Curse (Alien Sex Fiend album)

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Curse
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Studio album by
Released24 September 1990 [1]
Length46:28
Label Anagram
Producer Alien Sex Fiend
Alien Sex Fiend chronology
Another Planet
(1988)
Curse
(1990)
Open Head Surgery
(1992)

Curse is the seventh studio album by English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend, released in September 1990 by Anagram Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Trouser Press favourable [3]

AllMusic wrote that the album is "just as invigorating, funny and flesh-crawling as always, though it's a much more technological ASF than ever before". [2]

Track listing

Vinyl edition
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Katch 22" (You/Along Cums Reality/Hubble Bubble/Goodbye to Space)11:40
2."Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied" (live)9:05
Total length:20:45
Side B
No.TitleLength
3."Stress"2:18
4."Blessings of the State" (extended mix)5:43
5."Eat! Eat! Eat!" (An Eye for an Eye)5:37
6."Ain't Got Time to Bleed"4:06
7."Dali-isms"2:51
8."Burger Bar Baby"1:07
9."I Think I"4:01
Total length:25:43
Compact disc edition
No.TitleLength
1."Katch 22" (You/Along Cums Reality/Hubble Bubble/Goodbye to Space)11:57
2."Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied" (live)9:15
3."Stress"2:21
4."Blessings of the State" (extended mix)5:53
5."Eat! Eat! Eat!" (An Eye for an Eye)5:47
6."Ain't Got Time to Bleed"4:10
7."Bleeding Reprise"3:04
8."Dali-isms"0:10
9."Burger Bar Baby"0:58
10."I Think I"4:06
11."Mad Daddy Drives a U.F.O."4:18
12."Wuthering Wind"1:20
13."Radio Jimi"0:29
14."Hands of the Silken"0:45
15."Blessing in Disguise"5:09
Total length:59:27

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References

  1. "Indies" (PDF). Music Week . 22 September 1990. p. 12. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Curse – Alien Sex Fiend | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Alien Sex Fiend". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved 26 December 2016.