Lovecraft & Witch Hearts

Lovecraft & Witch Hearts

Cover art by John Coulthart
Greatest hits album by Cradle of Filth
Released 13 May 2002
Recorded 1996–2000
Genre Extreme metal
Length 72:52
Label Music for Nations
Producer Various
Cradle of Filth chronology
Bitter Suites to Succubi
(2001)		 Lovecraft & Witch Hearts
(2002)		 Live Bait for the Dead
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Exclaim!favourable[2]

Lovecraft & Witch Hearts is a compilation album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, and their first release following 2001's Bitter Suites to Succubi. It is described in Dani Filth's sleeve notes as "a favoured grimoire of tracks coupled with the rare and unreleased; rather a 'mess of' than a 'best of'..." It was one of two Cradle of Filth records released in 2002 (the other being Live Bait for the Dead) and was designed to round off Cradle of Filth's contract with Music for Nations before their short-lived signing to Sony Records.

Background

Disc one ("Lovecraft") consists of album tracks from their Music for Nations back catalogue. Disc two ("Witch Hearts") consists of extra tracks culled from limited and import editions of their MFN releases (e.g. the two-disc version of Cruelty and the Beast; however, the versions on here are slightly altered), along with some remixes.

The album was reissued in 2012 by The End Records.[3]

Track listing

Disc one: Lovecraft
No. TitleOriginally from Length
1. "Creatures That Kissed in Cold Mirrors"  Midian 3:01
2. "Dusk and Her Embrace"  Dusk... and Her Embrace 6:08
3. "Beneath the Howling Stars"  Cruelty and the Beast 7:37
4. "Her Ghost in the Fog"  Midian 6:25
5. "Funeral in Carpathia (Be Quick or Be Dead Version)"  From the Cradle to Enslave 8:07
6. "The Twisted Nails of Faith"  Cruelty and the Beast 6:49
7. "From the Cradle to Enslave"  From the Cradle to Enslave 6:34
8. "Saffron's Curse"  Midian 6:22
9. "Malice Through the Looking Glass"  Dusk... and Her Embrace 5:30
10. "Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids"  Cruelty and the Beast 7:18
11. "Lord Abortion"  Midian 6:51
Disc two: Witch Hearts
No. Title Length
1. "Once upon Atrocity" (originally from Cruelty and the Beast) 1:46
2. "Thirteen Autumns and a Widow (Red October Mix)"   7:14
3. "For Those Who Died (Return to the Sabbat Mix)"   6:15
4. "Sodomy and Lust" (Sodom cover) 4:42
5. "Twisting Further Nails"   5:30
6. "Amor e Morte (Lycanthropy Mix)"   7:14
7. "Carmilla's Masque"   2:52
8. "Lustmord and Wargasm II (The Relicking of Cadaverous Wounds)"   7:46
9. "Dawn of Eternity" (Massacre cover) 6:18
10. "Of Dark Blood and Fucking (Stripped to the Bone Mix)"   5:59
11. "Dance Macabre (Tortured Soul Asylum Remix)"   4:27
12. "Hell Awaits" (Slayer cover) 5:39
13. "Hallowed Be Thy Name (Shallow Be My Grave)" (Iron Maiden cover) 7:10

Charts

Year Chart Position
2002 Top Independent Albums (USA)[4] 45
German Albums Chart[5] 96

References

  1. ↑ Torreano, Bradley. "Lovecraft & Witch Hearts - Cradle of Filth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Laura (August 2002). "Cradle of Filth - Lovecraft & Witch Hearts • Metal Reviews • exclaim.ca". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Woodley, Laura (20 June 2012). "Cradle of Filth to Release Eight Album Reissues - Cradle of Filth". theorderofthedragon.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Lovecraft & Witch Hearts Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  5. ↑ "Album – Cradle of Filth, Lovecraft & Witch Hearts". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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