Tired Eyes Slowly Burning

Tired Eyes Slowly Burning
Studio album by The Tear Garden
Released	1987
Recorded	1985 (track 6), 1986 (tracks 7–10), June 7–8, 1987 (tracks 1–6)
Studio	Mushroom Studios, Vancouver
Genre	Psychedelic ; electronic ;
Length	69:58
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	cEvin Key ; Dave Ogilvie ;
The Tear Garden chronology

Last updated March 07, 2019

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Calgary Herald	Favorable^[2]
The Province	Favorable^[3]

Tired Eyes Slowly Burning is the debut album of the Canadian band The Tear Garden, released in 1987 through Nettwerk. It is the band's first studio album, preceded by their self-titled EP released a year prior. That EP is appended to the end of Tired Eyes Slowly Burning as tracks 7 to 10.

The Tear Garden is a psychedelic/experimental/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel. An EP, The Tear Garden, was released that same year. The pair have since released a number records with the assistance of various guest musicians. Their most recent release, The Brown Acid Caveat, was released in July 2017.

Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk Management, and Nettwerk One Publishing.

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Sean Carruthers wrote, "it mixes together to create a dreamy electronic mix that owes something to both Skinny Puppy and The Legendary Pink Dots, but is nonetheless totally different. Think Pink Floyd on a scary electronic acid trip and you're getting close."^[1] James Muretich of the Calgary Herald felt the album was more enjoyable than the output of Ka-Spel and Key's respective bands at the time, and said that it "engrosses the senses with its eerie but enticing psychedelic/electronic sound".^[2] Tom harrison of The Province likened the album to the work of Pink Floyd and praised the two musicians for leaving their comfort zone to produce an album that he thought was "palpably romantic".^[3]

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982. The group is widely considered to be one of the founders of the electro-industrial genre. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key while he was in the new wave band Images in Vogue, Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project with the addition of vocalist Nivek Ogre. Over the course of a dozen studio albums and many live tours, Key and Ogre have been the only constant members. Other members have included Dwayne Goettel (1986–1995), Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, Mark Walk (2003–present), and a number of guests, including Bill Leeb, Al Jourgensen (1989), and many others.

The Legendary Pink Dots (LPD) are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. In 1984 the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist Phil Knight. As of 2012, the group is composed of Edward Ka-Spel, Phil Knight, Erik Drost (guitars) and Raymond Steeg.

Track listing

All songs written by cEvin Key and Edward Ka-Spel.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deja Vu"	4:48
2.	"Room with a View"	6:06
3.	"Coma"	4:10
4.	"Valium"	5:38
5.	"You and Me and Rainbows" (Parts One to Six)	16:46
6.	"Oo Ee Oo"	5:16
7.	"The Center Bullet"	9:46
8.	"Ophelia"	8:36
9.	"Tear Garden"	4:50
10.	"My Thorny Thorny Crown"	3:57
Total length:		69:58

Personnel

Personnel adapted from liners notes.^[4]

The Tear Garden

Edward Ka-Spel – lyrics, vocals, music
cEvin Key – lyrics, music, engineering, mixing

Edward Ka-Spel is an English singer/songwriter and musician residing in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He is best known for his work with the band The Legendary Pink Dots, which he co-founded. He is also known for his work on The Tear Garden with Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key. In 2017, he collaborated with Amanda Palmer on the album I Can Spin a Rainbow.

cEvin Key is a Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. He is best known as a member of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded in 1982 with singer Nivek Ogre. Initially a side project while he was with the new wave band Images in Vogue, Skinny Puppy quickly became his primary musical outlet following a record deal with Nettwerk Records in 1984.

Additional musicians

Dwayne Goettel – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5)
Dave Ogilvie – guitar and tapes (1, 5), engineering, mixing
Lee Salford – percussion (2, 5)
Lisa – vocals (4)
Nivek Ogre – vocals (5)

Dwayne Rudolph Goettel was a Canadian electronic musician, best known for his work in the industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Starting his career playing for a variety of acts around Edmonton, he joined Skinny Puppy in 1986 following the departure of keyboardist Bill Leeb. A classically trained pianist, he helped to broaden Skinny Puppy's sound with his extensive knowledge of equipment and sampling. He assisted bandmate cEvin Key on a number of side projects such as The Tear Garden and Doubting Thomas, and helped form the experimental electronic group Download. He also created the independent record label Subconscious Communications with friend and colleague Phil Western as a means to release his solo work.

Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer, mixer, and musician. He is best known as a producer/mixer/re-mixer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Severed Heads, The Birthday Massacre, Marilyn Manson, Jakalope, Killing Joke, Einstürzende Neubauten, KMFDM, 16Volt, Pop Will Eat Itself, Left Spine Down, Raggedy Angry and Johnny Hollow.

Nivek Ogre is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin and was produced by another Ogilvie, Ogre's alias was practical as well as theatrical. Since 1982, he has served as Skinny Puppy's primary lyricist and vocalist, occasionally providing instrumentation and samples. Ogre's charismatic personality, guttural vocals and use of costumes, props, and fake blood on stage helped to expand Skinny Puppy's fanbase and has inspired numerous other musicians.

Technical personnel

Steven R. Gilmore – artwork
Greg Sykes – typography

Steven R. Gilmore is an artist and graphic designer most known for his work on album cover design, particularly his role as in-house artist for Nettwerk Records for much of the 1980s and 1990s. He has designed record album sleeves for Skinny Puppy, Nickelback, A Perfect Circle, BT, Machines of Loving Grace, Two Steps from Hell and many others. Gilmore also created the promotional materials for films such as The Dark Knight, 300, Watchmen and The Lord of the Rings.

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References

1 2 Carruthers, Sean. "Tired Eyes Slowly Burning - The Tear Garden". allmusic.com. AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2018.
1 2 Muretich, James (January 23, 1988). "The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Nettwerk)". Calgary Herald : B6.
1 2 Harrison, Tom (January 31, 1988). "The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Nettwerk)". The Province : 73.
↑ "Tired Eyes Slowly Burning Discogs entry (includes liner notes)". discogs.com. Discogs . Retrieved January 24, 2018.

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[allmusic1-1] 1 2 Carruthers, Sean. "Tired Eyes Slowly Burning - The Tear Garden". allmusic.com. AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[Muretich-2] 1 2 Muretich, James (January 23, 1988). "The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Nettwerk)". Calgary Herald : B6.

[Harrison-3] 1 2 Harrison, Tom (January 31, 1988). "The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Nettwerk)". The Province : 73.

[discogs1-4] "Tired Eyes Slowly Burning Discogs entry (includes liner notes)". discogs.com. Discogs . Retrieved January 24, 2018.