Saint of the Pit

Saint of the Pit
Studio album by Diamanda Galás
Released November 17, 1986
Recorded 1986
Genre Experimental
Length 36:25
Label Mute Records
Producer Gareth Jones
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology
The Divine Punishment
(1986)		 Saint of the Pit
(1986)		 You Must Be Certain of the Devil
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi (6.5/10) [2]
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Saint of the Pit is the fourth full-length album by avant-garde performer Diamanda Galás, and the second installment of her "Masque of the Red Death Trilogy" about the AIDS epidemic. In this installment, she focuses on musical settings of poems by French Decadents.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "La Trezième Revient (The Thirteenth Returns)"   N/A Galás 5:03
2. "Εξελόυμε (Deliver Me)"   Galás Galás 7:18
3. "L'Héautontimorouménos (Self-Tormentor)"   Baudelaire Galás 6:48
Side two
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Artémis"   de Nerval Galás 5:01
2. "Cris D'Aveugle (Blind Man's Cry)"   Corbière Galás 12:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Olewnick, Brian. Saint of the Pit at Allmusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "The History of Modern Music: Diamanda Galás". Piero Scaruffi's Music Database. Piero Scaruffi. 1999. http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/galas.html. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
Diamanda Galás
Studio albums
Live albums
Plague Mass · The Singer · Vena Cava · Schrei X · Malediction & Prayer · La Serpenta Canta · Defixiones, Will and Testament · Guilty Guilty Guilty
Compilations
Masque of the Red Death
Singles
"Double-Barrel Prayer" · "Do You Take This Man?"