It'll End in Tears
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It'll End in Tears was an album released in 1984 by 4AD using the name This Mortal Coil as an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. When released in late 1984, the album reached #38 on the UK Albums Chart. It features many of the artists on the 4AD roster at the time of issue, including Dead Can Dance, as well as key post-punk figure Howard Devoto, who sang "Holocaust", one of two covers of songs from the "Sister/Lovers" album by Big Star to appear on the album. The other Alex Chilton-penned track, the album opener "Kangaroo", was released as a single to promote the album. Two key songs were performed by Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, including "Song to the Siren" by Tim Buckley; which reached #66 on the UK Charts when released as This Mortal Coil's debut single a year before the album. Their version of Buckley's haunting original showed continued popularity in alternative record shops as it spent almost 2 years on the UK Indie Chart. Fraser also performed on "Another Day" by Roy Harper, a track which has also been covered by Peter Gabriel as a duet with Kate Bush. 4AD would go on to release two further albums under the This Mortal Coil name: Filigree & Shadow (1986) and Blood (1991).
Track listing
- "Kangaroo" (Alex Chilton) – 3:30
- "Song to the Siren" (Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley) – 3:30
- "Holocaust" (Chilton) – 3:38
- "Fyt" (Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer) – 4:23
- "Fond Affections" (Rema-Rema) – 3:50
- "The Last Ray" (Watts-Russell, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde) – 4:08
- "Another Day" (Roy Harper) – 2:54
- "Waves Become Wings" (Lisa Gerrard) – 4:25
- "Barramundi" (Raymonde) – 3:56
- "Dreams Made Flesh" (Gerrard) – 3:48
- "Not Me" (Colin Newman) – 3:44
- "A Single Wish" (Gordon Sharp, Steven Young, Raymonde) – 2:26