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| Only Theatre of Pain | 
 enlarge | Artist: Christian Death
Label: Frontier Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $10.28
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 76222
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 31007
UPC: 018663100722
EAN: 0018663100722
ASIN: B000006XL0
Release Date: February 20, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Cavity - First Communion - Christian Death, Agnew, Rikk | | • | Figurative Theatre - Christian Death, Williams, Rozz | | • | Burnt Offerings - Christian Death, Rikk | | • | Mysterium Iniquitatis - Christian Death, Rikk | | • | Dream for Mother - Christian Death, McGearty, James | | • | Stairs - Uncertain Journey - Christian Death, James [1] | | • | Spiritual Cramp - Christian Death, Williams, Rozz | | • | Romeo's Distress - Christian Death, Agnew, Rikk | | • | Resurrection - Sixth Communion - Christian Death, Rikk | | • | Prayer - Christian Death, Rikk | | • | Deathwish - Christian Death, Death, Christian | | • | Romeo's Distress - Christian Death, Agnew, Rikk | | • | Dogs - Christian Death, Williams, Rozz | | • | Desperate Hell - Christian Death, McGearty, James | | • | Spiritual Cramp - Christian Death, Williams, Rozz | | • | Cavity - Christian Death, Agnew, Rikk |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Collaboration between singer/poet Rozz Williams & Rikk Agnew. 16 tracks. 1982.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 More than Just Music April 8, 2008
I grew up with this band and new the members. Rozz was a poet and a great writer. it is too bad he could not get his life straight. This and Catastrophe Ballet are two of the albums I will take to the next world with me.
Classic! June 27, 2007
All of these songs are classics, why even argue about it? This band has been imitated and venerated by so many others, Christian Death definitely started something here. The only thing is, I'm not so sure if the other copycats understand the complexity of Williams' music and ideas. His own wife said that in 1994 Rozz told her he "had accepted Jesus." And before he died "he called his mother and let her know that he accepted the Lord. In his last conversation with his roommate he said he was going to be with God." Rozz Williams certainly was much more multi-faceted than other musicians and fans even knew, which made for a lot of genuine torment in the music, and a type of anguished singing voice that, as I mentioned, is heavily imitated even today.
Dark Slab of Ghoulish Mysticism with Driving Riffs - A MUST HAVE FOR ANY COLLECTION January 25, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Back in the early 80s, when this slow, grinding,disturbing set of tunes was first issued, it was considered shocking. (Shocking in a real way, in a way that Alice Cooper and Kiss only played at--making Black Sabbath look like the Brady Bunch!). Replete with themes of necrophilia, satanism, and graverobbing--no nightmare is left unturned--this dark masterpiece has a sinister feel to it that defies all pop sensibility and leaves only the seedy underbelly of LA left in its ruin...Lyrically, it borders somewhere between evil and unintentionally funny....but nevermind, this is a good buy as it includes the original gothic/darkwave (then called death-rock) magna opus "Only Theatre of Pain" in its entirety, along with the later remix EP (now out of print) entitled "Death Wish." Take my word for it....if you are new to gothic rock or just completing your collection, THIS is the place to start. (Don't waste your time with later efforts--Valor all but ruined this band with his narcisistic insipid lyricism)--this is the real deal! (BTW, if you're feeling experimental, be sure and snag CD's hard to find "Catastrophe Ballet"--the monumental follow up LP to this dark little treasure--it's very different but equally satisfying)
 Fool me once... July 10, 2006
0 out of 19 found this review helpful
Amazon keeps recommending this to me because I like 45 Grave.
But, after wasting money on another album by this band, "Scriptures", I know better. Cool name, cool logo, lame music. I won't be fooled twice.
 Not Just For the Shy/Skinny DR kids! June 28, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I bought this on vinyl in 1984, you didn't have all the sub-genres you have now. You also didn't have easy access to new music (e.g. the internet). If you saw a used record that looked even remotely punk, you bought it. Especially if you saw it was on Frontier, and had Rikk Agnew from the Adolescents! Hence my introduction to Christian Death. What started off as a "fluke" purchase became one of my favorite records. While I could never get into the whole "goth" thing, I've always been a fan of this album. Nice to see that it is now "new & improved" with (6) bonus trax. The original vinyl only had the 1st (10) songs. Of the (6) bonus trax, I will comment on (4) of 'em:
1) Deathwish - Great Song! I swear I've heard it before, but don't remember it being on the original LP. Anyone know where it came from (the liner notes contain no details on the bonus trax, which is why I only gave this release 4 stars).
2) Romeo's Distress/Spiritual Cramp - Alternate versions of 2 of the best songs from the original LP.
3) Dogs - One of their best! Originally on the Hell Comes To Your House compilation (which I believe has also been reissued on CD).
While I still have an occassional urge to hear Catastrophe Ballet, this is the only LP they did with Rikk Agnew, so all subsequent releases lose their "punk" edge.
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