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Saint of the Pit

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Length
  
36:25

Release date
  
17 November 1986

Artist
  
Diamanda Galás

Label
  
Mute Records


Released
  
17 November 1986 (1986-11-17)

Recorded
  
Dave Hunt Studios, London, England Informusik Studios, San Francisco and OTR Studios, Belmont, California, United States

Saint of the Pit (1986)
  
You Must Be Certain of the Devil (1988)

Genres
  
Experimental music, Avant-garde music

Producers
  
Diamanda Galás, Gareth Jones

Similar
  
The Divine Punishment, You Must Be Certain of the Devil, Masque of the Red Death, The Singer, The Litanies of Satan

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Saint of the Pit is the fourth album by American avant-garde artist Diamanda Galás, released on 17 November 1986 by record label Mute.

Contents

Content

Saint of the Pit is the second instalment of her "Masque of the Red Death" trilogy about the AIDS epidemic. In this instalment, she focuses on musical settings of poems by French Decadents.

Reception

Trouser Press wrote "Galás' astonishingly varied singing styles and the hypnotic effect of the record's three claustrophobic, obsessive pieces makes Saint of the Pit a powerful document of suffering."

Track listing

All music composed by Diamanda Galás.

Personnel

Musicians
  • F. M. Einheit – drums (B2), chains (A1)
  • Diamanda Galás – vocals, piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer, producer
  • Production and additional personnel
  • Gareth Jones – production
  • Paul Kendall – recording (A1)
  • Songs

    1La Treizieme Revient5:03
    2Exeloyme7:20
    3L'heautontimoroumenos6:49

    References

    Saint of the Pit Wikipedia