Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying

Artist: Celtic Frost
Label: Noise
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 644591032929
EAN: 0644591032929
ASIN: B000046Q16

Release Date: 2000-01-18

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Tracks:

Idols Of Chargin
A Descent To Babylon (Babylon Asleep)
Return To The Eve
Juices Like Wine
The Inevitable Factor
The Heart Beneath
Cherry Orchards (Radio Edit)
Tristesses De La Lune
Wings Of Solitude
The Usurper
Journey Into Fear
Downtown Hanoi
Circle Of Tyrants
In The Chapel In The Moonlight
I Won't Dance (The Elders Orient)
The Name Of My Bride
Mexican Radio
Under Apollyon's Sun

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Vanity/Nemesis
To Mega Therion
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Into the Pandemonium
Apocalyptic Raids

Customer Reviews:

Why does everyone think this is a 'Greatest Hits' CD?.......2006-07-28

3.5 STARS.............I first have to say that NOWHERE on the CD jacket, the booklet or the CD itself does it say "Greats Hits" or "Best of." This CD, compiled in 1991-92, is a release much like Helmet's "Born Annoying" and Metallica's "Garage Days Re-revisited," in that it is a mish-mash compilation of Celtic Frost's many unreleased recording sessions from '85-91, with many different line-ups, the songs most of which ended up as B-sides, outtakes, and general jam sessions. Hardly any of the tracks were released on any of their CD's! Don't listen to reviewers who write reviews before they even read the booklet enclosed !!!!

The best songs on the compilation, in my opinion, are the old songs. "Return to the Eve," (originally on 'Morbid Tales') is re-recorded here with sensational new drummer Reed St. Mark. It was released as the "Party Mix" on the backside of the 'Tragic Serenades' EP (1986). "The Usurper" (originally on 'Mega Therion') was re-recorded here when Martin Ain came back to the band on bass, and you can hear the difference. "Journey Into Fear" was supposed to be included on the 'Emperor's Return' EP, but was cut for whatever reason. It's a great song, and would have fit in well with that mini-album. I believe the information in the booklet regarding "Circle of the Tyrants" is a misprint. It say it's the version from 'Mega Therion," but I believe Martin Ain is on bass, and it's the 1985 'Emperor's return' version--a much better sound.

Then, we have "The Inevitable Factor" (a great song, similar to "Inner Sanctum," and recorded during the 1987 'Pandemonium' recording sessions, but omitted from the album) and "In the Chapel in the Moonlight," a warm-up, jam song they ended up releasing as a limited-edition single. There's also the shortened radio edit of "I Won't Dance," probably one of CF's most versatile, drum-set destroying, rockin' songs, not to mention the brightest spot on 'Pandemonium.' They add "Tristesses" as well here, the rare alternate, string-orchestra arrangement of "Sorrows of the Moon" also from 'Pandemonium.'

Unfortunately, this compilation also includes some of the 'Cold Lake' jam sessions. None are horrible, except for "Mexican Radio." They first covered this song on 'Pandemonium' (87) and it was brilliant. St. Mark's drums, Warrior's rhythmic, mathematical guitar drones, Ain's harmonizing, eerie bass...it immediately got played LOUDLY up at my dorm in college, nightly. This 1991 jam session version sucks. Warrior has replaced all of his bandmates for this one, and it sounds like the group Poison after a proctology exam. The other 'Cold Lake' session songs actually sound better than the album versions, but that's still not very good.

Surprisingly, the 'Vanity/Nemesis'session songs are very, very good. The unreleased "Descent to Babylon," and V/N's "The Name of My Bride" and "The Heart Beneath" are the best post 1980's songs they've done, and "Idols of Chagrin" is pretty good, too, just be ready for the drum machine. You hear some drum machine as well with "Under Apollyon's Sun," a song which would begin TG Fischer/Warrior's journey into Industrial music, which he tangled with during the mid-90's as frontman of his new group, Apollyon's Sun.

