1983-1991

RELEASE
February 16, 1993
LABEL
4AD
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Dream Pop, Art Rock, College Rock

Album Review

1983-1991 packages all three of This Mortal Coil's albums in an expensive slipcase, along with a disc of the original versions of the songs they covered. Fans of 4AD bands like Throwing Muses, the Cocteau Twins, and Dead Can Dance will thoroughly enjoy This Mortal Coil's lush, haunting music; some members of these bands play on various tracks on the box, including a standout duet between Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly on Chris Bell's "You and Your Sister." Although the packaging is beautiful, there are no liner notes.
– Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Kangaroo
  2. Song to the Siren
  3. Holocaust
  4. Fyt
  5. Fond Affections
  6. The Last Ray
  7. Another Day
  8. Waves Become Wings
  9. Barramundi
  10. Dreams Made Flesh
  11. Not Me
  12. A Single Wish
  13. I Want to Live
  14. Velvet Belly
  15. The Jeweller
  16. Ivy & Neet
  17. Meniscus
  18. Tears
  19. Tarantula
  20. My Father
  21. Come Here My Love
  22. At First, & Then
  23. Strength of Strings
  24. Morning Glory
  25. Inch Blue
  26. I Want to Live
  27. Mama Ki
  28. Filigree and Shadow
  29. Firebrothers
  30. Thais
  31. I Must Have Been Blind
  32. A Heart of Glass
  33. Alone
  34. Mama Kii
  35. The Horizon Bleeds & Sucks Its Thumb
  36. Drugs
  37. Red Rain
  38. Thais II
  39. The Lacemaker
  40. Mister Somewhere
  41. Andialu
  42. With Tomorrow
  43. Loose Joints
  44. You & Your Sister
  45. Nature's Way
  46. I Come and Stand at Every Door
  47. Bitter
  48. Baby Ray Baby
  49. Several Times
  50. The Lacemaker II
  51. Late Night
  52. Ruddy & Wretched
  53. Help Me Lift You Up
  54. Carolyn's Song
  55. D.D. & E.
  56. Till I Gain Control Again
  57. Dreams Are Like Water
  58. I Am the Cosmos
  59. (Nothing But) Blood
  60. Another Day
  61. Mister Somewhere
  62. With Tomorrow
  63. Holocaust
  64. Kangaroo
  65. Carolyn's Song
  66. I Want to Live
  67. Alone (On Piano)
  68. Drugs
  69. Help Me Lift You Up
  70. Song to the Siren
  71. Morning Glory
  72. I Must Have Been Blind
  73. Several Times
  74. The Jeweller
  75. I Come and Stand at Every Door
  76. I Am the Cosmos
  77. You & Your Sister
  78. Till I Gain Control Again
  79. Nature's Way
  80. Strength of Strings

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