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The Anal Staircase

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Released
  
1986

Producer(s)
  
Coil

Genre
  
Experimental

Label
  
Force & Form K.422 Some Bizzare (UK) Relativity (U.S.)

The Anal Staircase (1986)
  
The Wheel/The Wheal (1986)

The Anal Staircase is a 12" single by the British group Coil, released in 1986. The single introduced Stephen Thrower as part of Coil. Thrower would then return for the album Horse Rotorvator and would remain a member for many years, his last appearance being on Stolen and Contaminated Songs in 1992. "Blood From the Air," "Ravenous," and an alternate version of "The Anal Staircase" later appeared on Horse Rotorvator.

The single also samples Igor Stravinskys The Rite of Spring.

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "The Anal Staircase (A Dionysian Remix)"

Side B:

  1. "Blood From the Air"
  2. "Ravenous"

References

The Anal Staircase Wikipedia
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