Peter Murphy / Ninth
Artist Peter Murphy
Album Title: Ninth
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format CD
Released 06/07/2011
Label Nettwerk
Catalog No 0 6700 30925 2 4
Bar Code No 0 6700 30925 2 4
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Velocity Bird (2:53)
2. Seesaw Sway (4:15)
3. Peace To Each (3:40)
4. I Spit Roses (4:03)
5. Never Fall Out (4:09)
6. Memory Go (4:03)
7. The Prince & Old Lady Shade (4:44)
8. Uneven & Brittle (4:48)
9. Slowdown (3:51)
10. Secret Silk Society (4:09)
11. Créme de la Créme (5:28)
Date Acquired 08/05/2011
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 9.99

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Notes

Recorded in seven days at Dreamland Studios & Sun Mountain Studios, NY.
This album was entirely made with the financial support of Dr. Frederick Bury.
Dedicated in Memory of Tamara Song-Baron.
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – John Andrews
Artwork, Photography By, Design – Thomas Tadeus Bak
Bass Guitar [Infinite] – Jeff Schartoff
Drums – Nick Lucero
Electric Guitar – Mark Gemini Thwaite
Engineer, Mixed By – John Siket
Keyboards – David Baron
Lyrics By, Vocals, Written-By – Peter Murphy
Management – Alan Wolmark
Mastered By – Fred Kevorkian
Producer – David Baron
Written-By – David Baron (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9 to 11)
Barcode: 0 6700 30925 2 4
Matrix / Runout: Z103845 9P 30925-2 TEXT 01 M1S1
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L909
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2UA2

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Analyzed Folder: Ninth
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DR              Peak         RMS                 Filename                      
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DR7        -0.10 dB   -8.13 dB   01 - Velocity Bird.flac      
DR7        -0.10 dB   -8.04 dB   02 - Seesaw Sway.flac        
DR7        -0.10 dB   -7.69 dB   03 - Peace To Each.flac      
DR7        -0.10 dB   -8.27 dB   04 - I Spit Roses.flac        
DR7        -0.10 dB   -9.06 dB   05 - Never Fall Out.flac      
DR7        -0.10 dB   -8.76 dB   06 - Memory Go.flac          
DR7        -0.10 dB   -9.48 dB   07 - The Prince & Old Lady Shade.flac
DR6        -0.10 dB   -8.66 dB   08 - Uneven & Brittle.flac    
DR6        -0.10 dB   -8.09 dB   09 - Slowdown.flac            
DR6        -1.10 dB   -8.53 dB   10 - Secret Silk Society.flac
DR6        -0.10 dB   -9.44 dB   11 - Crème De La Crème.flac
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Number of Files: 11
Official DR Value: DR7
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by David Jeffries
While the lesser Peter Murphy solo albums are burdened by too much dark mysticism and foggy, tension-free music, Ninth sounds alive, or at least, undead as his fans, dubbed “gothlings,” may prefer. These tracks were road-tested on tour before Murphy entered the studio, and this is palpable as songs build and peak, delivering all the drama that made the man’s work with Bauhaus so gripping. Granted there’s no “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” here, but “I Spit Roses” gives “Cuts You Up” a run for its money, while the closing “Crème de la Crème” is a new high point for Murphy the singer as he delivers a complicated, almost-Broadway-styled number with equal heart and skill. Check “Secret Silk Society” for that classic Bauhaus sense of dread and drag, or check “Memory Go” for Murphy’s forward-thinking style of goth, which combines a post-punk throb -- think the Cure’s “A Forest” -- with full-bodied, guitar-crunching breakdowns that come straight out of stoner rock. It’s all put together in a right-sized package, too, with no filler to speak of, then wrapped in warm production from David Baron, who finds the proper balance of shadows and light. “The Godfather of Goth” sounds like the genre’s savior here, coming on strong with those Bowie-sized aspirations and nailing that attractive Nosferatu-meets-Art-School style.
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