Ashes in the Brittle Air

Ashes in the Brittle Air
Studio album by Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Released 1989
Genre Darkwave
Length 42:12
Label Projekt Records
Black Tape for a Blue Girl chronology

Mesmerized by the Sirens
(1987)
Ashes in the Brittle Air
(1989)
A Chaos of Desire
(1991)
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Ashes in the Brittle Air is the third album by the gothic darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released in 1989 by Projekt Records and contains one of their best known songs, "Across a Thousand Blades" sung by Oscar Herrera.

Track listing

  1. "Ashes in the Brittle Air" — 4:01
  2. "Across a Thousand Blades" — 3:40
  3. "The Touch and the Darkness" — 2:58
  4. "Through Sky Blue Rooms" — 1:36
  5. "The Scar of a Poet" — 7:29
  6. "You Tangle Within Me" — 4:25
  7. "From the Tightrope" — 4:46
  8. "Am I so Deceived" — 5:10
  9. "Is It Love That Dare Not Be?" — 2:17
  10. "I Ran to You" — 3:28
  11. "I Wish You Could Smile" — 2:58[2]

Sources

  1. Raggett, Ned. "allmusic ((( Ashes in the Brittle Air > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  2. Projekt Records' page on the album