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A Perfect Mystery
Legendary Pink Dots
A Perfect Mystery
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock
 
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Power. The unutterable lust for power. How would it be if there was no shame attached to this trait? A belief in yourself as puppet master, shaping lives, moulding a world together that fits you like a glove; ultimately...  more »

     
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All Artists: Legendary Pink Dots
Title: A Perfect Mystery
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Caciocavallo
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 9/19/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock
Style: Goth & Industrial
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 753907331127

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Power. The unutterable lust for power. How would it be if there was no shame attached to this trait? A belief in yourself as puppet master, shaping lives, moulding a world together that fits you like a glove; ultimately the certainty that only you exist and everyone and everything around you is merely a pliable illusion. The universe can only tolerate so much madness, and as the lust grew, he faded. And nobody forgave or honoured him for his actions because they couldn't remember his name or his face. Deeds, events slipped into history, into mythology, into stories to scare children with, into nursery rhymes of which nobody could decipher the meanings.... Into almost nothing. Almost. And him? Didn't he simply get what he wanted? The last doubts cast aside, a confirmation that only he existed in an empty universe that he had to fill? To fill, but with what? Still the shapes haunted him because they came unbidden, and they slipped away before he could catch them and give them substance. His substance. And still the voices haunted him, because they were not HIS voices yet they were somehow familiar. However, familiarity could never fit in this One-dimension. And he tried to think of nothing, and he applied himself with patience. And he almost succeeded. Almost.

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CD Reviews

One of the Dots' best releases...
B. Snavely | San Diego, CA, USA | 08/27/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is a real treat for fans of this band. Although a couple of these songs have that heartwarmingly silly-quirky-melancholic feel Dots fans know and love, many of these songs are heavier, quite thematic and full. The underbelly throbs while the details percolate to the surface gradually (especially in tracks like "pain bubbles," "lent," and "when I'm with you").



One of the best aspects of this album, as compared to other Legendary Pink Dots releases, is the fullness and the layering of the mix. The engineering and mixing is top notch, and in my opinion this is something the Dots have occasionally struggled with in the past. This disc sounds musically "fuller" than virtually any other Dots release I've heard (I own about seven of their albums).



If you already enjoy the Dots, you'll probably love this album. If you're new to the Dots, this isn't a *bad* place to start necessarily, and you may also want to look into the Canta Mientras Puedas collection which is quite good as it is a retrospective from 1990-1995, one of their coolest and most productive periods."