Gothic (Paradise Lost album)

Gothic is the second full-length album released by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost.

Gothic
Studio album by Paradise Lost
Released	19 March 1991
Recorded	November 1990 – January 1991
Studio	Academy Music Studios, West Yorkshire, England
Genre	Death-doom, doom metal[1]
Length	39:24
Label	Peaceville
Paradise Lost chronology
Lost Paradise (1990) Gothic (1991) Shades of God (1992)

The album has been re-released and remastered twice. The 2003 re-release contains two remixes of songs from Lost Paradise (1990), bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of the songs "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless" appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of Lost Paradise. In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

AllMusic gave Gothic a three-star mixed review.[2] In June 2005, Gothic was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth album overall to be featured there.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gothic"	4:51
2.	"Dead Emotion"	4:38
3.	"Shattered"	4:01
4.	"Rapture"	5:09
5.	"Eternal"	3:55
6.	"Falling Forever"	3:35
7.	"Angel Tears"	2:40
8.	"Silent"	4:42
9.	"The Painless"	4:02
10.	"Desolate"	1:51
Total length:		39:24

Personnel

• Nick Holmes – vocals
• Matthew Archer – drums
• Stephen Edmondson – bass
• Aaron Aedy – guitars
• Gregor Mackintosh – guitars

Guest musicians

• The Raptured Symphony Orchestra – orchestral sections
• Sarah Marrion – vocals

Production

• Keith Appleton – engineering
• Richard Moran – cover art, photography

References

1. Divita, Joe (13 September 2017). "Top 25 Doom Metal Albums of All Time". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gothic review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-06.
3. Chase, Jesse. "Paradise Lost – "Gothic"". Decibel. Retrieved 2018-05-11.