You Must Be Certain of the Devil

You Must Be Certain of the Devil
EP by Diamanda Galás
Released May 23, 1988
Recorded 1987 at Studio Hansa, Berlin
Genre Experimental
Length 31:47
Label Mute Records
Producer Gareth Jones
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology
Saint of the Pit
(1986)		 You Must Be Certain of the Devil
(1988)		 Masque of the Red Death
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi (6.5/10) [2]
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You Must Be Certain of the Devil is the fifth album by avant-garde performer Diamanda Galás, and the third installment of her "Masque of the Red Death Trilogy" about the AIDS epidemic. The selections from this installment are rooted in American gospel music.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"   Willis 2:44
2. "Double-Barrel Prayer"   Galás 5:01
3. "Let's Not Chat About Despair"   Galás 5:00
4. "Birds of Death"   Galás 5:15
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "You Must Be Certain of the Devil"   Galás 4:55
2. "Let My People Go"   Galás, Traditional 3:22
3. "Malediction"   Galás 4:17
4. "The Lord Is My Shepherd"   Galás 1:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Olewnick, Brian. You Must Be Certain of the Devil 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?"