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Tocsin (album)

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Released
  
25 June 1984

Producer
  
Mick Glossop

Artist
  
Xmal Deutschland

Label
  
4AD

Length
  
47:09

Tocsin (1984)
  
Viva (1987)

Release date
  
25 June 1984

Genres
  
Gothic rock, Post-punk

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Recorded
  
Livingston Studios, London 1984

Gothic rock albums
  
Devils, Fallen, Burning from the Inside, The Sky's Gone Out, Mourning Sun

Tocsin is the second studio album by the post-punk band Xmal Deutschland. It was released in June 1984 on 4AD.

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic awarded Tocsin four-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the album as "a creative high point, a teutonic marriage of Siouxsie and the Banshees' inviting goth-pop and the majestic sonic spaces of the Cocteau Twins."

Track listing

All tracks written by Xmal Deutschland.

Personnel

Musicians
  • Vocals: Anja Huwe
  • Guitars: Manuela Rickers
  • Keyboards: Fiona Sangster
  • Bass: Wolfgang Ellerbrock
  • Drums: Petter Bellendir (tracks 1-9); Manuela Zwingman (tracks 10 and 11)
    • Production
  • Produced by Mick Glossop (tracks 1-9); Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer (tracks 10 and 11)
  • Engineered by Mick Glossop; assisted by Felix Kendall
  • Design by 23 Envelope

    • Songs

    1Mondlicht5:03
    2Eiland5:31
    3Reigen3:59

    References

    Tocsin (album) Wikipedia
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