Getting the Holy Ghost Across

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All tracks are written by Bill Nelson.

Getting the Holy Ghost Across
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Original UK release
Studio album by
Released7 April 1986 [1] (UK)
August 1986 [2] (US)
Studio
  • The Echo Observatory, Yorkshire
  • Surrey Sound, Surrey
  • Round House, London
  • Rockfield, Monmouthshire
  • Marcus Recording, London
Genre Synth-pop [3]
Length45:35(UK LP)
1:09:21(UK cassette)
46:40(US)
Label Portrait
Producer Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson chronology
Das Kabinett / La Belle et la Bête
(1985)
Getting the Holy Ghost Across
(1986)
Chamber of Dreams (Music from the Invisibility Exhibition)
(1986)
On a Blue Wing
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US release
Getting the Holy Ghost Across track listing – LP
No.TitleLength
1."Suvasini"1:46
2."Contemplation"8:51
3."Theology"4:36
4."Wildest Dreams"4:34
5."Lost in Your Mystery"4:53
6."Rise Like a Fountain"4:56
7."Age of Reason"4:03
8."The Hidden Flame"4:24
9."Because of You"6:36
10."Pansophia"0:56
Total length:45:35

The cassette version extends "Because of You" and adds five tracks, inserted variously after "Age of Reason".

Getting the Holy Ghost Across track listing – cassette
No.TitleLength
8."Living for the Spangled Moment"4:55
9."The Hidden Flame"4:24
10."Word for Word"5:11
11."Illusions of You"3:40
12."Heart and Soul"4:49
13."Finks and Stooges of the Spirit"4:24
14."Because of You"7:23
15."Pansophia"0:56
Total length:1:09:21

On a Blue Wing replaced "Theology" and "Age of Reason" with "Heart and Soul" and "Living for the Spangled Moment" and reordered the album.

On a Blue Wing track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Suvasini"1:46
2."Contemplation"8:51
3."Wildest Dreams"4:34
4."Lost in Your Mystery"4:53
5."The Hidden Flame"4:24
6."Rise Like a Fountain"4:56
7."Heart and Soul"4:49
8."Living for the Spangled Moment"4:55
9."Because of You"6:36
10."Pansophia"0:56
Total length:46:40

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the 1986 cassette notes of Getting the Holy Ghost Across, [13] and track numbers correspond to the cassette track listing.

Technical

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 91

Notes

  1. If all albums within the 1985 set Trial by Intimacy (The Book of Splendours) are counted, Getting the Holy Ghost Across is technically Nelson's eleventh's studio album. However, each album in the set did not have a standalone release until after Getting the Holy Ghost Across, [4] so it is, in effect, Nelson's eighth studio album release.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Smith, Robin, ed. (8 March 1986). "News Digest" (PDF). Record Mirror . p. 28. ISSN   0144-5804 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 33. New York City, NY. 16 August 1986. p. 44. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 LeRoy, Dan. "On a Blue Wing – Bill Nelson | AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  4. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. pp. 1069–71. ISBN   1-84195-615-5.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bill Nelson | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 Diliberto, John (May 1989). "Working Musician: Bill Nelson" (PDF). Musician . No. 127. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Amordian Press. pp. 70–79. ISSN   0733-5253 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. Robbins, Ira. "Bill Nelson". Trouser Press . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. 1 2 Culp, Nancy "Cosmic" (10 May 1986). "Albums: Bill Nelson 'Getting The Holy Ghost Across' (Portrait PRT 26602)" (PDF). Record Mirror . p. 18. ISSN   0144-5804 . Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  9. "LP Reviews: General" (PDF). Music Week . Morgan-Grampian. 10 May 1986. p. 22. ISSN   0265-1548 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  10. Carlberg, Robert (February 1987). "Released and Reviewed" (PDF). Electronic Musician . Vol. 3, no. 2. Berkeley, CA: Mix Publications. p. 18. ISSN   0884-4720 . Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  11. Grealis, Walt, ed. (9 August 1986). "Albums" (PDF). RPM . Toronto, Ontario. p. 10. ISSN   0315-5994 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. Zimmerman, Kent, ed. (8 August 1986). "Album/Alternative: New Releases" (PDF). Gavin Report . No. 1618. San Francisco, California. p. 32. OCLC   34039542 . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  13. Nelson, Bill (1986). Getting the Holy Ghost Across (Cassette liner notes). Portrait. 40-26602.