Lost Paradise (album) explained

Lost Paradise
Type:studio
Artist:Paradise Lost
Cover:Paradise lost lost paradise front.jpeg
Released:5 February 1990
Recorded:December 1989
Studio:The Academy (West Yorkshire)
Genre:
Label:Peaceville
Producer:Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw
Next Title:Gothic
Next Year:1991

Lost Paradise is the debut album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. Released in February 1990 by Peaceville Records, it features the band's early death-doom style.[2] The album was re-issued in 2003 and included three bonus tracks.

The tracks "Our Saviour" and "Frozen Illusion" were rerecorded in other Paradise Lost albums Tragic Illusion 25 and Medusa.

Track listing

All songs written by Gregor MacKintosh and Nick Holmes

Personnel

Paradise Lost

Production

Credits

The album was recorded at The Academy studio in 1989. It was engineered by Pat Grogan and produced by Hammy. Female vocals on "Breeding Fear" were performed by Kay Field. Kay Field appears courtesy of Major Records. The song "Internal Torment II" also appears on the Peaceville Records compilation Vile Vibes.

All Songs composed by Holmes/Mackintosh and Published by Vile Music (Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.). The cover illustration was done by Duncan Fegredo of Exploding Head Designs in 1989. Photography was done by Porl A. Medlock.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paradise Lost Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More . 2024-02-08 . AllMusic . en . While their 1990 debut Lost Paradise was straightforward, deft, death metal ....
  2. Web site: Albums and live releases - Paradise Lost Official Website . Paradiselost.co.uk . 2007-04-12 . 2012-02-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207151719/http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/discography/albums.html . 2012-02-07 .