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Crushed Velvet Apocalypse

1990 studio album by The Legendary Pink Dots

The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse is an album by the Anglo-Dutch band the Legendary Pink Dots, released in 1990.[1][2][3] The album is a cult fan favorite.[4] Niels van Hoorn contributed on flute, saxophones, and clarinet.[5]

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Critical reception

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The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Using instrumentation that includes electronics, guitar, sitar, flute and oboe, the longtime-cult-favorite Pink Dots craft a sometimes-stark, sometimes-elegant, sometimes-dreamy outing of neo-psychedelia and alternative pop that's imbued with a pronounced eccentricity of vision and a captivating originality of execution."[7] Trouser Press noted that "Green Gang" "runs sitar/tabla meanderings into twittering flutes and winds up building a quietly disturbing skein of motorway noise."[8]

In 2016, LA Weekly included Crushed Velvet Apocalypse on its list of classic goth albums.[9] Salt Lake City Weekly called the music "lush, luxurious and sensual, yet also dark and sinister, with a sense of mysticism that is foreboding more than comforting."[10]

Track listing

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(*) Not included on LP and cassette editions – taken from the Princess Coldheart 12".

(+) Unreleased CD bonus track.

Personnel

  • Qa'Sepel (Edward Ka-Spel) – voices, keyboards
  • The Silver Man (Phil Knight) – keyboards, samples, devices, percussion
  • Bob Pistoor – guitars, sitar, bass
  • Niels van Hoorn – flute, saxophones, bass clarinet
  • Hanz Myer – electronics, oboe, tymphanis

Additional personnel

  • Hanz Myre – engineer

Notes

  • The SPV edition contains different artwork than that of the other editions.
  • The album title references the Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia in 1989.
  • The Safe Way references a grocery store on the west coast of the United States.

References

  1. [1]
    Stubbs, David (27 January 1990). "The Legendary Pink Dots". Melody Maker. 66 (4): 27.
  2. [2]
    DeWalt, Rob (12 November 2010). "Dots the Way I Like It". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. PA63.
  3. [3]
    Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 458.
  4. [4]
    "Pink Dots at Hard Rock Cafe". The Warsaw Voice. 17 October 2007.
  5. [5]
    The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 2003. p. 589.
  6. [6]
    AllMusic review
  7. [7]
    Popson, Tom (27 July 1990). "An intriguing dash of Dots eccentricity". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. R.
  8. [8]
    "Legendary Pink Dots". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  9. [9]
    Ohanesian, Liz (15 February 2016). "10 Classic Goth Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Goth Music". Music. LA Weekly.
  10. [10]
    Staker, Brian (14 September 2016). "Dots Come Full Circle". Salt Lake City Weekly.
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