This Is Goth!

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| type = compilation

| artist = Various artists

| cover = Various Artists - This Is Goth!.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|2000|5|30}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Gothic rock|industrial}}

| length = 160:58

| label = Cleopatra

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This Is Goth! is a various artists compilation album released on May 30, 2000, by Cleopatra Records.{{cite book |first=Thierry F. |last=Le Boucanier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CaqE82YIh4QC |title=1983: Invaders From Mars and a UFO |others=Camion blanc: Virgin Prunes Une nouvelle forme de beauté |publisher=Camion blanc |date=June 17, 2013 |isbn=9780313378348 |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=MacKenzie |last=Wilson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000608578|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: This Is Goth > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

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MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic said "This Is Goth is one of Cleopatra's many goth-rock/darkwave compilations, another look at the forerunners of the eclectic musical genre and those pushing the brooding art into the new millennium."

Track listing

{{tracklist

| headline = Disc one

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Ignore the Machine

| note1 = Electrode Mix

| writer1 = {{hlist|Johnnie Freshwater|David James|Christine Wade|Nicholas Wade}}

| extra1 = Alien Sex Fiend

| length1 = 5:07

| title2 = Spellbound

| note2 = Siouxsie & The Banshees cover

| writer2 = {{hlist|Susan Ballion|Peter Edward Clarke|John McGeoch|Steven Severin}}

| extra2 = Inkubus Sukkubus

| length2 = 4:15

| title3 = Firedance

| writer3 = {{hlist|John Berry|Rachel Speight}}

| extra3 = Die Laughing

| length3 = 5:50

| title4 = Always a Flame

| note4 = Leæther Strip Remix

| writer4 = {{hlist|Jay Aston|Michael Aston|Ian Hudson|Rachel Speight}}

| extra4 = Gene Loves Jezebel

| length4 = 5:00

| title5 = Haunting Picture

| writer5 = {{hlist|Franck Amendola|Christophe Baudrion|Sébastien Pietrapiana|Laurence Romanini}}

| extra5 = Corpus Delicti

| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = Oh My Goth!

| writer6 = Romell Regulacion

| extra6 = Razed in Black

| length6 = 5:45

| title7 = Now Is the Time

| writer7 = {{hlist|Paul Lemos|Chris Moriarty|Joe Papa}}

| extra7 = Controlled Bleeding

| length7 = 3:44

| title8 = Christabel

| writer8 = {{hlist|David Block|Deborah Denton|Dr. Ruth|Paul Sadler}}

| extra8 = Big Electric Cat

| length8 = 6:00

| title9 = Thalia

| writer9 = Barry Galvin

| extra9 = Mephisto Walz

| length9 = 6:53

| title10 = Alice

| note10 = The Sisters of Mercy cover

| writer10 = Andrew Eldritch

| extra10 = The Prophetess

| length10 = 3:44

| title11 = Permanent Red

| writer11 = {{hlist|Bob Davidson|Ivan Hart|Robert Hyman|Brian Naughton|Jim Retterer}}

| extra11 = Usherhouse

| length11 = 3:30

| title12 = Agony

| writer12 = {{hlist|Timo Väänänen|Jyrki Witch}}

| extra12 = Two Witches

| length12 = 2:18

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{{tracklist

| headline = Disc two

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Butterfly on a Wheel

| writer1 = {{hlist|Craig Adams|Mick Brown|Simon Hinkler|Wayne Hussey}}

| extra1 = The Mission UK

| length1 = 5:20

| title2 = Witches

| writer2 = {{hlist|Tina Root|Susan Wallace}}

| extra2 = Switchblade Symphony

| length2 = 4:18

| title3 = Shadow of Love

| writer3 = {{hlist|Roman Jugg|Bryn Merrick|Christopher John Millar|Dave Vanian}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|The Damned|Roman Jugg}}