This is CD of rarities and jam sessions. With that in mind, I think it's a pretty cool collection of decent songs. In the end, I think Thomas Gabriel Fischer felt compelled to release all the rest of his stash of stuff, and put it out on one last CD for all CF's fans to enjoy. There IS a "Best of" CD for all those who really need one. It's called 'Are You Morbid?' and it's been out for a decade. As long as you have 'Morbid Tales,' 'Mega Therion,' 'Pandemonium' and the new 'Monotheist' (2006), you're set. Get 'Parched With Thirst' and 'Vanity/Nemesis' when you have the extra $$$, because both are pretty good (not gothic, dark metal, though), and save 'Cold Lake' for the serious collectors, and those who really like to rock out (with their cock out) to Motley Crue, Autograph, Def Leppard and Whitesnake.

very poor track selection........2006-05-16

cherry orchards, idols of chagrin,downtown hanoi, and others should not be included in this best of. that's why it's called a best of, not worst of. mexican radio is a lame cover tune. return to the eve and the usurper are the best on this album. they needed to include dethroned emperor, visual aggression, morbid tales, and procreation of the wicked. inner sanctum from into the pandemonium should have been included also. what the f**k this album overall is a f**king disgrace. buy morbid tales, to mega therion, and the more experimental, but still good into the pandemonium. even vanity/nemesis isn't all that bad either, but PLEASE, do not spend your hard earned cash on this pathetic so called best of album. it does not represent the band well.

PARCHED.......2005-12-01

As I listen to this CD as I write this, I must say the first time I heard this I was disappointed. I actually was starting to think Celtic Frost were not the great songwriters I thought they were. That may be true, but one thing they do great is make music like no one else. First off, this CD is not a greatest hits compilation. Hell, Celtic Frost never had any "hits". This CD opens and closes with (at that time) new material which is quite boring. The remakes of the cold lake songs just dont seem to fit, and 'return to the eve' is an obvious drunken, sloppy one-take recording, which makes me long for the original version that appears on morbid tales. Mexican radio is a bad cover of a wall of voodoo 80's minor hit that makes me appreciate the original more. However, there is enough material on here that is great, and for a casual fan, you may be better off buying 'morbid tales' than this CD, but not bad. 3 stars.

Sad to give it 3 stars.......2003-09-27

I love Celtic Frost's music and I have their 3 main albums, "Morbid Tales" , "To MegaTherion" and "Into The Pandemonium" so as soon as I saw this I picked it up. First of all, it has one mayor flaw, a flaw that seems to repeat itself with the greatest hits CD's of my favorite groups (Destruction, Sodom) the CD booklet inside is total (...). I was kind of shocked to see that a band as glorious as Celtic Frost would have such a poor quality booklet for a greatest hits album. If memory serves me correct, there is only one picture of the band and the lyrics to the songs are not even printed. Further more, I feel that though these group of songs are good in their own right, they dont fully represent the Celtic Frost experience. I think that too many of the classics were left out. How can a Celtic Frost best of album not have "Morbid Tales", Dethroned Emperor" or "Procreation of the Wicked"? This is good to complete a Celtic Frost collection, but getting the CD's individually is definetly a better option than getting this, atleast the first 3 albums.

an innovator of the extremes.......2000-03-11

Celtic Frost were highly influential on all forms of death and black metal. They dabbled in everything: hyperspeed thrash, slow doom, pounding death, they even took a stab at glam rock (which ended up costing them most of their hardcore audience). Bandleader Thomas G. Warrior is often credited with inventing the death growl, and was a pioneer of the vacuum-cleaner death riff. One of the weirdest 80s metal bands, they also threw in some funk grooves here and there, female vocals over classical music, and an odd cover of new wave hit "Mexican Radio". This is a compilation that samples tracks from all their albums, plus some unreleased stuff and a few newly recorded tracks. This is inconsistent stuff, good riffs mashing with bad riffs, interesting lyrics bellowed by bad singing, but the band gets credit for originality, and this album is varied enough to be pretty enjoyable.

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