Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders

Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders

Infobox Album |
Name = Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders
Type = Album
Artist = Coil


Caption = original cover
Released = 1987
Recorded =
Genre = Experimental
Length = CD 50:38
Label = Threshold House
Producer = Coil
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5|
Last album = "Horse Rotorvator" (1987)
This album = "Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders" (1987)
Next album = "The Wheel/The Wheal" (1987)
Misc =extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Additional covers
Type = studio


Lower caption = Remastered edition

"Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders" was the third album released by Coil in the year 1987. It is not a proper follow-up to 1986's "Horse Rotorvator", but more a collection of outtakes and demos from the "Scatology", "Horse Rotorvator" and "Hellraiser" soundtrack sessions. Some obviously correspond to earlier and later released material ("Golden Hole" to "Penetralia", "...Of Free Enterprise" to "Herald", etc.), while others ("Boy In a Suitcase") do not appear anywhere else. "The Last Rites Of Spring" includes a sample by Stravinsky.

The musician's involved in this album were: John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Stephen Thrower, Alex Fergusson, Jim Thirlwell, Billy McGee, and Andrew Poppy.

Editions

The standard 12" was released by the label "Threshold House with the catalogue number LOCI 1.2000 copies were pressed on black vinyl, an unknown colored vinyl edition was also made, some of which were red and some of which were clear. In addition, 25 copies on red vinyl were released with an unfinished sleeve. The first initial copies of this album were shipped with the free 7" singles The Wheel/The Wheal and The Wheal/Keelhauler. The Wheel/The Wheal was believed to be shipped with the first 500 copies, then The Wheal/Keelhauler with an unknown additional copies.

A special art edition of the 12" was released in an edition of 55 under the Threshold House label with the catalogue number LOCI 3, a catalogue number later assigned to the Windowpane 12". According to Brainwashed.com, this set sold for £55 via mail order and included the following: "a black vinyl copy of the LP with gold leaf applied to the centre of the front cover where text appears on the regular edition, The Wheel/The Wheal 7" single, three numbered art prints in a lacquer sealed folder, two posters, a booklet of art and collage designed by John Balance, a credits insert, a signed and numbered certificate."

In 1988, the album was also released on CD by the labels Normal and Threshold House. The Normal release had a catalogue number of NORMAL 77 and was released in the Netherlands. The Threshold House release had a catalogue number of LOCI 1 and was released in the United Kingdom. A Total of 1,000 numbered copies were produced during this pressing. The last three tracks have indexing problems.

In 1996 the album was repressed under the label Threshold House with catalogue number LOCI CD 11. The artwork for this release is entirely different for this album. The album is subtitled "Returning to the Purity of the Current." This version still suffers from indexing problems.

In 2006, the 1996 version of the album was made available for download at Coil's official site, thresholdhouse.com, in aac, mp3, and lossless flac formats. This album is still available for download.

The CD pressings included the extra tracks "Hellraiser" and "The Wheal".

Track listing

12" versions

Side A:
# "Last Rites of Spring" - ?
# "Paradisiac" - ?
# "Thump" - ?
# "For Us They Will" - ?
# "The Broken Wheel" - ?
# "Boy in a Suitcase" - ?
# "Golden Hole" - ?
# "Cardinal Points" - ?

Side B:
# "Red Slur" - ?
# "...Of Free Enterprise" - ?
# "Aqua Regalia" - ?
# "Metal in the Head" - ?
# "Either His or Yours" - ?
# "Chickenskin" - ?
# "Soundtrap" - ?
# "The First Five Minutes after Violent Death" - ?

CD versions

# "The Last Rites Of Spring" – 1:57
# "Paradisiac" – 2:27
# "Thump" – 3:17
# "For Us They Will" – 4:48
# "The Broken Wheel" – 4:35
# "Boy in a Suitcase" – 1:12
# "Golden Hole" – 2:36
# "Cardinal Points" – 4:19
# "Red Slur" – 3:08
# "...Of Free Enterprise" – 1:22
# "Aqua Regalia" – 1:29
# "Metal in the Head" – 2:07
# "Either His, or Yours" – 2:54
# "Chickenskin" – 2:44
# "Soundtap" – 0:38
# "Hellraiser" – 5:00 (Correct time = 2:43)
# "The Wheal" – 3:14 (Correct time = 3:15)
# "The First Five Minutes after Violent Death" – 2:43 (Correct time = 5:00)


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