| Gothic | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 19 March 1991 | |||
| Recorded | November 1990 – January 1991 | |||
| Studio | Academy Music Studios, West Yorkshire, England | |||
| Genre | Death-doom, doom metal[1] | |||
| Length | 39:24 | |||
| Label | Peaceville | |||
| Paradise Lost chronology | ||||
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Gothic is the second full-length album released by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost.
The album has been re-released and remastered twice. The 2003 re-release contains two remixes of songs from Lost Paradise (1990), bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of the songs "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless" appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of Lost Paradise. In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band. The album was performed in full at the 2016 Roadburn festival and released by the band on Bandcamp.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
AllMusic gave Gothic a three-star mixed review.[2] In June 2005, Gothic was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth album overall to be featured there.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gothic" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Dead Emotion" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Shattered" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Rapture" | 5:09 |
| 5. | "Eternal" | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Falling Forever" | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Angel Tears" | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Silent" | 4:42 |
| 9. | "The Painless" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Desolate" | 1:51 |
| Total length: | 39:24 | |
Personnel
- Nick Holmes – vocals
- Matthew Archer – drums
- Stephen Edmondson – bass
- Aaron Aedy – guitars
- Gregor Mackintosh – guitars
Guest musicians
- The Raptured Symphony Orchestra – orchestral sections
- Sarah Marrion – vocals
Production
- Keith Appleton – engineering
- Richard Moran – cover art, photography
References
- ↑ Divita, Joe (13 September 2017). "Top 25 Doom Metal Albums of All Time". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- 1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gothic review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-06.
- ↑ Chase, Jesse. "Paradise Lost – "Gothic"". Decibel. Retrieved 11 May 2018.