Litanies of Satan

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Diamanda Galas – The Litanies Of Satan / Mute Audio CD 1989 / ISO1CD UPC 5016025680016 //// The Litanies of Satan is the debut album by American avant-garde artist Diamanda Galás, released in the United Kingdom by Y Records in 1982; it was released in her home country in 1989. The text for "The Litanies of Satan" is taken from a section of Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire. According to the album liner notes, the piece "devotes itself to the emeraldine perversity of the life struggle in Hell." The notes go on to state that "Wild Women with Steak-Knives," from the tragedy-grotesque by Diamanda Galás Eyes Without Blood, is "a cold examination of unrepentant monomania, the devoration instinct, for which the naive notion of filial mercy will only cock a vestigial grin." //// Label: Mute – ISO1CD Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: May 8, 1989 Genre: Electronic Style: Experimental, Avantgarde, Vocal //// Tracklist: 1 Wild Women With Steak-Knives (The Homicidal Love Song For Solo Scream) 12:04 2 The Litanies Of Satan Lyrics By – Charles Baudelaire Translated By – Joanna Richardson 17:46 Design – Me Company Engineer [Technical Assistance] – Durand Rene Begault (tracks: 1) Photography By [Cover] – Will Gulette Producer – Dave Hunt (tracks: 2) Producer, Recorded By – Richard Zvonar (tracks: 1)