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)
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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. TitleWriter(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. TitleWriter(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

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[2] 12

References

  1. ↑ Olewnick, Brian. You Must Be Certain of the Devil at AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.