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, EnglandInformusik 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.

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

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