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This Mortal Coil – Filigree & Shadow (VG/VG+) – 2xLP, UK 1986
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Filigree & Shadow is an LP by This Mortal Coil from 1986 released on the 4AD label.
About this album
Filigree & Shadow deepened This Mortal Coil’s ethereal, gothic sound into a haunting and carefully assembled second album. Released in 1986, the double LP gathers reinterpretations and original pieces that expand the project’s atmosphere of ghostly melancholy, with contributions from the 4AD circle that helped define its dreamlike identity. Where the debut was hushed and exploratory, this record feels broader and more assured, drawing on modern classical textures, fragile vocals and slow-burning dynamics to create a distinctive late-night mood. Its reputation has only grown as one of the key statements from the 4AD catalogue and a high point of alternative chamber-pop experimentation.
Genre: Punk & Alternative
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Artist: This Mortal CoilLabel: 4AD – DAD 609Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 2Country: UKReleased: 1986Genre: Punk & AlternativeStyle: Ethereal, Modern Classical
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A1 Velvet Belly
A2 The Jeweller
A3 Ivy And Neet
A4 Meniscus
A5 Tears
A6 Tarantula
B1 My Father
B2 Come Here My Love
B3 At First, And Then
B4 Strength Of Strings
B5 Morning Glory
C1 Inch-Blue
C2 I Want To Live
C3 Mama K(1)
C4 Filigree & Shadow
C5 Firebrothers
C6 Thaïs(1)
C7 I Must Have Been Blind
C8 A Heart Of Glass
D1 Alone
D2 Mama K(2)
D3 The Horizon Bleeds And Sucks Its Thumb
D4 Drugs
D5 Red Rain
D6 Thaïs(2)