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