| length3 = 4:02

| title4 = Futurist Unlimited

| writer4 = {{hlist|Matt Green|Athan Maroulis}}

| extra4 = Spahn Ranch

| length4 = 4:28

| title5 = Nazarene

| writer5 = {{hlist|Daniel C|Robert Brothers|Troy Payne|James Tramel|Richard Witherspoon}}

| extra5 = The Wake

| length5 = 3:45

| title6 = Allurance

| writer6 = {{hlist|Rhys Fulber|Bill Leeb}}

| extra6 = Delerium

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = Pagan Love Song

| writer7 = {{hlist|Mary D'Nellon|Dik Evans|Gavin Friday|Derek Rowen|Trevor Rowan}}

| extra7 = Virgin Prunes

| length7 = 4:07

| title8 = Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

| note8 = Carol Channing cover

| writer8 = {{hlist|Leo Robin|Jule Styne}}

| extra8 = Rosetta Stone vs. Marilyn Monroe

| length8 = 3:52

| title9 = Walking on Your Hand

| writer9 = Chris Reed

| extra9 = Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

| length9 = 2:40

| title10 = Snake Dance

| writer10 = {{hlist|Tom Ashton|Simon Denbigh|Loz Elliott}}

| extra10 = The March Violets

| length10 = 4:09

| title11 = Vague Inklings

| writer11 = {{hlist|Oliver Henkel|Tatrin Mallon}}

| extra11 = Edera

| length11 = 4:21

| title12 = Non-Union

| writer12 = {{hlist|Chuck Collison|Rozz Williams}}

| extra12 = Premature Ejaculation

| length12 = 13:27

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Disc three

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Down in the Park

| note1 = 20th Anniversary Edition

| writer1 = Gary Numan

| extra1 = Gary Numan

| length1 = 5:15

| title2 = Gone to Hell

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ronny Baleo|Richard Frost|Rev. Dr. Luv|Thomas Thorn}}

| extra2 = The Electric Hellfire Club

| length2 = 3:06

| title3 = Assassin Soul

| writer3 = {{hlist|Matthew Carl Lucian|Mark Tansley}}

| extra3 = Suspiria

| length3 = 4:16

| title4 = 11:11

| writer4 = Warren Mansfield

| extra4 = Screams for Tina

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = Spiritual Cramp

| writer5 = Rozz Williams

| extra5 = Christian Death

| length5 = 2:17

| title6 = Schubert Trio in E-flat

| note6 = Franz Schubert cover

| writer6 = Franz Schubert

| extra6 = Vampire Rodents

| length6 = 2:28

| title7 = A Heavenly Melancholy

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gitane Demone|Pieter Rekvelt|Edward Smidt}}

| extra7 = Gitane Demone

| length7 = 5:26

| title8 = Sin City

| note8 = KMFDM Remix

| writer8 = {{hlist|Chuck Lenihan|Vincent Saletto|David Vincent|Gen Vincent}}

| extra8 = Genitorturers

| length8 = 4:34

| title9 = Specimen

| writer9 = {{hlist|Chris Bell|Tim Huthert|Jon Klein|Johnny Melton|Kevin Mills|Jonathon Trevisick|Johnny Melton|Oliver Wisdom}}

| extra9 = Specimen

| length9 = 3:20

| title10 = Freemasons of Enochian Magick

| note10 = Front Line Assembly Remix

| writer10 = {{hlist|Jason Hubbard|Dee Madden|Andy Shaw|Chris Shinkus}}

| extra10 = Penal Colony

| length10 = 6:19

| title11 = Hollow

| writer11 = {{hlist|Neil Ash|Pete Finnemore|Simon Manning}}

| extra11 = Children on Stun

| length11 = 3:09

| title12 = Memories & Discontent

| writer12 = D. A. Sebasstian

| extra12 = Kill Switch...Klick

| length12 = 2:32

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Personnel

Adapted from the This Is Goth! liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=This Is Goth! |title-link=This Is Goth! |others=Various artists |year=2000 |type=booklet |publisher=Cleopatra Records |location=Marina Del Rey, California}}

Release history

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! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

| 2000

| Cleopatra

| CD

| CLP 0845

References

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