Asylum (The Legendary Pink Dots album)

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Asylum
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Studio album by
Released1985
Length75:04
Label Play It Again Sam (Belgium)
Cacciocavallo/Soleilmoon (US)
SPV (Poland)
The Legendary Pink Dots chronology
The Tower
(1984)
Asylum
(1985)
Prayer For Aradia
(1985)
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Asylum is a 1985 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Echo Police"4:48
2."Gorgon Zola's Baby"2:29
3."Fifteen Flies In the Marmalade"2:47
4."Femme Mirage"3:35
5."The Hill"4:22
6."Demonism"2:35
7."Prisoner"5:11
8."So Gallantly Screaming"11:13
9."I Am the Way, The Truth, The Light"8:01
10."Agape"3:49
11."Golden Dawn"5:49
12."The Last Straw"4:53
13."A Message From Our Sponsor"4:06
14."Go Ask Alice"3:25
15."This Could Be the End"8:01
Total length:1:15:04

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References

  1. Couture, François. Asylum at AllMusic