1983~1991

Tracklist

• CD 1: It'll End in Tears
• 1
  Kangaroo
  3:29
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Song to the Siren
  3:30
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Holocaust
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Fyt
  4:23
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Fond Affections
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 6
  The Last Ray
  4:09
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Another Day
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Waves Become Wings
  4:29
• 9
  Barramundi
  3:51
• 10
  Dreams Made Flesh
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Not Me
  3:44
  3.0 ★
• 12
  A Single Wish
  2:27
• CD 2: Filigree & Shadow
• 1
  Velvet Belly
  1:19
• 2
  The Jeweller
  3:15
• 3
  Ivy and Neet
  4:48
• 4
  Meniscus
  2:28
• 5
  Tears
  0:22
• 6
  Tarantula
  4:58
• 7
  My Father
  5:58
• 8
  Come Here My Love
  3:42
  1.0 ★
• 9
  At First, and Then
  1:58
• 10
  Strength of Strings
  4:41
• 11
  Morning Glory
  2:56
• 12
  Inch Blue
  1:08
• 13
  I Want to Live
  4:05
• 14
  Mama K I
  0:53
• 15
  Filigree and Shadow
  1:19
• 16
  Firebrothers
  3:54
• 17
  Thaïs I
  1:08
• 18
  I Must Have Been Blind
  3:30
• 19
  A Heart of Glass
  3:45
• 20
  Alone
  4:13
• 21
  Mama K II
  0:34
• 22
  The Horizon Bleeds and Sucks Its Thumb
  2:53
• 23
  Drugs
  3:08
  2.0 ★
• 24
  Red Rain
  3:54
• 25
  Thaïs II
  3:13
• CD 3: Blood
• 1
  The Lacemaker I
  4:06
• 2
  Mr. Somewhere
  2:52
• 3
  Andialu
  3:03
• 4
  With Tomorrow
  2:40
• 5
  Loose Joints
  2:26
• 6
  You and Your Sister
  3:14
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Nature’s Way
  3:19
• 8
  I Come and Stand at Every Door
  3:54
• 9
  Bitter
  6:25
• 10
  Baby Ray Baby
  2:13
• 11
  Several Times
  3:11
• 12
  The Lacemaker II
  1:24
• 13
  Late Night
  3:03
• 14
  Ruddy and Wretched
  3:15
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Help Me Lift You Up
  5:06
• 16
  Carolyn’s Song
  3:47
• 17
  D.D. and E.
  0:47
• 18
  ’Til I Gain Control Again
  4:42
• 19
  Dreams Are Like Water
  8:37
• 20
  I Am the Cosmos
  4:05
• 21
  (Nothing but) Blood
  4:03
• CD 4: Original Versions
• 1
  Another Day

  Roy Harper
  2:57
• 2
  Mr. Somewhere

  The Apartments
  2:50
• 3
  With Tomorrow

  Gene Clark
  2:21
• 4
  Holocaust

  Big Star
  3:46
  3.4 ★
• 5
  Kangaroo

  Big Star
  3:43
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Carolyn’s Song

  Rain Parade
  4:03
• 7
  I Want to Live

  Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb
  4:41
• 8
  Alone (On Piano)

  Colin Newman
  1:52
• 9
  Drugs

  Talking Heads
  5:09
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Help Me Lift You Up

  Mary Margaret O'Hara
  4:34
• 11
  Song to the Siren

  Tim Buckley
  3:24
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Morning Glory

  Tim Buckley
  2:49
  3.0 ★
• 13
  I Must Have Been Blind

  Tim Buckley
  3:42
• 14
  Several Times

  Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook
  2:03
• 15
  The Jeweller

  Pearls Before Swine
  2:43
• 16
  I Come and Stand at Every Door

  The Byrds
  3:00
• 17
  I Am the Cosmos

  Chris Bell
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 18
  You and Your Sister

  Chris Bell
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 19
  ’Til I Gain Control Again

  Emmylou Harris
  5:33
• 20
  Nature’s Way

  Spirit
  2:28
• 21
  Strength of Strings

  Gene Clark
  6:30

More by This Mortal Coil

It’ll End in Tears

It’ll End in Tears 1984

Blood

Blood 1991

Filigree & Shadow

Filigree & Shadow 1986

Song to the Siren (Cruz Coronado remix)

