The Rope

The Rope Artist: Black Tape For A Blue Girl
Label: Projekt Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 617026002026
EAN: 0617026002026
ASIN: B000000BCE


Release Date: 1997-06-10

The Rope


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Tracks:

  1. Memory, Uncaring Friend
  2. Hide In Yourself
  3. Within These Walls
  4. The Holy Terrors
  5. End
  6. Seven days Till Sunrise
  7. The Rope
  8. The Few Remaining Threads
  9. The Lingering Flicker
  10. Slow Blur
  11. The Floor Was Hard But Home
  12. We Return

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars hide the razors!.......2002-06-28

Well, how should I put this? This record was really not my cup of tea. High points: "Memory, Uncaring Friend" which is a little more hard hitting and rhythmical than the rest of the album, and "The Rope", very gloomy, with a chamber music sort of feel to it. Overall, the record was just too slow and dreamy for me to get into. I thought that the lyrics were great, though. I prefer the harder goth sound of Christian Death or Bauhaus, but I imagine that fans of the dark ambient/ ethereal sound would probably really get into this.

4 out of 5 stars Another great release from a great band . . ........2000-12-20

This album is less melancholic and displays more vehemence and vitriol (thank God). The first song "Memory, Uncaring Friend," is a classic hit -- with its fast pace, Herrera's great voice, and the nice electronic effects, it's a classic. What I love the most, however, are the lyrics "Clawing at the friends you see, hoping for a day that's free from caring cause you never found a thing in sharing..."

The next song "Hide In Yourself" is another hit. With its introspective nature, the song is about a man who says "Everyone tells me that I shouldn't think of you, she's not worth your time...they say you've a problem, that I shouldn't care..." This song is not only well constructed melodically, but a classic in introspection. Anyone who's ever dealt with an impossible person will relate to this song.

"Within These Walls" is a good song, but not as good as the first two. "The Holy Terrors" has an exotic flavour to it, and is nice to listen to when you're in a good mood. The next song, "End" is melancholic, but a little too bucolic for me, and Herrera's voice doesn't sound that good on it either, in fact, he sounds out of key. Next follows a song which is touching and simple, and also melancholy ("Seven Days Till Sunrise").

After this follows "The Rope", a sort of chamber-music song, Baroque in style. "The Few Remaining Threads," an electronic piece, has a very nice Spanish flavour and trip-hop drum pattern and is one of the best songs on the album. "The Lingering Flicker" is slow and mysterious, and is something you should listen to when in deep contemplation. "Slow Blur" is ambient, and totally synthed-out, not a favourite of mine, but it'll do. "The Floor Was Hard But Home" is dark and beautiful, and again, a very ambient song. "We Return" is the closing song, spoken in, uhm, Norwegian I assume? It seems to incorporate the Spanish melody from Song No. 8, with the voice speaking in Norwegian. The singing is disjointed and almost out of tune, but interesting for the intended effects of pathos. This is another good song from the album.

5 out of 5 stars enthralling. . ........2000-11-05

...pain that is beautiful..sadness that is perfected in aural splendor..compelling lyrics that stir deep in one's soul..this is what to expect by listening to "the rope" by the ever majestic black tape for a blue girl..this is definitely late night music as all of their cd's are...if you do not own this cd as of yet..purchase it..light a few candles..in a quiet atmosphere...preferably, during the night hours..and let the music immerse you....it is a journey unlike any other..that I can assure you.

5 out of 5 stars

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