Fairytales of Slavery

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{{Infobox album

| name = Fairytales of Slavery

| type = Album

| artist = Miranda Sex Garden

| cover =Fairytales of Slavery.jpg

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| released = June 18, 1994

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| genre = Gothic rock

| length = 53:39

| label = Mute

| producer = Alexander Hacke, Miranda Sex Garden

| prev_title = Suspiria

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Carnival of Souls

| next_year = 2000

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |title=Review: Tales Of Slavery - Miranda Sex Garden |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r203794|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Macrovision Corporation |accessdate=13 August 2009}}

|rev2 = Q

|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite journal |author=Maconie, Stuart |title=Review: Miranda Sex Garden, Tales Of Slavery |journal=Q |publisher=EMAP Metro Ltd |issue=Q95, August 1994 |page=106 |author-link=Stuart Maconie}}

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Fairytales of Slavery is the penultimate release by Miranda Sex Garden, issued on Mute Records in June 1994. Produced in part by Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten, the album blends a great number of elements of different genres, including gothic rock, darkwave, industrial, classical and ambient.

Track listing

  1. "Cut" – 4:58
  2. "Fly" – 3:41
  3. "Peep Show" – 3:49
  4. "The Wooden Boat" – 6:20
  5. "Havana Lied" – 2:12 (written by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht)
  6. "Cover My Face" – 3:58
  7. "Transit" – 2:54
  8. "Freezing" – 2:23
  9. "Serial Angels" – 3:21
  10. "Wheel" – 6:14
  11. "Intermission" – 1:38
  12. "The Monk Song" – 3:25
  13. "A Fairytale About Slavery" – 8:49 (includes an untitled, instrumental hidden track)

References

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Category:Mute Records albums

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