Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying

Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying
Compilation album by Celtic Frost
Released	16 March 1992 [1]
Recorded	September 1985 – November 1991
Genre	Black metal thrash metal avant-garde metal gothic metal
Length	72:33
Label	Noise
Producer	Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost chronology
Vanity/Nemesis (1990) Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying (1992) Monotheist (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10 [3]

Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying is a compilation album by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released in 1992. It consists of album tracks, demos and various other recordings of the band.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally released in	Length
1.	"Idols of Chagrin" (previously unreleased)	Curt Victor Bryant, Thomas Gabriel Warrior	adapted from 1991 demo	4:10
2.	"A Descent to Babylon (Babylon Asleep)"	Martin Eric Ain, Ron Marks, Warrior	Wine in My Hand (Third from the Sun) EP (1990)	4:28
3.	"Return to the Eve" (1985 studio jam)	Ain, Warrior	Tragic Serenades EP (1986)	4:08
4.	"Juices Like Wine" (partially re-recorded and remixed in 1991)	Oliver Amberg, Bryant, Warrior	Cold Lake (1988)	4:18
5.	"The Inevitable Factor" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1987)	Ain, Reed St. Mark, Warrior		4:40
6.	"The Heart Beneath"	Bryant, Stephen Priestly, Warrior	Vanity/Nemesis (1990)	3:52
7.	"Cherry Orchards" (radio edit)	Amberg, Warrior	Cold Lake	4:04
8.	"Tristesses de la Lune"	Ain	Into the Pandemonium (1987)	3:01
9.	"Wings of Solitude"	Warrior	Vanity/Nemesis	4:40
10.	"The Usurper" (re-recorded 1986)	Warrior	Tragic Serenades	3:29
11.	"Journey into Fear" (previously unreleased, recorded in 1985)	Warrior		3:55
12.	"Downtown Hanoi" (partially re-recorded and remixed in 1991)	Amberg, Warrior	Cold Lake	4:12
13.	"Circle of the Tyrants"	Warrior	To Mega Therion (1985)	4:40
14.	"In the Chapel in the Moonlight"	Billy Hill	The Collector's Celtic Frost promo EP (1987)	2:07
15.	"I Won't Dance (The Elders Orient)" (radio edit)	Warrior	Into the Pandemonium	3:51
16.	"The Name of My Bride"	Ain, Bryant	Vanity/Nemesis	4:33
17.	"Mexican Radio" (1991 studio jam)	Marc Moreland, Stan Ridgway	Into the Pandemonium	3:25
18.	"Under Apollyon's Sun" (previously unreleased)	Bryant, Warrior	adapted from 1991 demo	5:36

Personnel

Celtic Frost

• Thomas Gabriel Warrior – guitars, lead and backing vocals, effects
• Martin Eric Ain – bass (tracks 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13–15), backing vocals, effects
• Reed St. Mark – drums (3, 5, 10, 11, 13–15), backing vocals
• Curt Victor Bryant – bass, guitars, backing vocals
• Oliver Amberg – guitars (tracks 7, 12)
• Stephen Priestly – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16, 17), drum programming (tracks 1, 18), backing vocals

References

1. "New Releases: Albums". Music Week . 14 March 1992. p. 12.
2. Raggett, Ned. "Celtic Frost – Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 February 2017.
3. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 75. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.