Track Listing 1. Idumea - Current 93 & Marc Almond 2. Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina) 3. Black Ships In The Sky 4. Then Kill Caesar 5. Idumea - Current 93 & Bonnie Prince Billy 6. This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich 7. Dissolution Of The Boat Millions Of Years 8. Idumea - Current 93 & Baby Dee 9. Bind Your Tortoise Mouth 10. Idumea - Current 93 & Antony 11. Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven 12. Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer) 13. Idumea - Current 93 & Clodagh Simonds 14. Black Ships Were Sinking/Idumea - Current 93 & Cosey Fanni Tutti 15. Beautiful Dancing Dust - Current 93 & Antony 16. Idumea - Current 93 & Pantaleimon 17. Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbour) 18. Idumea 19. Black Ships Ate The Sky 20. Why Caesar Is Burning (part 2) 21. Idumea - Current 93 & Shirley Collins
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | SRD | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Personnel include: Marc Almond.
Editorial Reviews [T]he songs are complexly layered, challenging the listener to fathom their depths, shadows and shadings. The Wire
3 stars out of 5 -- Visionary whimsy and an aura of genuinely spooky menace aside, BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY is largely notable for its impeccable guests...Magnet (p.93) - Dissertation-worthy references to almost every religion and mystic tradition, plus nursery rhymes, world history, Kafka, sci-fi and the bluesThe Wire (p.53) - [T]he songs are complexly layered, challenging the listener to fathom their depths, shadows and shadings.Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- [A] dark veil of strings encircle the skipping, six-string mantras, a perfectly elegant platform for David Tibet's astonishing, conviction-filled disquisitions. Q
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