Medusa | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Clan of Xymox |
Cover: | Clan_of_Xymox_-_Medusa.JPG |
Released: | November 1986 |
Genre: | |
Length: | 42:18 |
Label: | 4AD |
Producer: | Clan of Xymox and John Fryer |
Prev Title: | Clan of Xymox |
Prev Year: | 1985 |
Next Title: | Twist of Shadows |
Next Year: | 1989 |
Medusa is the second studio album by Dutch dark wave band Clan of Xymox. It was released in November 1986 by 4AD. Founding member Pieter Nooten re-recorded the songs "After the Call" and "Theme I" on Sleeps with the Fishes, his 1987 collaborative album with Michael Brook, following a brief split from the band.
Medusa is seen by some critics as the group's career high point. Sounds described Medusa as an "overriding achievement [...] every track sounds like the finale to a brooding epic overture".
Melody Maker wrote, "Sleek, efficient, even dramatic, Xymox understand the value of a direct understatement [...] [''Medusa'' is] a bright flash of hope in these blackout days".