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the rope

1986 | Projekt | PRO00020

CD

Regular Price: $15.98
Online Sale Price! $13.98

Tracks:
  1. memory, uncaring friend
  2. hide in yourself
  3. within these walls
  4. the holy terrors
  5. end
  6. seven days till sunrise
  7. the rope
  8. the few remaining threads
  9. the lingering flicker
  10. slow blur
  11. the floor was hard but home
  12. we return
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On the debut . . . Sam Rosenthal's subtle electronics and introspective lyrics establish black tape for a blue girl's stature beyond the realm of the normal "gothic" sound. Creating a timeless blend of Oscar's emotional vocals intertwined with warm ambient soundscapes.


A review from OptionMagazine:
The music floats, is beautiful in a simple way, and doesn't grate, abuse or build to tumultuous climaxes. The lyrics are of a masochistic nature, which reflects a probable suicide in the writer's future. Sung by and for those in love with self-misery. (Sam replies: 15 years later, and I'm still around! Ha!!!)

A review from Star Hits Magazine:
Black Tape For A Blue Girl's the rope is like the musical equivalent of a nervous breakdown. "Holy Terrors" and "The Floor Was Hard But Home," complete with dark, scary lyrics that make The Smiths sound like Alvin and The Chipmunks, might give you an idea of what mental anguish sounds like. Not the easiest album to listen to, but it is an experiment worth hearing.

A review from The Bob Magazine:
I feel the room growing dark around me so I'd better write this quickly. The Rope, a project of Projekt's Sam Rosenthal, make music of a sort more often associated with British artists, specifically those you'd find on labels like Fetish or 4AD. The Rope's warmly textured avant-pop plays like a blend of Chris and Cosey and the Cocteau Twins. Black Tape For A Blue Girl is also the best retort I've heard lately to the argument that synthesisers are inherently cold and unemotional. Despite the fact that this viewpoint is idiotic on the face of it (translated, it just means that synthesisers are emotive because his music is: gently disorienting, autumnal, mesmerizing, mournful, full of wonder and elusive grandeur. This album culd bring on midnight at noon. The room grows black and the ceiling opens. The sky is awash with sound, So lie back . . . listen . . . and feel.

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  2. mesmerized by the sirens ~ 3 for $20 CD (Projekt, 1987)
  3. mesmerized by the sirens (Cassette) Cassette (Projekt, 1987)
  4. ashes in the brittle air ~ 3 for $20 CD (Projekt, 1989)
  5. a chaos of desire (out of print) CD (Projekt, 1991)
  6. this lush garden within CD (Projekt, 1993)
  7. the first pain to linger [novel w/maxi-cd] LAST COPIES Maxi-CD/Book (Projekt, 1996)
  8. remnants of a deeper purity CD (Projekt, 1996)
  9. The Remnants ep Digital Only (Projekt, 1996)
  10. across a thousand blades - a retrospective ~ 3 for $20! CD (Projekt, 1996)
  11. remnants of a deeper purity (10th anniversary 2-CD edition) 2-CD (Projekt, 1996 / 2006)
  12. with my sorrows (3" CD) 3"-CD (Amplexus, 1997)
  13. with my sorrows (vinyl) 10" Vinyl (Amplexus, 1997)
  14. The Aflame ep Digital Only (Projekt, 1998)
  15. As one aflame laid bare by desire ~ 3 for $20 CD (Projekt, 1999)
  16. the scavenger bride - Russian Edition CD (Irond, 2002)
  17. the scavenger bride CD (Projekt, 2002)
  18. the scavenger bride (mexican pressing) CD (Samadhi Musik, 2002)
  19. with a million tear-stained memories (2-CD) 2-CD (Trisol / Audioglobe, 2003)
  20. PROMO16 / 2002 sampler maxi-cd (Projekt, 2003)
  21. Tarnished (cd-single) ~~ $1.98 Sale Price CD-Single (Projekt, 2004)
  22. HALO STAR ~ 3 for $20 CD (Projekt, 2004)
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  24. A Retrospective CD (Shadowplay Records, 2008)
  25. The Pleasures Everlasting (ep) Digital Only (Projekt, 2008)
  26. 10 Neurotics CD in DIgi-Pack w/ 28-page booklet (Projekt / Trisol, 2009)
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