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  • Audio CD (29 May 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Durtro
  • ASIN: B000F5GO1E
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,129 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Though Current 93 has in the past habitually blended industrial noises with folkier textures, the overall pastoral feelof its 2006 release BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY tends toward the latter. The album also features guest appearances from singers Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Marc Almond, and Antony Hegarty of Anthony & the Johnsons fame, all of whom contribute versions of the dark hymn "Idumea."

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "And am I born to die?", 30 Jun 2006
By Mr. Andrew W. Curtis-brignel "Caina" (Haywards Heath, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Now, first off, I am not one of those C93 fans who believe that David Tibet is unimpeachable, flawless, an unfettered genius. Having come across him as a fan of Death In June (whom he has collaborated with several times), I found, on first listen, some of his work to be quite overbearing, and considerably less profound than Mr. Tibet obviously intended.

However, with Black Ships..., Tibet has made probably the first truly essential album of the 21st Century. Quite how he and his large team of collaborators (including Marc Almond, Antony, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and many more) have managed this is quite beyond me, but the simple fact is that this epic length (21 tracks, 72 minutes) yet tightly constructed album is near-flawless. A concept album of sorts, dealing with an expansion and exploration of a nightmare suffered by Tibet some five years ago, 'Black Ships Ate the Sky' is a mixture of the plaintive, acoustic guitar and string led poems-to-music that has become the C93 oevre, and different representations of the same track, Idumea, by various vocal and instrumental collaborators.

These are the trump card and key to the album's success; in allowing each of the frankly astounding range of talent he has collected to arrange and perform a version of the song (a beautiful traditional hymnal) the album becomes a jewelled wonder in your hands - a true thing of beauty, becoming instantly as varied and wonderful as the artists themselves, and juxtaposed with Tibet's solo apocalyptic musings (which have risen to a new level of quality on tis release), the overall 'grand narrative' effect, which could have been disastrous, comes off seemingly effortlessly.

A patchwork of differing but similarly anchored styles, a gathering storm leading to the violence of the penultimate track, the album is simultaenously a delight which one can revel in thoughtless, just enjoying the sound, or a weighty sonic tome to be engaged with utterly - abosrbing each piece of imagery as they flood towards you like the eponymous vessels.

As I said before; possibly the first masterwork of this century.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Cats rear and arch into kittens again.., 3 Aug 2006
I have been waiting quite a while for this album, & have not been dissapointed! This time David Tibet brings in a wealth of collaborators to do their own version of Idumaea - a short medieval poem on death & apocalypse. All the versons are good, some exceptional. These versions sit next to the album tracks that make up the backbone of the album, one again the halluncinatory lyrics that are preached in a half spoken half sung voice are haunting, unusual and dreamlike & at times bizzare. Many seem to be hailing this as C93 best album.. I'm not so sure I'd go that far, its difficult to pick a best, many of my favourites are still on "Of Ruine or some blazing Starre", "Thunder Perfect Mind" & this doesnt quite have the intimate emotion of the last album "Sleep has its House" which I loved. Theres a wealth of material here though, and this is certainly one thats going to be listened to alot by me in years to come.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, 31 Mar 2008
By T. Bradshaw (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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Unlike the previous two reviewers, this is the first album I've heard by C93. I was introduced to David Tibet through Nurse With Wound, and after reading a bit, I decided I needed to hear some of his music. This seemed like a good place to start.

After only a few tracks I knew I had made a good decision. It was powerful, moving and hallucinatory. I knew I was listening to the work of a genius (well, a lot of geniuses, if you count all the contributions). Who'd have thought that having 9 different versions of a single track on one album would work? Certainly not me. The recurring motif only adds to the overall power of the album, and with each repition focuses the mind on the devastating lyrics. Meanwhile, Tibet's story builds and builds in intensity until the climax.

I've owned this album for such a short amount of time, I think I've only managed to listen to it once straight through with distraction. Despite this, I can see it becoming one of my favourite albums ever. Current 93 are definitely a band I'm going to have to look a lot closer at.
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