''Blood'' is the third and final album released by 4AD collective

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, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label co-founder

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. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was boss and president at the time. The double album was released in April 1991, and was the second release on 4AD to utilize the double album-identifier "DAD" prefix in its catalog number. ''Blood'' was the final LP in the project's history, although Watts-Russell used two TMC performers on his next project,

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, in 1998. A remastered and repackaged CD edition of ''Blood'' was issued with the complete This Mortal Coil recordings in a self-titled box set, released in late November 2011. The CD was released individually shortly thereafter. In 2013, ''

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'' ranked the album at number 493 in its list of

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Track listing

Credits

Personnel as printed in the liner notes: # "The Lacemaker" #*Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney #*Programming: John Fryer # "Mr Somewhere" #*Voice: Caroline Crawley #*Music: Jon Turner #*Cello: Martin McCarrick # "Andialu" #*Voice: Alison Limerick #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer # "With Tomorrow" #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Jon Turner # "Loose Joints" #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney #*Programming: John Fryer # "You and Your Sister" #*Voices: Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly #*Music: Jon Turner #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney # "Nature's Way" #*Voices: Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney # "I Come and Stand at Every Door" #*Voices: Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski, Tim Freeman #*Violin: Gini Ball #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Programming: John Fryer # "Bitter" #*Voices: Ikuko Kozu, Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Guitar: Jim Williams #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney #*Programming: John Fryer # "Baby Ray Baby" #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Programming: John Fryer # "Several Times" #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Violin: Gini Ball #*Music: Pieter Nooten #*Programming: John Fryer # "The Lacemaker II" #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney #*Programming: John Fryer # "Late Night" #*Voice: Caroline Crawley #*Music: Jon Turner, Ivo Watts-Russell # "Ruddy and Wretched" #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Programming: John Fryer #*Guitar: Jim Williams #*Voice: Anne Garrigues # "Help Me Lift You Up" #*Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music and programming: Jon Turner # "Carolyn's Song" #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney #*Piano: Jon Turner #*Guitar: Jim Williams #*Drums: Rain Parade # "D.D. and E." #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell # "'Til I Gain Control Again" #*Voices: Heidi Berry, Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski #*Piano: Jon Turner #*Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney # "Dreams Are Like Water" #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Programming: John Fryer # "I Am the Cosmos" #*Voices: Dominic Appleton, Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music and programming: Jon Turner #*Guitar: Jim Williams # "(Nothing But) Blood" #*Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski #*Music: Ivo Watts-Russell #*Programming: John Fryer * Produced by Ivo Watts-Russell * Co-produced and engineered by John Fryer * Additional engineering by Jon Turner * Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London and Palladium Studios, Edinburgh * Mixed at Blackwing Studios, London * Mastering by Gus Shaw * String arrangements by Martin McCarrick * Sleeve design by Vaughan Oliver/v23 * Black and white photography by Nigel Grierson; colour photography by Claire Lazarus

References

{{Authority control 1991 albums 4AD albums Albums produced by John Fryer (producer) Albums produced by Ivo Watts-Russell This Mortal Coil albums