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L'esprit

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L'esprit
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1990
RecordedSlaughterhouse Recording Studios, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire
GenreNeoclassical Dark Wave, Martial industrial
Length43:29
LabelWax Trax!, Third Mind
ProducerSteve Harris, In the Nursery
In the Nursery chronology
Prelude 1983–1985
(1989)
L'esprit
(1990)
Sense
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Alternative PressPositive[2]

L'esprit is the fourth album by In the Nursery, released in 1990 through Wax Trax! Records.

Reception

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Mike Shea at Alternative Press remarked that with L'esprit the band successfully improved on the soundtrack-oriented approach of their previous album, Köda, and that "never before has music been able to move me to tears and rip up bad childhood memories."[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Klive Humberstone and Nigel Humberstone

No.TitleLength
1."To the Faithful"4:46
2."At First Sight"4:46
3."Sesudient"4:20
4."Azure Wings"3:03
5."Sœurette"3:28
6."Inamorata"0:54
7."Retaliation"4:42
8."Träumerei"3:51
9."Scenes of Childhood"4:48
10."The Pearl"5:01
11."L'esprit"3:46
CD bonus tracks (The Compulsion 12")
No.TitleLength
12."Reverie"1:46
13."Alluvion"4:53
14."Across the Ruins"4:01
15."To the Faithful (Reprise)"2:21
1999 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Archaic Torso"3:05
17."Blade"3:37
18."Incidental Guilt"3:42

Personnel

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In the Nursery
Production and additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "L' Esprit". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b Shea, Michael (1990). "In The Nursery: L'esprit". Alternative Press. 5 (30). Cleveland, OH: Alternative Press International Publications: 62–63.
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