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A Strange Thing to Say

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Released
  
26 November 2010

Release date
  
26 November 2010

Genre
  
Neoclassical dark wave

Length
  
33:35

Label
  
Apocalyptic Vision

Producer
  
Sopor Aeternus, Patrick Damiani

A Strange Thing to Say(2010)
  
Have You Seen This Ghost?(2011)

Artist
  
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows

A Strange Thing to Say (also released as A Strange Thing 2 Say) is the third EP by Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows and is the first part of the trilogy A Triptychon of GHOSTS (or: El Sexorcismo de Anna-Varney Cantodea), which includes album Have You Seen This Ghost? and EP Children of the Corn. This is the first Sopor release since 2003's "Es reiten die Toten so Schnell" to not be produced by John A. Rivers. Instead, Patrick Damiani of the band Rome has co-produced the record.

Contents

The EP comes in 4 different versions: a CD packaged in a DigiBook format with a DVD containing the music video for "A Strange Thing to Say"; a special fan package; a 12" vinyl edition (with bonus track); and a standard CD release. The digibook edition comes with a 96-page booklet, a brooch, a magnet and a set of 9 postcards; while the vinyl comes with an A4 12-page booklet. Each pressing of the limited editions are signed and numbered by Anna-Varney Cantodea herself.

Sopor aeternus a strange thing to say music video


Track listing

CD pressing

All tracks written by Anna-Varney Cantodea.

Vinyl pressing

Personnel

  • Patrick Damiani: Co-producer
  • Thomas Haug: violin
  • Tim Ströble: cello
  • Wayne Coer: trumpet
  • Fenton Bragg: trombone
  • Eugene de la Fontaine: tuba
  • Uta Ferson: clarinet
  • Benjamin Dover: oboe
  • Eric Chen: bassoon
  • Burt Eerie: drums
  • Terrence Bat: drums
  • Anna-Varney Cantodea: All vocals and other instruments
  • Songs

    1A Strange Thing to Say9:46
    2Polishing Silver5:13
    3The Urine Song4:20

    References

    A Strange Thing to Say Wikipedia


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