Coil – Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil
Label: | Eskaton – ESKATON 24 |
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Format: | |
Country: | UK |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic |
Style: | Abstract, Noise, Experimental |
Tracklist
1 | Higher Beings Command | 4:09 | |
2 | I Am The Green Child | 13:45 | |
3 | Beige | 5:57 | |
4 | Lowest Common Abominator | 5:00 | |
5 | Free Base Chakra | 5:14 | |
6 | Tunnel Of Goats | 5:00 | |
7 | Tunnel Of Goats | 0:29 | |
8 | Tunnel Of Goats | 0:21 | |
9 | Tunnel Of Goats | 0:23 | |
10 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
11 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
12 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
13 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
14 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
15 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
16 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
17 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
18 | Tunnel Of Goats | 2:00 | |
19 | Tunnel Of Goats | 1:00 | |
20 | Tunnel Of Goats | 1:00 | |
21 | Tunnel Of Goats | 0:15 | |
22 | Tunnel Of Goats | 0:51 | |
23 | Tunnel Of Goats | 0:17 |
Companies, etc.
- Made By – Universal M & L, UK
Credits
- Performer [Coil Were] – John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
Notes
On disc:
Thanks to Simon Norris.
May cause drowsiness – Do not play while driving or operating machinery
On clamshell:
US PAT#5,713,463
US PAT# DES 387,217
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Only 6 track titles are listed, the piece 'Tunnel Of Goats' is spread over tracks 6 to 23.
Shares the catalog number with Coil Presents Time Machines.
Initially made available at Coil's live appearance co-headlining with Foetus at London's Royal Festival Hall on September 19th, 2000. The live performance was entitled "Persistence Is All". A commercial edition was issued via World Serpent the following week.
Packaged in a pink clamshell case. Another version exists with a clear clamshell case.
Thanks to Simon Norris.
May cause drowsiness – Do not play while driving or operating machinery
On clamshell:
US PAT#5,713,463
US PAT# DES 387,217
___
Only 6 track titles are listed, the piece 'Tunnel Of Goats' is spread over tracks 6 to 23.
Shares the catalog number with Coil Presents Time Machines.
Initially made available at Coil's live appearance co-headlining with Foetus at London's Royal Festival Hall on September 19th, 2000. The live performance was entitled "Persistence Is All". A commercial edition was issued via World Serpent the following week.
Packaged in a pink clamshell case. Another version exists with a clear clamshell case.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): ESKATON24 01 6
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, mould hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L136
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 04D9
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): ESKATON24 01 6
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, mould hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L136
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 04B6
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): ESKATON24 01 6
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, mould hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L136
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 04A8
Other Versions (5 of 29)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CD, Album, Clear Clamshell) | Eskaton | ESKATON 24 | UK | 2000 | |||
Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release) | Mosh Records | none | Ukraine | 2001 | |||
Recently Edited | Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CDr, Album, Unofficial Release) | M.A.D. Records (4) | none | Russia | 2001 | ||
New Submission | Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CD, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release) | Not On Label (Coil) | none | Thailand | 2015 | ||
New Submission | Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release, C50) | Keep Tapes Alive | KTA19 | US | 2016 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- Totally worth the vinyl--mine is clear with pink splatter. From dusty old speakers on up, this album probably just gets further and further to the edge, piercing the mind and staying there. What the hell kind of crazy keyboards are they playing?! I guess that's the kit of Drew McDowell and Thighpaulsandra.
The presentation of the physical copy is extremely glossy--a little more dry than the body-horror drug anatomy stuff Coil usually employed, but very geometrical and suggests the band's themes of nature, mathematics, and most of all coils (crossbred with ferris wheels). - Does anyone know what's happened with the 2022 official reissue? Thighpaulsandra offered copies on his own site, perhaps prematurely, for order (People have received physical copies). It's a Dais Records release, Its not listed here, Dais haven't offered it for sale yet?
- I think anyone who purchases this knows what they are purchasing. The CD or the internet archive is a considerably better source and this release benefits from a clean sound. This bootleg does not provide this. That said, I prefer LPs. I prefer the experience of setting out time to listen to an LP and this release allows me to listen to something I really enjoy in my preferred format. It is a bootleg, it is a little noisy and the sound quality is inferior to a digital copy. Bottom line, if I lost my copy, I would buy another.
- Edited 4 years agoMax volume, no headphones. Let the electronic mayhem blast through your speakers, sterilizing everything in the room, your bone marrow included. Inhale and let be inhaled. Purification. Catharsis. How does silence sound now that it is all over?
- If you think this album is 'not music', or 'thrown together', all I can say is, you must never have heard it on acid.
This is one of the most powerful and profound expressions of a manic state that I have ever heard. Coil means every sound gesture and lyric very, very seriously and it should be taken as such. This album is a beautiful poem with beginning, middle and end. It is very carefully sequenced. It is perfectly paced. Every sound texture is rich and glowing with magick. Turn it up loud and these drones will vibrate your soul and your bones.
A bit like Time Machines but more overtly human, emotional and aggressive. They intend to drill a hole to the center of consciousness, and it is evident. There is a lot to learn from this album.
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