorrow"9:53
9."Princess Coldheart" (*)6:40
10."The Pleasure Palace" (*)8:10
11."The Collector" (*)5:20
12."C.V.A." (+)1:15
Total length:1:08:06

(*) Not included on LP and cassette editions – taken from the Princess Coldheart 12".

(+) Unreleased CD bonus track.

Personnel

  • Qa'Sepel (Edward Ka-Spel) – voices, keyboards
  • The Silver Man (Phil Knight) – keyboards, samples, devices, percussion
  • Bob Pistoor – guitars, sitar, bass
  • Neils van Hoorn – flute, saxophones, bass clarinet
  • Hanz Myer – electronics, oboe, tymphanis

Additional personnel

  • Hanz Myre – engineer

Notes

  • The SPV edition contains different artwork than that of the other editions.
  • The album title references the Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia in 1989.
  • The Safe Way references a grocery store on the west coast of the United States.

References

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