Song to the Siren (Cruz Coronado remix) 2019

Dust & Guitars

Dust & Guitars 2012

This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil 2011

Release credits

• Alan Curtis
  guitar [22]
• Alex Chilton
  background vocals [18]
• Alison Limerick
  vocal [3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 2.7, 2.20, 2.23]
• Andrew Gray
  guitar [23]
• Anne Garrigues
  vocal [14]
• Anne Turner
  choir vocals [10]
• Baker Bigsby
  task [3]
• Brendan Perry
  bass synthesizer [10], membranophone [10]
• Brian Eno
  producer [9]
• Bruce Botnick
  engineer [12]
• Caroline Crawley
  vocal [1-2, 13, 15]
• Caroline Seaman
  vocal [20, 24]
• Chris Pye
  guitar [16]
• David Curtis
  guitar [4]
• David Friedman
  vibraphone [13]
• Deidre Rutkowski
  background vocals [2], choir vocals [10], vocal [2.6, 2.11, 2.13, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7-11, 3.15]
• Dick Kunc
  engineer [13]
• Dominic Appleton
  vocal [2, 6, 10]
• Don Randi
  piano [12]
• Elizabeth Fraser
  vocal [2, 7]
• Gary McDowell
  electric guitar [2]
• Gini Ball
  viola [3, 7], violin [1.3, 1.7, 3.8, 3.11]
• Gordon Sharp
  vocal [1-2, 5, 12]
• Howard Devoto
  vocal [3]
• Ikuko Kozu
  vocal [9]
• Ivo Watts‐Russell
  performer [8, 13], producer [1.1-12, 2.1-25, 3.1-21]
• James E. Bond
  bass [12]
• Jeanette
  vocal [8]
• Jerry Yester
  background vocals [12], producer [12]
• Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis
  mix [3], producer [3]
• Jim Williams
  guitar [9, 14]
• Jimmy Madison
  membranophone [13]
• Jocelyn Pook
  strings [1, 5-7, 9, 12]
• Joe Zagarino
  recording [3]
• John Clauder
  membranophone [12]
• John Fryer
  co [1.1-12, 3.1-21], engineer [1.1-12, 3.1-21, 2.1-25], producer [2.1-25, 1.2], programming [1, 5, 8-12, 14, 19, 21]
• John Miller
  bass [13]
• John Turner
  additional [1-21], engineer [1-25], keyboard [6-7, 10-11, 13, 16, 18], organ [4]
• Jon Turner
  performer [4, 6, 13], piano [16, 18], programming [15, 20]
• Keith Michell
  guitar [10]
• Kim Deal
  vocal [6]
• Les McKuen
  performer [10]
• Lisa Gerrard
  accordion [8-9], vocal [8, 10], yangqin [10]
• Louise Rutkowski
  background vocals [2], choir vocals [10], vocal [2.6, 2.11, 2.13, 3.8]
• Manuela Rickers
  guitar [11]
• Marian Young
  keyboard [2]
• Mark Cox
  keyboard [22], organ [4], synthesizer [5]
• Martin McCarrick
  arranger [7], cello [1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 3.2], choir vocals [10], strings [1, 5-7, 9, 12]
• Martyn Young
  bass guitar [5], guitar [5], synthesizer [4-5]
• Michael Brook
  performer [14]
• Michael Conroy
  bass guitar [2]
• Nigel Hine
  instrument [10]
• Peter Ulrich
  percussion [9]
• Richard Thomas
  saxophone [3]
• Richenel
  vocal [16, 18]
• Robbie Grey
  vocal [11]
• Robin Guthrie
  12 string guitar [6], acoustic guitar [6], ebow [6], electric guitar [2, 6], guitar [11]
• Rod O’Brien
  engineer [9]
• Sally Herbert
  strings [1, 5-7, 9, 12]
• Simon Raymonde
  acoustic guitar [1], bass guitar [2.3, 2.20, 2.24, 1.1, 1.6, 1.11], gizmo [12], guitar [2.3, 2.20, 2.24, 1.9], keyboard [3, 8, 20, 24], piano [2-3, 7], synthesizer [1, 9, 12]
• Sonia Slany
  instrument [1], strings [5-7, 9, 12]
• Stan Agol
  engineer [11]
• Steven Young
  membranophone [23], piano [3, 12]
• Talking Heads
  producer [9]
• Tanya Donelly
  vocal [6]
• This Mortal Coil
  performer [6]
• Tim Buckley
  12 string guitar [11, 13], background vocals [12], guitar [12], lead vocals [12], producer [11, 13], vocal [11, 13]
• Tim Freeman
  vocal [8]
• Tony Waerea
  didgeridoo [24]
• Victor van Vugt
  assistant [2], engineer [2]
• [unknown]
  flute [12], strings [12]
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Issues

• 

  1
  1983~1991

  4x CD
  30 March 1993