Album
Holy Smoke
1992 · Rock
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Holy Smoke is an Alt/Indie album by Peter Murphy, originally released in 1992. On Gatefold: 41 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
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Tracklist
- 1Keep Me from Harm4:25
- 2Kill the Hate4:48
- 3You’re So Close5:29
- 4The Sweetest Drop6:55
- 5Low Room4:22
- 6Let Me Love You3:33
- 7Our Secret Garden5:45
- 8Dream Gone By6:05
- 9Hit Song5:31
- 10Untitled (Including Hidden Track)0:48
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- lush
- brooding
- nocturnal
The fourth solo studio album by Peter Murphy, globally released by Beggars Banquet Records in April 1992.
Recorded at Maison Rouge Studios (London) and The Stereo Society (New York). Mixed at The Stereo Society, except track 7 mixed at Master Rock Studios (London). Mastered at K-Disc Mastering (Hollywood) by Bill Lightner.
All formats feature instrumentation by Peter Murphy's touring and studio backing band, The Hundred Men (Paul Statham, Peter Bonas, Eddie Branch, and Terl Bryant), alongside guest contributions from Alison Limerick, Jonathan Carney, and Audrey Riley.
Track 10, "Volga Boatmen (Outro)", has variations in presentation across different historical pressings:
- On original 1992 CD and UK vinyl pressings, the piece is physically present as a short hidden track but left completely uncredited and unlisted on the printed tracklists.
- Unverified On certain original 1992 cassette pressings, the track was omitted entirely.
- In 2018, the song was officially named "Volga Boatmen (Outro)" for the "5 Albums" box set, a title retained for the tracklist presentation on the 2021 Beggars Arkive smoke-colored vinyl reissue campaign.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Eddie BranchBASS BASS GUITAR PERFORMER , BASS GUITAR
- Paul StathamACOUSTIC GUITAR KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Peter BonasACOUSTIC GUITAR LEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Peter MurphyBACKING VOCALS GUITAR VOCALS , LYRICS BY
- Terl BryantDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- The Hundred Men
- Alison LimerickBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, SOLOIST GUEST, MUSICIAN, BACKING VOCALS
- Audrey RileyGUEST, MUSICIAN, STRINGS STRINGS
- Chris PitsillidesGUEST, MUSICIAN, STRINGS STRINGS
- Gini BallGUEST, MUSICIAN, STRINGS STRINGS
- John VartanGUEST, MUSICIAN, TAMBURA GUEST, MUSICIAN, ZURNA, NEY
- Jonathan CarneyGUEST, MUSICIAN, STRINGS STRINGS
- Mike ThorneGUEST, MUSICIAN, SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER
- Rick ShafferGUEST, MUSICIAN, LEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Zoe CarylBACKING VOCALS GUEST, MUSICIAN, BACKING VOCALS
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 41 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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