hypersongs

It'll End in Tears

The first album, with Fraser's "Song to the Siren" second on side one.
This Mortal Coil, 1984

Wikipedia gives October 1 and the artist article October 8; the Official Charts entry is October 20, 1984. Vaughan Oliver designed the sleeve and Nigel Grierson shot it. The Quietus's Vel Ilic called the 2011 reissue a revelation, with Fraser's take the definitive recording of the song. Trouser Press called it slow, quiet and miserable. AllMusic gave 4.5 and Mojo 4 stars, and it sold about 8,000 copies in the US in a year on Atlantic.

Track listing

  1. Kangaroo3:30
  2. Song to the Siren3:30
  3. Holocaust3:38
  4. Fyt4:23
  5. Fond Affections3:50
  6. The Last Ray4:08
  7. Another Day2:54
  8. Waves Become Wings4:25
  9. Barramundi3:56
  10. Dreams Made Flesh3:48
  11. Not Me3:44
  12. A Single Wish2:26

More from This Mortal Coil

Filigree & Shadow (1986), Blood (1991)

Sources

  1. It'll End in Tears, Wikipedia
  2. This Mortal Coil, Trouser Press