Love's Secret Domain

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"Windowpane"
Sample of "Windowpane", taken from the album Love's Secret Domain
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Love's Secret Domain is the third studio album by the British experimental band Coil, released in 1991. The album marked a departure from the brooding synthesizers and melodies of their first two albums, focusing more on sampling inspired by acid house. The singles released from the album were "Windowpane" and "The Snow". Guest vocalists include Marc Almond on "Titan Arch" and Annie Anxiety on "Things Happen".

Background

The recording sessions for Love's Secret Domain were characterized by Coil's compulsive drug use at the time, along with sleep deprivation which apparently lead to conflict between members; Peter Christopherson remarked that '[he could] remember Balance and Steve having these mad arguments that would go on for 48 hours without sleep over which sequence of words should be used'[3]. In a period of constant drug use during the sessions[3], they both struggled with using the studio mixing room due to constant hallucinations of '10 foot tall Amazonian warriors and Babylonian kings' who were 'crowding' the room[3]. Stephen Thrower admitted he had experienced synchronized hallucinations with Balance during this period[3].

The cover features a painting by Steven Stapleton originally created on an outhouse door that he found in Cooloorta, most known as his hometown.

A working title for the album was The Side Effects of Life.[4]

The final track, "Love's Secret Domain", borrows lyrics from the song "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison: "In dreams I walk with you / In dreams I talk to you / In dreams you're mine / All the time." Lyrics are also culled from The Sick Rose by William Blake, specifically, "O rose, thou art sick".

Love's Secret Domain was later remastered by Thighpaulsandra with slightly different track lengths. The album is currently available for purchasing in AAC, MP3, and FLAC formats at Coil's official website.

The song "Disco Hospital" was covered by Matmos on their EP California Rhinoplasty.

Track listing

12" Vinyl

All lyrics are written by John Balance; all music is composed by Coil

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Disco Hospital"2:17
2."Teenage Lightning" ("Teenage Lightning 2" on CD)4:29
3."Windowpane"5:58
4."The Snow"3:55
5."Dark River"6:27
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Further Back and Faster"7:54
7."Titan Arch"5:02
8."Chaostrophy"5:37
9."Love's Secret Domain"3:52

CD

All lyrics are written by John Balance, except track #3; all music is composed by Coil

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Disco Hospital" 2:18
2."Teenage Lightning 1" 1:49
3."Things Happen"Annie Anxiety Bandez4:22
4."The Snow" 6:41
5."Dark River" 6:27
6."Where Even the Darkness Is Something to See" 3:05
7."Teenage Lightning 2" ("Teenage Lightning" from original LP) 5:09
8."Windowpane" 6:11
9."Further Back and Faster" 7:55
10."Titan Arch" 5:02
11."Chaostrophy" 5:37
12."Lorca Not Orca" 2:04
13."Love's Secret Domain" 3:52

References

  1. ^ Bush, John. "Love's Secret Domain – Coil". AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Coil". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 1155–1156. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Coil Interview & Extract From England's Hidden Reverse". Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Compulsion". Compulsion (1992 Winter). Retrieved 2006-12-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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