The Land of Harm and Appletrees
{{Infobox album
| name = The Land of Harm and Appletrees
| type = studio
| artist = Aurora
| cover = Aurora - The Land of Harm and Appletrees.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1993|9|3}}
| recorded = NHB-Studios
{{small|(Hamburg, Germany)}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Dark wave, electronic
| length = 44:10
| label = Talitha
| producer = Peter Spilles
| chronology = Aurora Sutra
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Dimension Gate
| next_year = 1994
}}
The Land of Harm and Appletrees is the debut studio album by Aurora Sutra, released on September 3, 1993 by Talitha Records.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000102665|pure_url=yes}}|title=Aurora: The Land of Harm and Appletrees > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=March 13, 2016}}{{cite book |first=David |last=D'Halleine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ycd7AwAAQBAJ |title=La Croche Lune |publisher=Lulu Press, Inc. |date=November 24, 2011 |page=321 |access-date=August 27, 2020}}
Reception
Industrial Reviews awarded The Land of Harm and Appletrees four out of five stars and attributed the album's success to its use of sonic layering and acoustics as well as the vocal performances of Patricia Nigiani and Peter Spilles.{{cite journal|last=Lic |url=http://industrialreviews.ru/review/2392/ |title=Aurora: The Land of Harm and Appletrees |journal=Industrial Reviews |publisher=Leo Levin |date=1997 |access-date=August 28, 2020}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Patricia Nigiani and Peter Spilles
| title1 = Regression
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = In a Minute
| length2 = 5:04
| title3 = The Dream
| length3 = 6:13
| title4 = Posen 1793
| length4 = 4:44
| title5 = The Land of Harm and Appletrees
| length5 = 5:41
| title6 = Hereafter
| length6 = 4:58
| title7 = Floating Dolphins
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Ritual
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Crusaders
| length9 = 5:53
}}
Personnel
Adapted from The Land of Harm and Appletrees liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Land of Harm and Appletrees |others=Aurora |year=1993 |type=booklet |publisher=Talitha Records |location=Bad Homburg, Germany}}
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- Patricia Nigiani – vocals
- Peter Spilles – electronics, programming, production
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;Production and additional personnel
- Aurora – cover art, design
- Matthias Rewig – engineering
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Release history
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=51898 |name=The Land of Harm and Appletrees}}
- [https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-land-of-harm-appletrees/219092915 The Land of Harm and Appletrees] at iTunes
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