This Mortal Coil is a project of Ivo Watts-Russell (from Northamptonshire, England), president of the British 4AD record label, which began in 1983 and lasted until 1991. This Mortal Coil (TMC) is an example of a supergroup, and performers include members from bands on 4AD's roster, such as Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Colourbox, The Wolfgang Press, Dif Juz, X Mal Deutschland and Modern English. The records consist mostly of dark and moody interpretative Read Full BioThis Mortal Coil is a project of Ivo Watts-Russell (from Northamptonshire, England), president of the British 4AD record label, which began in 1983 and lasted until 1991. This Mortal Coil (TMC) is an example of a supergroup, and performers include members from bands on 4AD's roster, such as Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Colourbox, The Wolfgang Press, Dif Juz, X Mal Deutschland and Modern English. The records consist mostly of dark and moody interpretative cover versions of a wide variety of artists ranging from Big Star and Talking Heads to The Apartments and Tim Buckley. The group recorded three albums; It'll End In Tears, Filigree & Shadow and Blood.
The group takes its name from Shakespeare. In particular Hamlet's soliloquy To be, or not to be, where it refers to dying; "coil" is used in its archaic sense of "disturbance, trouble":
"What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause."
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 67.
The group takes its name from Shakespeare. In particular Hamlet's soliloquy To be, or not to be, where it refers to dying; "coil" is used in its archaic sense of "disturbance, trouble":
"What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause."
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 67.
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This Mortal Coil Lyrics
Dreams are like water, colourless and dangerous
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JOHN FRYER, MARTIN MCGARRICK, NICHOLAS JOHN FRYER, RUSSELL IVO WATTS
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Tunguska Lumberjack
One other person in the world knows and feels this album in exactly the same way that I do. I’ve played it for others, and loved it with others- but it will only ever be that deep when we hear it with each other in mind. And I could never hear it without thinking of her, though our time has been gone long years past. She’ll always have a place in me that’s just for her. As broken and sad as we were.
Susan Clouse
I haven't heard this in years, so glad I found it. What a hauntingly beautiful song.
Johanna Zamora
I lived this album day and night in the 90's. Dreams are like water, colorless and dangerous.
Spt Spec
To jeden z najlepszych moich albumów od lat. Podoba Ci się muzyka?
Zahra Djam
Mes années internat et lycée... Ma jeunesse... L'époque où j'écoutais cet album si mélancolique et gothique... Où la noirceur accompagnait ma solitude... Et les paysages aussi me renvoyaient tels des tableaux... Les reflets de mon âme mélancolique et pleine d'espoir d'amour...
Lili Lililou
La vie est belle .......
Christophe Luc
pareil, tout pareil
Steven Lesperance
a masterpiece of an album. lost mine centuries ago.......
masscomnet
@Steven Lesperance I still have mine.
desertshore
an awesomely ambient piece...