Remnants of a Deeper Purity

Remnants of a Deeper Purity is the sixth studio album by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released on June 7, 1996, by Projekt Records.[2] A cassette version was released in 1997 on Poland's Black Flames Productions. In 2007, a 10th-anniversary edition of the album was released, with a bonus disc, including the With My Sorrows EP from the same era.

Remnants of a Deeper Purity
Studio album by Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Released	June 7, 1996
Recorded	January 1995–April 1996[1]
Studio	The Lush Garden, Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Darkwave
Length	77:08
Label	Projekt
Producer	Sam Rosenthal
Black Tape for a Blue Girl chronology
This Lush Garden Within (1993) Remnants of a Deeper Purity (1996) As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire (1999)

Black Tape for a Blue Girl's Sam Rosenthal described the album as "an album of rebirth – the internal analysis and exploration that paves the way for a major upheaval."[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

AllMusic critic Ned Raggett wrote that Remnants of a Deeper Purity "succeeds like no other Black Tape release before it, the logical extension of Rosenthal's musical and lyrical foci into a lengthy, commanding, and beautiful experience."[1] He ranked it at number 93 on his list of the best albums of the 1990s for Freaky Trigger.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Redefine Pure Faith"	5:19
2.	"Fin de siècle"	5:53
3.	"With My Sorrows"	7:03
4.	"For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun"	26:20
5.	"Wings Tattered, Fallen"	6:25
6.	"Fitful"	4:56
7.	"Remnants of a Deeper Purity"	4:36
8.	"Again, to Drift (For Veronika)"	6:00
9.	"I Have No More Answers"	10:33

10th anniversary edition bonus disc[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"En la mar ay una torre"	0:59
2.	"With My Sorrows Part 2"	10:13
3.	"With My Sorrows Part 3"	6:25
4.	"I Have No More Answers" (radio edit)	3:39
5.	"Redefine Pure Faith" (live)	4:32
6.	"Through Sky Blue Rooms" (live)	2:29
7.	"Remnants of a Deeper Purity" (live)	3:57
8.	"Across a Thousand Blades '96"	3:55
9.	Untitled	2:05

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Remnants of a Deeper Purity – Black Tape for a Blue Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
2. "black tape for a blue girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (CD, Album) at Discogs". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
3. "black tape for a blue girl: remnants of a deeper purity". Projekt Records. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
4. Raggett, Ned (October 1999). "93. Black Tape For A Blue Girl – Remnants Of A Deeper Purity". Freaky Trigger. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
5. "black tape for a blue girl: remnants of a deeper purity (10th anniversary 2-CD edition)". Projekt Records. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.