Serenades
Serenades | ||||
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Studio album by Anathema | ||||
Publication |
February 1993 |
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admission |
June, July and September 1992 |
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Label (s) | Peaceville Records | |||
Title (number) |
10/12 |
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running time |
65:48 |
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occupation |
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Anathema, "Hammy" Halmshaw |
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Studio (s) |
Academy Studios, Yorkshire |
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Serenades is the debut album by the British band Anathema . It was released on Peaceville Records in February 1993 .
Origin and style
The album was recorded with producer and Peaceville founder "Hammy" Halmshaw and sound engineer Mags at the Academy Studios in Yorkshire . The album is still heavily influenced by Death Doom , but J'ai Fait Une Promesse already had the female vocals typical of Gothic Metal , heard here by Ruth Wilson. They (Will Always) Die was already released as They Die on the previous EP The Crestfallen . The album ends with the 22-minute keyboard sound collage Dreaming: The Romance . J'ai Fait Une Promesse and Sleep in Sanity were completely rearranged and released on Falling Deeper in 2011 .
reception
Götz Kühnemund wrote in Rock Hard magazine that Anathema came from Death Metal , but that “no musical restrictions were imposed” on them. He also heard influences from Cathedral , My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost , such as acoustic guitars and guest singer. "Sure, all of that has already happened in the aforementioned bands, and Anathema are not exactly original - but the bottom line is the quality of the songs, and in the case of Serenade they are worth a good seven points."
Track list
Original edition
- "Lovelorn Rhapsody" - 6:12
- "Sweet Tears" - 4:06
- "J'ai Fait Une Promesse" - 2:32
- "They (Will Always) Die" - 7:06
- "Sleepless" - 4:07
- "Sleep in Sanity" - 6:46
- "Scars of the Old Stream" - 1:06
- "Under a Veil (Of Black Lace)" - 7:22
- "Where Shadows Dance" - 1:52
- "Dreaming: The Romance" - 10:30 pm
Remaster 2003
- "Lovelorn Rhapsody" - 6:12
- "Sweet Tears" - 4:06
- "J'ai Fait Une Promesse" - 2:32
- "They (Will Always) Die" - 7:06
- "Sleepless" - 4:07
- "Sleep in Sanity" - 6:46
- "Scars of the Old Stream" - 1:06
- "Under a Veil (Of Black Lace)" - 7:22
- "Where Shadows Dance" - 1:52
- "Eternal Rise of the Sun" - 6:38
- "Nailed to the Cross / 666" - 4:09
- "Dreaming: The Romance" - 23:23