Bloodline (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Bloodline
Type = Studio
Artist = Recoil


Released = April 14, 1992
Recorded = Jan - Mar 1991, Konk Studios, London (Mixed Oct - Dec 1991)
Genre = Electronica
Length = 50:38
Label = Mute - STUMM 94
Producer = Alan Wilder
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:7xnyxdfbjold link]
Last album = "Hydrology"
(1988)
This album = "Bloodline"
(1992)
Next album = "Unsound Methods"
(1997)

"Bloodline" is a Recoil studio album, released April 14, 1992. It was recorded at Konk Studio, in London, during sessions that lasted from January to March 1991, being mixed late that same year. The album was produced by Alan Wilder, engineered by Steve Lyon, and assisted by Dave Eringa.

"Bloodline" was Alan Wilder's third Recoil release.

After completing Depeche Mode's most successful album, "Violator", and subsequent World Violation Tour (with Nitzer Ebb as the support act), Wilder co-produced Nitzer's 1991 album "Ebbhead". This cemented both a good personal and working relationship with Nitzer lead singer Douglas McCarthy. [From Recoil's official website: [http://www.recoil.co.uk/afiles/hist/ebbhead.htm Shunt] ] After completing the Nitzer Ebb album, Wilder went to work on his solo project, and McCarthy returned the favor by performing on the Recoil album.

Wilder recruited guest vocalists for the first time: Moby, Toni Halliday (from the band Curve), and Douglas McCarthy, helping produce a significant move forward. It also marked the first Recoil single, a cover of the Alex Harvey song "Faith Healer". [From Recoil's official website: [http://www.recoil.co.uk/afiles/hist/bloodline.htm Shunt] ]

The album is also notable for the track "Electro Blues for Bukka White", which introduced the idea of taking very old recordings and setting them in a new electronic setting. Moby, who did vocals on this album, arguably used this inspiration for his breakthrough 1999 album, "Play". Moby used several old field recordings by Alan Lomax, much as Wilder used an old recording of White's "Shake 'Em On Down".

Track listing

All music written by Alan Wilder

#"Faith Healer" (Words: Alex Harvey/Hugh McKenna)
#"Electro Blues for Bukka White" (Words: Bukka White)
#"The Defector" (instrumental)
#"Edge To Life" (Words: Toni Halliday)
#"Curse" (Words: R. Hall)
#"Bloodline" (Words: Halliday)
#"Freeze" (instrumental)

ingle

"Faith Healer"

7" (MUTE 110) (UK)

#"Faith Healer (LP Version)" – Mixed by Wilder and Lyon
#"Faith Healer (Healed Mix)" – Remixed by LFO

12" and CD (12 MUTE 110 / CD MUTE 110) (UK)

#"Faith Healer (LP Version)" – Mixed by Wilder and Lyon
#"Faith Healer (Trance Mix)" – Mixed by Wilder and Lyon
#"Faith Healer (Conspiracy Theory)" – Remixed by Daniel Miller and Philipp Erb, Engineered by Mike Bigwood
#"Faith Healer (Disbeliever Mix)" – Remixed by LFO
#"Faith Healer (Deformity)" – Mixed by Wilder and Lyon
#"Faith Healer (Barracuda Mix)" – Additional production and mix by Moby (Listed as Richard Hall)
#"Faith Healer (Conspiracy (Double Bullet) Theory)" – Remixed by Miller and Erb, Engineered by Bigwood

Credits and personnel

*Alan Wilder–Production, Instruments
*Douglas McCarthy–Lead vocals on "Faith Healer"
*Toni Halliday–Lead vocals on "Edge To Life" and "Bloodline"
*Moby–Rap on Curse
*Bukka White–Vocals taken from the track "Shake 'Em On Down" and used for "Electro-Blues for Bukka White"
*Jimmy Hughes–Bass Guitar on "Edge To Life"
*Steve Lyon–Engineering
*Dave Eringa–Engineering assistant
*Martin Atkins, T + CP Associates–Sleeve photography and design

Trivia

*Diamanda Galás appears on the album, reciting The Lord's Prayer between two of the tracks.
*Samples of Anthony Hopkins' voice from The Silence of the Lambs are used throughout "The Defector".
*"The Defector" is Alan's tribute to one of his favorite bands, Kraftwerk.

Notes