Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre

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Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre
Durtro
ProducerSteven Stapleton, David Tibet, Michael Cashmore
Current 93 chronology
Emblems: The Menstrual Years
(1993)
Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre
(1993)
Lucifer Over London
(1994)

Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre - The Broken Heart of Man is an album by

stream-of-consciousness narrative
, and several tracks contain similar - and in some cases, identical - musical themes. For example, the last three tracks were intended as a single piece, and are often performed live as such. Portions of the song are also musically identical to the Thunder Perfect Mind-era live song "Imperium V", which serves as a lyrical prelude as well.

Track listing

  1. "A Voice from Catland" – 0:22
  2. "Steven and I in the Field of Stars" – 2:56
  3. "The Teeth of the Winds of the Sea" – 7:15
  4. "Moonlight, You Will Say" – 5:19
  5. "Into the Bloody Hole I Go" – 1:01
  6. "The Darkly Splendid World" – 0:51
  7. "The Cloud of Unknowing" – 7:28
  8. "Let Us Go to the Rose" – 5:17
  9. "All the World Makes Great Blood" – 3:55
  10. "The Great, Bloody and Bruised Veil of the World" – 4:17
  11. "Into the Menstrual Night I Go" – 1:14
  12. "Dormition and Dominion" – 6:19
  13. "So: This Empire Is Nothing" – 1:08
  14. "This Shining Shining World" – 2:51

Personnel

  • Michael Cashmore - guitars, bass, drums, glockenspiel, sounds, additional mixing
  • Phoebe Cheshire - spoken vocals, sung vocals
  • Steven Stapleton - guitars, drones, bric-a-brac arrangements, mixing
  • David Tibet - vocals, sounds, additional mixing
  • David Kenny - engineering
  • Starspace - bass (track 4)