Lost Paradise (album)

Lost Paradise
Studio album by Paradise Lost
Released	5 February 1990
Recorded	December 1989
Studio	The Academy (West Yorkshire)
Genre	Death-doom death metal
Length	40:49
Label	Peaceville
Producer	Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw
Paradise Lost chronology
Lost Paradise (1990) Gothic (1991)
Paradise Lost discography chronology
Frozen Illusion (1989) Lost Paradise (1990) In Dub (1990)

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Lost Paradise is the debut album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. Released in February 1990 by Peaceville Records, it features the band's early death-doom style. The album was re-issued in 2003 and included three bonus tracks.

The tracks "Our Saviour" and "Frozen Illusion" were rerecorded in other Paradise Lost albums Tragic Illusion 25 and Medusa.

Track listing

All songs written by Gregor MacKintosh and Nick Holmes

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	2:40
2.	"Deadly Inner Sense"	4:36
3.	"Paradise Lost"	5:30
4.	"Our Saviour"	5:07
5.	"Rotting Misery"	5:16
6.	"Frozen Illusion"	5:20
7.	"Breeding Fear"	4:14
8.	"Lost Paradise"	2:08
9.	"Internal Torment II"	5:54
Total length:		40:49

Orion reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Rotting Misery (Doom Dub)"	4:48
11.	"Breeding Fear (Demolition Dub)"	6:08
Total length:		51:45

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Eternal (live)"	3:56
11.	"Gothic (mix)"	4:41
12.	"The Painless (mix)"	3:57
Total length:		53:23

Personnel

Paradise Lost

• Nick Holmes – vocals
• Gregor Mackintosh – lead guitar
• Aaron Aedy – rhythm guitar
• Stephen Edmondson – bass
• Matthew Archer – drums

Production

• Duncan Fegredo – cover art
• Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw – producer
• Pat Grogan – engineering
• Porl Medlock – photography
• Kay Field – female vocals

Credits

The album was recorded at The Academy studio in 1989. It was engineered by Pat Grogan and produced by Hammy. Female vocals on "Breeding Fear" were performed by Kay Field. Kay Field appears courtesy of Major Records. The song "Internal Torment II" also appears on the Peaceville Records compilation Vile Vibes.

All Songs composed by Holmes/Mackintosh and Published by Vile Music (Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.). The cover illustration was done by Duncan Fegredo of Exploding Head Designs in 1989. Photography was done by Porl A. Medlock.