Most of the outfit's records focused primarily on covers of songs by seminal alternative rock artists, and IT'LL END IN TEARS is no exception. About InnerSleeve.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelFour, 4AD
UPC0652637300413
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046039372
Product Key Features
Release Year2018
FormatRecord
GenreRock
ArtistThis Mortal Coil
Release TitleItll End in Tears
Dimensions
Item Height0.44 in
Item Weight0.50 lb
Item Length12.39 in
Item Width12.32 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Kangaroo 1.2 Song to the Siren 1.3 Holocaust 1.4 Fyt 1.5 Fond Affections 1.6 The Last Ray 2.1 Another Day 2.2 Waves Become Wings 2.3 Barramundi 2.4 Dreams Made Flesh 2.5 Not Me 2.6 A Single Wish
Number of Discs1
Notes180gm vinyl LP pressing. The inspiration of Ivo Watts-Russell, This Mortal Coil emerged in the early-80s when the post-punk scene was splintering in exciting new ways and Ivo's then-fledgling record label 4AD was in the thick of it all. This Mortal Coil were not a band per se, never performing live, rather a collaboration of musicians, with both Ivo and co-producer John Fryer the only constants while the cast rotated. Debut album, It'll End In Tears (1984) forged the template for This Mortal Coil, whilst also helping to crystallize 4AD's emerging signature sound and shining a light on some of their stable with Cocteau Twins, Colourbox and Dead Can Dance all involved (the line-up was completed by Howard Devoto of Buzzcocks/Magazine fame and Cindytalk's Gordon Sharp). An important record of it's time, Pitchfork recently named it one of the best dream-pop albums ever, stating that it "catalyzed 4AD's ascendance from the stilted poetics of goth rock to the kings of gauzy transcendence."