''A Perfect Mystery'' is an album by
the Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots (aka LPD) are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. In 1984, the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edwar ...
, released in 2000.
Production
The band tried a different method to recording on ''A Perfect Mystery'', working on the songs together in the studio instead of constructing them from ideas already developed by individual members.
Critical reception
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The Washington Post
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'' wrote that the album "finds the Dots in good form, combining contemporary electronics with '70s jazz-rock touches in the service of goth-cabaret-folk-rock songs".
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The Plain Dealer
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'' wrote that "the dense, highly textured sounds reveal the band members' interests in the more adventurous aspects of techno and industrial music, but the music feels purposeful, not indulgent".
[ '']The Times-Picayune
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'' thought that ''A Perfect Mystery'' alternates "pulsing, up-tempo rockers with moodier pieces interlaced with spooky keyboards and an effects-laden saxophone".
Track listing
# Lent
# When I'm With You
# When Lenny Meets Lorca
# Skeltzer Spleltzer
# Mood 159
# Pain Bubbles
# Blue
# Condition Green
# Death Of A King
# Godless
# Premonition 25 ''(vinyl issue bonus track)''
Credits
* Qa'Sepel – voice, keyboards
* The Silverman (Phil Knight) – keyboards, filters, sound processing, voices from beyond
* Ryan Moore – bass, drums, percussion, sound processing
* Martijn de Kleer – guitars, violin, drums and bass
* Niels van Hoornblower – saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, percussion
* Frank Verschuuren – sound processing
References
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The Legendary Pink Dots albums
2000 albums