Telemetry of a Fallen Angel
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{{Short description|1996 album by the Crüxshadows}}
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| released = January 1996
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| genre = {{hlist|Gothic rock|darkwave}}
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| next_title = Until the Voices Fade...
| next_year = 1999
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Telemetry of a Fallen Angel is the second studio album by the American dark wave band the Crüxshadows, released in January 1996.{{cite news|date=January 16, 1996|title=Today in Tallahassee|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat/124413844/|newspaper=Tallahassee Democrat|location=Tallahassee, Florida|page=2A|access-date=May 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
Track listing
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| title1 = Descension
| length1 = 0:58
| title2 = Monsters
| length2 = 4:46
| title3 = Jackal-Head
| length3 = 6:32
| title4 = Prometheus
| length4 = 1:11
| title5 = Clerestory
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = Walk Away
| length6 = 8:09
| title7 = Miss Fortune Returns
| length7 = 0:50
| title8 = My World
| length8 = 5:24
| title9 = Fallen Angel
| length9 = 0:45
| title10 = Hanged Man
| length10 = 5:40
| title11 = Purgatory
| length11 = 1:48
| title12 = Marilyn, My Bitterness
| length12 = 5:53
| title13 = Daedelus Flight... Icarus Falls
| length13 = 1:21
| title14 = Satellite
| length14 = 5:51
| title15 = Marilyn, My Bitterness (2.0 Radio Edit)
| length15 = 5:20
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Versions
There are four different versions of this album:
- The first version was released in 1995 under their own label, Black Widow Music.
- The second version was released in 1996 under the label, Nesak International.
- The third version was released in 1998 under the label, Dancing Ferret Discs.
- The fourth and last version was released in 2004. All of the songs were remastered and there was a bonus track included: Marilyn, my Bitterness V2.0 Radio Edit.
Critical reception
A reviewer for Keyboard wrote that Telemetry of a Fallen Angel "crosses over into the realm of concept album, detailing the travels of an extraterrestrial probe. The tone is persistently dark, with a restless intellectual bent creeping underneath it all. However, this is not a goth retread. The sounds blend into a single, highly polished sheen; rhythms bounce along energetically, and everything moves along purposefully."{{cite magazine |title=Telemetry of a Fallen Angel |date=1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2IJAQAAMAAJ |magazine=Keyboard |volume=24 |page=124 |access-date=Jul 31, 2023 |via=Google Books}}{{Full citation needed |date=July 2023}} Daniel Rubin of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "Passionate yet accessible, with lyrics that evoke myths ancient and modern."{{cite news|last=Rubin|first=Daniel|date=October 25, 1998|title=The Joys of Sorrow|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/124413963/|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|page=F14|access-date=May 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
Personnel
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The Crüxshadows
- "Rogue" (Virgil Roger du Pont III) – lead vocals, backing vocals, electronic drums (Kawai), violin
- Sean Flanagan – keyboards, backing vocals, electronic drums (Roland), sampling, sequencing
- Tim Curry – guitar, backing vocals
Production
- Angel Kane, the Crüxshadows – producers
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Design
- "Rogue" – cover artwork, design, layout
- Robyn Easton – cover artwork
- Jeff Maxson and Sean Flanagan – CG artwork
- Jen "Pyromantic" Jawidzik – design, layout
- Sean Goebel – design, layout
- Madem – artwork (album and monsters collage)
- Jessica Lackey – photography
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References
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