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The Tear Garden - The Tear Garden
Review by Scot Baker
The Tear Garden's self-titled album is a perfect blend of ethereal soundscapes and haunting melodies. The album features an impressive range of instruments, including synthesizers, guitars, and percussion, which create a unique and layered sound. The vocals are equally impressive, with Edward Ka-Spel's ethereal voice blending perfectly with cEvin Key's more grounded tones.
The album takes the listener on a journey through a dreamlike world, with each track adding to the overall atmosphere. The opening track, "In Search of My Rose," sets the tone with its haunting melody and atmospheric production. "Ophelia" is another standout track, with its driving beat and haunting vocals.
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Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Keep The Bomb Under Your Coat | ||
| Tasteless | ||
| White Coats & Haloes | ||
| The Great Lie | ||
| Romulus And Venus | ||
| Her Majesty's Trusted Food Taster | ||
| Do It Yourself From A-Z Part 2 | ||
| The Bomb Bomb Loopapa Tribe Drown Themselves In A Vat Of Marmite | ||
| To Mourn The Death Of Colour | ||
| Centre Bullet | ||
| Sheila Liked The Rodeo | ||
| Cyberspider | ||
| Feathered Friends | ||
| The Centre Bullet | 9:47 | |
| Ascension Day | ||
| The Train To China | ||
| Coma | ||
| All The Stars Are Falling | ||
| Judgement Hour | ||
| Extract From Empathy No. 3 | ||
| Blobbo | ||
| Desert Island Disc | ||
| Do It Yourself From A-Z Part 1 | ||
| New Eden | ||
| Hopeful | ||
| The Habit | ||
| Isis Veiled | ||
| Black Curtains | ||
| The Center Bullet | ||
| In Search Of My Rose | ||
| Turn Me On, Dead Man | ||
| Malice Through The Looking Glass | ||
| Castaway | ||
| You And Me And Rainbows (Parts One To Six) | ||
| Tear Garden | 4:50 | |
| Circles In The Sand | ||
| Empathy With The Devil | ||
| Sybil The Spider Consumes Himself | ||
| Valium | ||
| Dr. Chang's Tummy Rub | ||
| 3-D Technicolour Scrambled Egg Trip Down The Hell-Hole (With Canary) | ||
| A Bitter Pill | ||
| The Double Spades Effect | ||
| The Running Man | ||
| Lament | ||
| Perforated Man | ||
| The Strong And Whining Toad | ||
| Love Notes & Carnations | ||
| Deja Vu | ||
| OO EE OO | ||
| Room With A View | ||
| With Wings | ||
| A Ship Named 'Despair' | ||
| Psycho 9 | ||
| Six Of One | ||
| Hyperform | ||
| My Thorny Thorny Crown | 3:55 | |
| Crying From Outside | ||
| Splatterflick | ||
| We The People | ||
| Last Post | ||
| The Tear Garden | ||
| Ophelia | 8:29 | |
| Sunev Dna Sulumor | ||
| Phoenix | ||
| Extract From Empathy No. 2 |
Images
Catalog Numbers
- Bias 31
- W4 6304
- 20038F
- NTMC-6304
- NTM 6304, NTM6304
Labels
- Play It Again Sam Records
- Nettwerk
- Домашняя Коллекция
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Formats
- Vinyl
- 12"
- 33 ⅓ RPM
- Mini-Album
- Promo
- Cassette
- CD
- CD-ROM
- Compilation
- Unofficial Release
- mp3
- variable bitrate
Companies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Lacquer Cut At | Foon |
| Phonographic Copyright (p) | Nettwerk Productions Ltd. |
| Copyright (c) | Nettwerk Productions Ltd. |
| Manufactured By | Nettwerk Productions Ltd. |
| Distributed By | Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited |
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Cover | Barbery |
| Music By | Cevin Key, Edward Ka-Spel |
| Producer | David Ogilvie, The Tear Garden |
| Engineer | David Ogilvie, The Tear Garden |
| Songwriter | Cevin Key, Edward Ka-Spel |
| Sleeve | Steven R Gilmore |
| Painting | Steven R Gilmore |
Notes
- White label promo copy with xeroxed copy of sleeve photo. Catalog number "Bias 31" handwritten with black marker on label.
- Also known as "The Center Bullet EP" in Nettwerk sales catalogs. First track is a re-worked Skinny Puppy song with Edward Ka-Spel vocals added.
- Made in Belgium
- "Dedicated to those who walk with Gods"
- Catalog number "Bias 31" on label, "BiaS 31" on back sleeve, "bias 31" on spine.
- Some copies may include a Play It Again Sam info sheet.
- Produced and engineered 1986
- Thank you to Brad for disk driving on B3
- Dedicated to those who would walk with gods
- In memory of Christine H. E. Crompton 1927 - 1985
- Front cover painting "Hell's Ticket" copyright 1986 by Steven R Gilmore
- Etch in the runout on side 2 says: "BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALIVE"
- The sticker on the shrinkwrap reads:
- "studio project by cevin Key (Skinny Puppy) & Edward Ka-Spel
- (L.P.D.)"
Barcodes
- Rights Society: SABAM
- Barcode: 0 67000 63044 6
- Matrix / Runout: 20038F
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout): BIAS 31-A₁ FOON MASTERING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout): BIAS 31-B₁ FOON MASTERING
- Rights Society: SABAM TM
About The Tear Garden
The Tear Garden is a psychedelic/gothic/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel. The Tear Garden was released the following year, with Dave Ogilvie producing.
The group reconvened in 1987 to release Tired Eyes Slowly Burning with contributions from the other members of Skinny Puppy to a limited degree of success. Members of the Legendary Pink Dots would henceforth contribute to Tear Garden and in 1992 they released the full-length album The Last Man to Fly. Another EP, Sheila Liked The Rodeo, much of which was live studio improvisation was accompanied by a video (directed by William Morrison) of the title track in 1993.
With the collapse of Skinny Puppy in 1995 and cEvin's primary commitment over, he and The Tear Garden released To Be an Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide in 1996, followed by Crystal Mass in 2000. Crystal Mass marked a departure for the group, with more focus seemingly directed toward sound and production than the traditional staple, the lyrics. In 2002 a limited edition compilation of previously unreleased songs, Eye Spy With My Little Eye came out on Key's Subconscious Communications label. A best of, For Those Who Would Walk With The Gods is also available.
The Tear Garden have never toured, a detail that has limited their commercial potential. The only live performance of Tear Garden material by members of both Skinny Puppy and the Legendary Pink Dots was on April 14, 1988 in Leiden, Holland and May 1, 1988 at Foyer St. Arbogast in Strassbourg France, during Skinny Puppy's Head Trauma tour, for which Edward Ka-Spel was the opening solo act. At the end of Ka-Spel's set cEvin Key joined him on guitar and keyboards for a performance of the song The Centre Bullet. The Legendary Pink Dots have performed Isis Veiled as an encore at every show during their last few tours.
After having successfully collaborated in 2007 on The Secret Experiment, Edward and cEvin wrapped up their sessions of 13 tracks, compiled into a brand new album called "Have A Nice Trip" released in 2009.
Name Vars
- TG
- Tear Garden
- Teargarden
Members
- Dave Ogilvie
- Edward Ka-Spel
- Ryan Moore
- Dwayne R. Goettel
- Niels van Hoorn
- Martijn De Kleer
- Patrick Q. Paganini
- Kevin Crompton
- Phil Knight
