Skin: Shame Humility Revenge 1988 (MP3 Vinyl Rip + Flac CD Rip)

Working under the Skin name for a second time, Gira and Jarboe here create another quietly intense listening experience, steering clear of Swans' nuclear-strength noise in favor of sparer and different songs and sounds -- indeed, on "24 Hours" it almost sounds like they're out to invent symphonic '70s lounge music!

Intended as a full complement to the Jarboe-sung first Skin album " Blood, Women, Roses " , Shame features Gira taking all lead vocals, with Jarboe providing harmonizing and background vocals. The result is demonstrated to excellent effect on the heavily-echoed, brooding opener "Nothing About You," with Gira singing at his most portentous and commanding.

His vocals here are as distinct as his more animalistic cries from earlier Swans days, but ultimately even more emotional and gripping. A bit of the old hectoring surfaces as well on "24 Hours," though even with a fairly strong drum program laying down the beat, Jarboe's wordless choir and the spacious arrangement keep things much more calm in comparison to, say, "Young God" or "Beautiful Child."

In addition to some of the same string players from Blood, further guest musicianship comes on Indian oboe courtesy of A. Kadir Dorvesh. The instrument's unearthly wailing adds immeasurably to the atmosphere conjured on "Everything at Once," a truly dark piece rhythmically driven by a persistent, echo-laden acoustic guitar, and more gently on "The Center of Your Heart."

In the latter, the oboe contrasts with Jarboe's wordless tones under a half-confessional, half-accusatory love lyric, delivered in a slow, spoken-word manner. Wrapping up with a ghostly acoustic cover of "I Wanna Be Your Dog," Shame fulfills its particular brief well.

By Ned Raggett


These atmospheric Dark tracks were recorded in London, October to December 1986 . Their instruments include piano, keyboards, cello, strings,violins, viola, double bass, acoustic guitar, Indian oboe,programmed drums and 'sounds.'

Traxs

Side One

A1 Nothing Without You 5:43
A2 Everything At Once 4:22
Oboe (Indian) : A. Kadir Dorvesh
A3 Breathing Water 4:23
Violin : Chris Tombling
Arranged By (Strings), Double Bass : Bill McGee
Viola : Chris Pitzaladi
Cello : Martin McCarrick
Violin : Ginnie Ball
A4 The Center Of Your Heart
Oboe (Indian) : A. Kadir Dorvesh 4:55







Side Two

B1 Cold Bed 2:25
B2 24 Hours 4:13
B3 One Small Sacrifice 6:43
B4 Turned To Stone








Backing Vocals, Piano, Keyboards : Jarboe

Producer, Arranged : Michael R. Gira
Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Effects (Sounds), Acoustic Guitar : M. Gira

24 HOURS

24 hours,
split three ways
because you bought one third,
you own everything.
shut off the possibility,
and wipe out imagination.

Now the world stands still.
I'll take it with me to my grave.
I'll take it with me to my grave.

Wrap your hands around my neck.
now choke me slowly,
but i won't die.
I know one thing,
and one thing only:
you are what you learn to need.

I'll surround myself with things that look like me.
I'll take them with me to my grave
I'll take them with me to my grave

ONE SMALL SACRIFICE

( These are the Heretic Lyrics of SKIN )

Oh ! Jesus , oh Jesus :
You're my only girl , you're my only God .
Oh ! Jesus , oh Jesus :
I follow you now , forgive me now .
I'll follow you down , to a dirty black room
where the air is gone .

I'll lie down on the table
and I'll wait for you
to step inside me now .

Oh Jesus step inside me now
oh Jesus , you're my only girl .

I'll look into your eyes
until I loose my mind .

Get out of my mind ,
get out of this place ,
the air is gone .

You're my only girl , you're my only God .

If I drink your blood
I will be like you .

Girl , I want to be like you .
I will loose my mind ,
you're my only God
you're my only God .

Size : 90,7 MB
Label : Penguin Records
Made : in Greece
Format : Vinyl LP
Year : 1988
Bitrate : 320
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 SKIN - SHAME HUMILITY REVENGE CD RIP
                 

Skin – Shame, Humility, Revenge
Label: Product Inc. – cd prod 11
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Jun 27, 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Gothic, Experimental, New Wave

TRAXS
    

01. Intro    1:16
02. Nothing Without You    4:41
03. Everything At Once    4:32
04. Breathing Water    4:26
05. The Center Of Your Heart    4:47
06. Cold Bed    2:25
07. 24 Hours    4:13
08. One Small Sacrifice    6:43
09. Turned To Stone    5:21
10. I Want To Be Your Dog  (Written-By – The Stooges)  3:37

Flac Size: 206 MB

Skin: Blood, Women, Roses 1987 (Vinyl MP3 Rip + CD Flac Rip)

The World of Skin was a project springing out of the American group Swans, and was a collaboration between the core Swans members Michael Gira and Jarboe.
The project was initially called Skin, with the first two albums being released under that name, the last one being released under the name the World of Skin.

The musical style was similar to The Burning World and the other later Swans releases, although it shed most of its rock influences to play a mostly acoustic goth-folk style with electronics.

In the UK, the first two albums were released by Product Inc., an imprint of Mute Records, while the last was released on Gira's own Young God label.


Blood, Women, Roses (1987) was the project's first release and featured vocals entirely by Jarboe, who had previously mainly been performing backing vocals. Many of the tracks on this album were covers of show tunes and other popular songs (for example "Cry Me a River" and "The Man I Love").

Blood, Women, Roses was followed in 1988 by Shame, Humility. Revenge, which featured vocals by Michael Gira (although Jarboe did perform some backing vocals).
(Wiki)


Group members

Michael Gira : vocals, guitar, keyboards, samples, sounds
Jarboe : vocals, keyboards, sounds
Norman Westberg : guitar
Harry Crosby : bass









Albums

Blood, Women, Roses - (1987 )
Shame, Humility, Revenge - (1988)
Ten Songs From Another World - (1990)

Traxs

1 One Thousand Years
2 Cry Me a River
3 We'll Fall Apart
4 Still a Child
5 Come Out
6 The Man I Love
7 Red Rose
8 Blood on Your Hands

 

Format : Vinyl LP
Label : Mute Records
Made : In England
Imported in Greece : By Penguin Records
Size : 90 MB
Bitrate : 320

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SKIN - BLOOD, WOMEN, ROSES 1987 (FLAC CD RIP)

                         

Skin – Blood, Women, Roses
Label: Product Inc. – cd prod 4
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Apr 27, 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Experimental, Gothic

TRAXS

                        

01. One Thousand Years    5:09
02. Cry Me A River   4:48
Written-By – Arthur Hamilton
03. We'll Fall Apart    4:43
04. Still A Child    5:23
05. Come Out   4:47
Written-By – Jarboe, Michael Gira
06. The Man I Love   5:52
Music By – George Gershwin
Words By – Ira Gershwin
07. Red Rose    4:29
08. Blood On Your Hands   4:04
Written-By – Michael Gira
09. My Own Hands    4:54
10. Come Out (Vocal Dub)   3:09
Written-By – Jarboe, Michael Gira
11. The Man I Love (Live)    3:52

Flac Size: 239 MB