Soft Black Stars

Infobox Album
Name = Soft Black Stars
Type = Studio Album
Longtype =
Artist = Current 93

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Released = 1998
Recorded = 1997/1998
Genre = Apocalyptic folk
Length =
Label = Durtro
Producer = Michael Cashmore, Andria Degens, Christoph Heemann, Steven Stapleton and David Tibet
Reviews =
Last album = In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land
(1997)
This album = Soft Black Stars
(1998)
Next album = Calling for Vanished Faces
(1999)

"Soft Black Stars" is an album by Current 93. All of the music on the album was written and adapted by Michael Cashmore, David Tibet and Maja Elliott with the exception of "Judas as Black Moth", "A Gothic Love Song" and "Whilst The Night Rejoices Profound And Still" the music for which was written by Michael Cashmore. Almost all of the songs feature only David Tibet's lyrics accompanied by minimalistic piano music: with the exception of "Judas as Black Moth" which is solo piano and "Chewing on Shadows" consist of drones, piano, guitar and David Tibet's singing. The artwork was made by David Tibet. "Chewing on Shadows" was released in a different form on vinyl and was included on the album's CD reissue in 2005. In 2003, a live album was released called "Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London" which contained live versions for 7 of the albums songs.

Track listing

# "Judas as Black Moth" – 2:45
# "Larkspur and Lazarus" – 6:05
# "Gothic Love Song (For N.)" – 4:06
# "Mockingbird" – 4:04
# "Soft Black Stars" – 3:08
# "It Is Time, Only Time" – 5:06
# "Antichrist and Barcodes" – 2:26
# "The Signs in the Stars" – 3:43
# "Whilst the Night Rejoices Profound and Still" – 4:24
# "Moonlight, Or Other Dreams, Or Other Fields" – 2:08
# "Judas as Black Moth II" – 6:17
# "Chewing on Shadows" – 14:48
# "Chewing on Shadows (Vinyl Version)" – 12:06 "(reissue bonus track)"
# "Chewing on Shadows (Unreleased Acoustic Version)" – 3:08 "(reissue bonus track)"

Participants

All listings are given as per the accompanying booklet.

*David Tibet : vocals
*Michael Cashmore: guitar, second piano
*Maja Elliott: piano
*Petr Vastl: violin, viola, mandolin, flute
*Andria Degens: vocals, whistling
*Steven Stapleton: whirl
*Christoph Heemann: swirlLater editions featured a slightly different list of participants. Most notably being the fact that Christoph Heemann was no longer credited for swirl. Violin was now also referred to as ghost violin.