The Divine Punishment

The Divine Punishment
Studio album by Diamanda Galás
Released June 30, 1986
Recorded 1986
Genre Experimental
Length 32:47
Label Mute Records
Producer Dave Hunt
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology

Diamanda Galás
(1984)
The Divine Punishment
(1986)
Saint of the Pit
(1986)
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The Divine Punishment is the third full-length album by avant-garde performer Diamanda Galás, and the first installment of her "Masque of the Red Death Trilogy" about the AIDS epidemic. In this installment, she focuses on interpretations of Old Testament scripture.

Track listing

Side A: "Deliver Me from Mine Enemies" - 19:15

i. This is the law of the Plague
ii. Deliver Me from Mine Enemies
iii. We Shall not accept your Quarantine
iv. Εξελόυμε (Deliver Me)
v. Γιατί, Ό Θεός? (Why, God?)
vi. Psalm 22

Side B: "Free Among the Dead" - 13:32

i. Psalm 88
ii. Lamentations
iii. Sono L'Antichristo

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References

  1. Dougan, John. The Divine Punishment at AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.