To Be an Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide
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To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide is the third album by The Tear Garden
, released four years after The Last Man To Fly
.
This is the first Tear Garden album without Dwayne Goettel
, with his death (and the end of Skinny Puppy
) a year previously. The album tends to carry a less electronic and more somber tone to it overall as cEvin Key
and others changed instrumental priorities following Goettel's death and their respective moods reflecting that death. Another member of The Legendary Pink Dots
, Niels Van Hoornblower, appears on this album.
According to Edward Ka-Spel, the album was intended to be called To Be An Angel Blind, The Cripple Soul Divide, but all copies are erroneously titled as "Crippled".
The Tear Garden
The Tear Garden is a psychedelic/gothic/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel...
, released four years after The Last Man To Fly
The Last Man to Fly
The Last Man to Fly is The Tear Garden's second full release, released five years after the first.This time cEvin Key's band mate D. Rudolph Goettel from Skinny Puppy became a permanent member of Tear Garden...
.
This is the first Tear Garden album without Dwayne Goettel
Dwayne Goettel
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. He played keyboards for an early incarnation of the Canadian gothic/synthpop band Psyche, as well as a band called Water, who opened for Skinny Puppy in 1985...
, with his death (and the end of Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
) a year previously. The album tends to carry a less electronic and more somber tone to it overall as cEvin Key
CEvin Key
cEvin Key is the pseudonym of Kevin William Crompton , who was a founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy, along with Nivek Ogre. In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy, cEvin Key has had several side projects, including Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, and Hilt...
and others changed instrumental priorities following Goettel's death and their respective moods reflecting that death. Another member of The Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. Although far outside the mainstream , LPD have released more than 40 albums, have a devoted worldwide following, and tour frequently.-Overview:The Legendary Pink Dots formed in August 1980 in London...
, Niels Van Hoornblower, appears on this album.
According to Edward Ka-Spel, the album was intended to be called To Be An Angel Blind, The Cripple Soul Divide, but all copies are erroneously titled as "Crippled".
Track listing
- Ascension Day - 6:01
- We the People - 4:49
- In Search of My Rose - 4:28
- Crying from Outside - 7:03
- Psycho 9 - 5:22
- With Wings - 5:38
- Judgement Hour - 6:15
- New Eden - 4:24
- Tasteless - 4:51
- Cyberspider - 3:53
- Malice Through the Looking Glass - 7:52
- Phoenix - 5:30
- The Habit - 5:34