Catastrophe Ballet

Infobox Album |
Name = Catastrophe Ballet
Type = Album
Artist = Christian Death


Released = 1984
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Deathrock
Length =
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Last album = "Only Theatre Of Pain"
(1982)
This album = "Catastrophe Ballet"
(1984)
Next album = "Ashes"
(1985)

"Catastrophe Ballet" is Christian Death's second studio album. This is the first album that featured Valor Kand. Besides Rozz, the lineup was completely different from "Only Theatre Of Pain". It is also the name of a German goth rock band that is inspired by Christian Death.

Track listing

#"Awake At The Wall"
#"Sleepwalk"
#"The Drowning"
#"The Blue Hour"
#"As Evening Falls"
#"Androgynous Noise Hand Permeates"
#"Electra Descending"
#"Cervix Couch"
#"This Glass House"
#"The Fleeing Somnambulist"

Re-Releases

The album was re-released in 1987 as "A Catastrophe Ballet With Rhapsody of Youth and Rain" with three bonus tracks:
#"The Somnolent Pursuit" ("The Fleeing Somnabulist" backwards)
#"Between Youth" (B-side track from "Believers of the Unpure")
#"After the Rain" (B-side track from "Believers of the Unpure")

In 1999 it was released with live recordings of "Awake at the Wall" and "The Drowning" and a CD-Rom track with pictures.