The Nephilim (album)
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| Released | September 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock | |||
| Length | 55:23 | |||
| Label | Situation Two/Beggars Banquet | |||
| Producer | Fields of the Nephilim | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.4/10.0)[2] |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music |  [3] |
The Nephilim is the second studio album by Fields of the Nephilim, was released in September 1988 by Situation Two/Beggars Banquet Records.[4] The record debuted at number 12 in the UK album charts.[5][6]
The album was recorded in The Justice Rooms, a former courthouse in England's Somerset countryside where defendants who were sentenced to death were hanged on site. “The place had a really cool vibe,” recalls bassist Tony Pettitt.[7]
The Nephilim’s opening track, “Endemoniada," shares its name with a 1968 Mexican horror film, and features a man growling “penitentziagitae!,” sampled from Ron Perlman's hunchback character, Salvatore, in The Name of the Rose.[7] The album's top-charting single, "Moonchild," shares its name with Aleister Crowley's novel, while "Love Under Will" is a phrase for Crowley's Book of the Law.[7] The lyrics for "The Watchman" and "Last Exit for the Lost" reference H. P. Lovecraft's character Cthulhu.[7]
Track listing
- "Endemoniada" – 7:15
- "The Watchman" – 5:31
- "Phobia" – 3:37
- "Moonchild" – 5:40
- "Chord of Souls" – 5:08
- "Shiva" – 4:50
- "Celebrate" – 6:23
- "Love Under Will" – 7:08
- "Last Exit for the Lost" – 9:42
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin encyclopedia of eighties music. London: Virgin in association with Muze Inc. p. 185. ISBN 0-7535-0159-7.
- ^ Sutherland, Steve (3 September 1988). "The Living Dead". Melody Maker. London: IPC: 30. ISSN 0025-9012.
- ^ Jungle Records: FotN Biography
- ^ Metropolis Records: FotN Biography
- ^ a b c d "Celebrate: Fields of the Nephilim's 'The Nephilim' at 25". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
External links
- The Nephilim at MusicBrainz (list of releases)