Malediction and Prayer

Malediction and Prayer
Live album by Diamanda Galás
Released 8 May 1998 (1998-05-08)
Recorded November 1996 (1996-11)–June 1997 (1997-06)
Genre Blues
Length 59:11
Label Mute/Asphodel
Producer Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology
Schrei x
(1996)
Malediction and Prayer
(1998)
Defixiones: Will and Testament
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork5.0/10[2]

Malediction and Prayer is a live performance album by avant-garde musician Diamanda Galás, released on 8 May 1998 by Asphodel and Mute Records.[3] It features recordings from her concert tour "Malediction and Prayer: Concert for the Damned" between 1996 and 1997.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Iron Lady"  Phil Ochs 4:43
2. "The Thrill is Gone"  Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins 5:36
3. "My World Is Empty Without You"  Holland–Dozier–Holland 4:27
4. "Abel et Caïn"  Charles Baudelaire adapted by D. Galás 5:33
5. "Death Letter"  Son House 4:41
6. "Supplica a mia madre"  Pier Paolo Pasolini adapted by D. Galás 4:13
7. "Insane Asylum"  Willie Dixon 7:12
8. "Si la muerte"  Diamanda Galás, Mixco 5:22
9. "25 Minutes to Go"  Shel Silverstein 4:35
10. "Keigome Keigome"  Nikos Gatsos, Stavros Xarchakos 4:32
11. "I'm Gonna Live the Life"  Thomas A. Dorsey 4:27
12. "Gloomy Sunday"  Carter, Jávor, Seress 3:52

Personnel

Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1998 Mute CD, CS STUMM 163
United States Asphodel CD, LP 0984

References

  1. Schwartzman, Lisa. "Malediction & Prayer". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. Richard-San, Mark (1998). "Diamanda Galás: Malediction and Prayer". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on December 20, 2001. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. Kenny, Glenn; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Diamanda Galás". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
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