Remnants of a Deeper Purity

Remnants of a Deeper Purity is the sixth studio album by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released on June 7, 1996, by Projekt Records.[2] A cassette version was released in 1997 on Poland's Black Flames Productions. In 2007, a 10th-anniversary edition of the album was released, with a bonus disc, including the With My Sorrows EP from the same era.

Remnants of a Deeper Purity
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 7, 1996
RecordedJanuary 1995–April 1996[1]
StudioThe Lush Garden, Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois
GenreDarkwave
Length77:08
LabelProjekt
ProducerSam Rosenthal
Black Tape for a Blue Girl chronology
This Lush Garden Within
(1993)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity
(1996)
As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire
(1999)

Black Tape for a Blue Girl's Sam Rosenthal described the album as "an album of rebirth – the internal analysis and exploration that paves the way for a major upheaval."[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
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AllMusic     [1]

AllMusic critic Ned Raggett wrote that Remnants of a Deeper Purity "succeeds like no other Black Tape release before it, the logical extension of Rosenthal's musical and lyrical foci into a lengthy, commanding, and beautiful experience."[1] He ranked it at number 93 on his list of the best albums of the 1990s for Freaky Trigger.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Redefine Pure Faith"5:19
2."Fin de siècle"5:53
3."With My Sorrows"7:03
4."For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun"26:20
5."Wings Tattered, Fallen"6:25
6."Fitful"4:56
7."Remnants of a Deeper Purity"4:36
8."Again, to Drift (For Veronika)"6:00
9."I Have No More Answers"10:33
10th anniversary edition bonus disc[5]
No.TitleLength
1."En la mar ay una torre"0:59
2."With My Sorrows Part 2"10:13
3."With My Sorrows Part 3"6:25
4."I Have No More Answers" (radio edit)3:39
5."Redefine Pure Faith" (live)4:32
6."Through Sky Blue Rooms" (live)2:29
7."Remnants of a Deeper Purity" (live)3:57
8."Across a Thousand Blades '96"3:55
9.Untitled2:05

References

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  1. ^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Remnants of a Deeper Purity – Black Tape for a Blue Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "black tape for a blue girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (CD, Album) at Discogs". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ "black tape for a blue girl: remnants of a deeper purity". Projekt Records. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Raggett, Ned (October 1999). "93. Black Tape For A Blue Girl – Remnants Of A Deeper Purity". Freaky Trigger. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. ^ "black tape for a blue girl: remnants of a deeper purity (10th anniversary 2-CD edition)". Projekt Records. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.