Plague Songs
Plague Songs is an album of songs about the ten Plagues of Egypt described in the Book of Exodus performed by various artists.
| Plague Songs | |
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| Compilation album by various artists | |
| Released | 2 October 2006 |
| Recorded | 2006 |
| Label | 4AD |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Independent | [2] |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| The Sunday Times | [3] |
The songs were originally commissioned by the British arts organisation Artangel for its project The Margate Exodus, which centres on a one-day event that took place in Margate on 30 September 2006.[4][5]
The 4AD release gathers together the ten original recordings, presented in Biblical plague order.
Track listing
- "Blood" - Klashnekoff (The Plague of Blood)
- "Relate the Tale" - King Creosote (The Plague of Frogs)
- "The Meaning of Lice" - Stephin Merritt (The Plague of Lice)
- "Flies" - Brian Eno & Robert Wyatt (The Plague of Flies)
- "The Fifth Plague" - Laurie Anderson (The Death of Livestock)
- "Boils" - Cody ChesnuTT (The Plague of Boils)
- "Hailstones" - The Tiger Lillies (The Plague of Hail)
- "Glittering Cloud" - Imogen Heap (The Plague of Locusts)
- "Darkness" - Scott Walker (The Plague of Darkness)
- "Katonah" - Rufus Wainwright (The Death of the Firstborn)
References
- allmusic review
- The Independent review
- The Sunday Times review
- "Plague Songs & The Margate Exodus". 4AD. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2006.
- "The Margate Exodus: About". Archived from the original on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2006.
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