Horse Rotorvator

Horse Rotorvator is the second studio album by English experimental music group Coil, released in 1986. It was ranked No. 73 in Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s list.[4]

Horse Rotorvator
original LP cover
Studio album by
Coil
Released1986
GenreIndustrial[1]
Length49:15 (Some Bizzare CD version)
Label
ProducerCoil
Coil chronology
Scatology
(1984)		 Horse Rotorvator
(1986)		 Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The cover photograph was shot by the band and shows the bandstand in Regent's Park, London, which was subject to the Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings four years before the album's release.

Release

Horse Rotorvator was initially released in the UK in 1986 by Force & Form and was manufactured by K.422, a Some Bizzare Records side label. In the US, the album was released by Relativity Records. The album was first reissued on CD in 1988.[5][6]

The song "Who by Fire" was written by Leonard Cohen, originally appearing on his album New Skin for the Old Ceremony.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Balance and Peter Christopherson, except where noted. All lyrics written by Balance.

No.TitleLength
1."The Anal Staircase"4:00
2."Slur"3:31
3."Babylero"0:52
4."Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)"6:20
5."Herald"1:03
6."Penetralia"6:11
7."Ravenous"3:26
8."Circles of Mania"5:01
9."Blood from the Air"5:32
10."Who by Fire" (Leonard Cohen)2:37
11."The Golden Section"5:50
12."The First Five Minutes After Death"4:45
Cassette bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."The Anal Staircase" (A Dionysian remix)5:53

Notes

  • LP pressings of the album omit "Ravenous". On some of the CD pressings, it is the twelfth track instead of the seventh one. Sometimes the track listing on the packaging and the actual order differ as a result (for example, one ROTA 1 pressing lists the tracks in the above order, but when played, "Ravenous" is a twelfth track).
  • On cassette pressings of the album, "Slur" and "Herald" are titled as "Silk" and "Acapulco March", respectively.

References
  1. Raggett, Ned. "Horse Rotorvator - Coil". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Horse Rotorvator - Coil". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Coil". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 2 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 1155–1156. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s | Features". Pitchfork. 2002-11-20. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  5. "Coil - Horse Rotorvator". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. "Force & Form". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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