| Remnants of a Deeper Purity | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 7, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | January 1995–April 1996[1] | |||
| Studio | The Lush Garden, Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Darkwave | |||
| Length | 77:08 | |||
| Label | Projekt | |||
| Producer | Sam Rosenthal | |||
| Black Tape for a Blue Girl chronology | ||||
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Remnants of a Deeper Purity is the sixth studio album by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released on June 7, 1996, by Projekt Records.[2] A cassette version was released in 1997 on Poland's Black Flames Productions. In 2007, a 10th-anniversary edition of the album was released, with a bonus disc, including the With My Sorrows EP from the same era.
Black Tape for a Blue Girl's Sam Rosenthal described the album as "an album of rebirth – the internal analysis and exploration that paves the way for a major upheaval."[3]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
AllMusic critic Ned Raggett wrote that Remnants of a Deeper Purity "succeeds like no other Black Tape release before it, the logical extension of Rosenthal's musical and lyrical foci into a lengthy, commanding, and beautiful experience."[1] He ranked it at number 93 on his list of the best albums of the 1990s for Freaky Trigger.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Redefine Pure Faith" | 5:19 |
| 2. | "Fin de siècle" | 5:53 |
| 3. | "With My Sorrows" | 7:03 |
| 4. | "For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun" | 26:20 |
| 5. | "Wings Tattered, Fallen" | 6:25 |
| 6. | "Fitful" | 4:56 |
| 7. | "Remnants of a Deeper Purity" | 4:36 |
| 8. | "Again, to Drift (For Veronika)" | 6:00 |
| 9. | "I Have No More Answers" | 10:33 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "En la mar ay una torre" | 0:59 |
| 2. | "With My Sorrows Part 2" | 10:13 |
| 3. | "With My Sorrows Part 3" | 6:25 |
| 4. | "I Have No More Answers" (radio edit) | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Redefine Pure Faith" (live) | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Through Sky Blue Rooms" (live) | 2:29 |
| 7. | "Remnants of a Deeper Purity" (live) | 3:57 |
| 8. | "Across a Thousand Blades '96" | 3:55 |
| 9. | Untitled | 2:05 |
References
- 1 2 3 Raggett, Ned. "Remnants of a Deeper Purity – Black Tape for a Blue Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "black tape for a blue girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (CD, Album) at Discogs". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ↑ "black tape for a blue girl: remnants of a deeper purity". Projekt Records. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ↑ Raggett, Ned (October 1999). "93. Black Tape For A Blue Girl – Remnants Of A Deeper Purity". Freaky Trigger. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "black tape for a blue girl: remnants of a deeper purity (10th anniversary 2-CD edition)". Projekt Records. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.