''Worship the Glitch'' is the only full-length album to be released by "ELpH vs.
Coil", though an
EP called ''
Born Again Pagans
''Born Again Pagans'' is an extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. '' is credited to "Coil vs. ELpH". ELpH is the name that Coil used to describe the random musical compositions that were generated from their own equipment, either by itself or as an unintended yet pleasant byproduct of their own work;
as a result, this album can essentially count as a Coil album.
Background
John Balance
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
He was best known as a co-founde ...
,
Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson (also known as Sleazy, 27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis.
He also found ...
and
Drew McDowall
Drew McDowall (born 28 January 1961) is a Scottish musician who has been a member, collaborator, and remixer for various influential music groups. McDowall was formerly a full-time member of Coil.
History
McDowall formed art-punk trio Poems in ...
are credited for creating ''Worship the Glitch''. "Mono" is a
cover version
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of
Nancy Sinatra
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Nancy Sinatra ...
's "
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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", consisting of a heavily processed guitar solo.
The first 500 copies of the CD were a special edition, which included a reflective cover. The 2X10" vinyl format was released in an edition of 2,000 numbered copies. There were also forty copies released with handmade covers by Jhonn Balance; some painted and some assembled by collage, each signed and given a unique title. The vinyl version uses slightly different track indexing than its CD counterpart.
The vinyl has the following etchings:
* Side A: IT NEVER HURTS...
* Side B: UNLESS YOU CATCH YOUR FINGER IN IT.
* Side C: ∞ TRANSMITTER
* Side D: AUM GENERATOR
Track listing
CD version
# "Dark Start" – 4:12
# "Opium Hum" – 2:37
# "Caged Birds" – 1:33
# "The Halliwell Hammers" – 2:39
# "Clorax Hurd" – 3:00
# "The Halliwell Hammers (2)" – 3:43
# "We Have Always Been Here" – 6:11
# "Manunkind" – 1:23
# "Bism" – 4:58
# "Hydlepark" – 6:00
# "Hysteron Proteron Jewel" – 2:18
# "Decadent & Symmetrical" – 1:51
# "Mono" – 5:27
# "The Halliwell Hammers (3)" – 3:36
# "Anything That Flies" – 3:09
# "Ended" – 1:14
2X10" version
;Side A
# "Dark Start" – 4:12
# "Opium Hum" – 2:37
# "Caged Birds" – 2:06
# "The Halliwell Hammers" – 2:04
# "Clorax Hurd" – 3:00
;Side B
# "The Halliwell Hammers (2)" – 3:43
# "We Have Always Been Here" – 6:11
# "Manunkind" – 1:23
;Side C
# "Bism" – 5:48
# "Hydlepark" – 5:05
# "
Hysteron Proteron
The hysteron proteron (from the el, ὕστερον πρότερον, ''hýsteron próteron'', "later earlier") is a rhetorical device. It occurs when the first key word of the idea refers to something that happens temporally later than the second ...
Jewel" – 2:18
;Side D
# "Decadent & Symmetrical" – 1:51
# "Mono" – 5:27
# "The Halliwell Hammers (3)" – 3:36
# "Anything That Flies" – 3:09
# "Ended" – 1:14
References
External links
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''Worship the Glitch''at
Brainwashed
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Music Albums
* Brainwashed (George Harrison album), ''Brainwashed'' (George Harrison album), 2002, or the ...
Worship the Glitch promotional siteat
Internet Archive
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Press release
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1995 albums
Coil (band) albums