As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire explained

As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire
Type:Album
Artist:Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Cover:Aflamedesire.jpg
Released:1999
Genre:Darkwave
Length:01:11:28
Label:Projekt
Prev Title:Remnants of a Deeper Purity
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:The Scavenger Bride
Next Year:2002

As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire is the seventh studio album by the Darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released in 1999 by Projekt Records. It owes some artistic inspiration to Marcel Duchamp.[1]

Track listing

  1. "As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire" - 7:19
  2. "Given" (1. the Waterfall 2. the Illuminating Gas) - 4:20
  3. "Entr'acte [the Garden Awaits Us]" - 1:33
  4. "Tell Me You've Taken Another" - 5:17
  5. "Entr'acte [the Carnival Barker]" - 1:00
  6. "Dream" - 1:53
  7. "The Apotheosis" - 6:19
  8. "Russia" - 6:41
  9. "Your One Wish" - 1:29
  10. "Dulcinea" - 6:14
  11. "The Green Box" - 6:38
  12. "Denouement / Denouncement" - 6:52
  13. "The Passage" - 15:47[2]

Band Personnel Shift

This album saw the return of vocalist Julianna Towns (of the band Skinner Box, who first appeared on A Chaos of Desire), replacing vocalist Lucan. Julianna left the band again after a pre-release promotional tour. This was the last album to feature original male vocalist Oscar Herrera, who sang on two tracks.

Sources

  1. Web site: Sam Rosenthal interview on Outsight Radio Hours from 2000. Archive.org. 22 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Projekt: Darkwave - 'As one aflame laid bare by desire' . 2006-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061113214902/http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?dept_id=10&sku=PRO00086 . 2006-11-13 . Projekt Records' page on the album