Gothic Erotica

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*100 Songs Of Darkness & Torture*


Label: Dressed To Kill - Catalog #: REDTK101
Note: #4 is incorrectly listed as "Spellbound" by Inkubus Sukkubus.
Track 10 is not by The Sisters of Mercy.

Label: Dressed To Kill - Catalog #: REDTK101
Note: #3 incorrectly listed as "Pictures On My Wall" by Echo & The Bunnymen

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-08 19:07 UTC.

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Torture Day
The Notwist5:05
2Femme Fatale
Nico3:18
3Ecstasy & Vendetta
Sex Gang Children4:20
4Stinkfist
recording of:
Stinkfist
lyricist:
Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin
composer:
Clint Ruin
Lydia Lunch6:56
5Stars Don't Shine Without You
recording of:
Stars Don’t Shine Without You
lyricist:
Wayne Hussey
composer:
Mick Brown (British drummer of the gothic rock band The Mission), Rik Carter (British composer/multi-instrumentalist), Wayne Hussey and Mark Thwaite
The Mission14:58
6Swallow Me (radio edit)
Dominator4:02
7Class of '69Alien Sex Fiend6:34
8Spanner Badge
recording of:
Spanner Badge
composer:
Electric Sex Circus
Electric Sex Circus2:59
9Lizzy Gone Bad
Blood Red Dogs3:03
10Sweet Rain
Gene Loves Jezebel4:29
11Plague Bones
Scarehead3:30
12Red or Dead
The Morgans3:28
13The Nascent Virion
Christian Death5:19
14Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth
Specimen5:09
15The Pleasure Is Pain
The Dark3:44
16Cock in My Pocket
The Stooges3:33
17Torture Me
recording of:
Torture Me
writer:
Captain Sensible, Paul Gray (of Eddie & The Hotrods / The Damned), Rat Scabies and Dave Vanian
The Damned1:26
2CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boys
bass:
David J (gothic rock)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Haskins
guitar:
Daniel Ash
vocals:
Peter Murphy (UK singer & musician)
recording of:
Boys
writer:
Daniel Ash, David John Haskins (gothic rock), Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy (UK singer & musician)
Bauhaus3:12
2Baby I Wonder
recording of:
Baby I Wonder
composer:
Rita Lynch
Rita Lynch3:41
3Psychotic Louie Louie
39 Clocks3:00
4Free Money
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Clifdayn Ltd.
cover recording of:
Free Money
lyricist:
Patti Smith
composer:
Lenny Kaye
publisher:
Logo Songs Ltd.
Penetration3:31
5Legacy
Furyo4:42
6This House Is a House of Trouble
performer:
Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)
Sally Timms & Marc Almond7:08
7She Cries Alone
recording of:
Alone She Cries
writer:
Skeletal Family
Skeletal Family5:18
8Heart Full of Soul
cover recording of:
Heart Full of Soul
lyricist and composer:
Graham Gouldman
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Man-Ken Music Ltd.
Ghost Dance2:26
9Palestine
Swarf Sisters4:06
10Final Epitaph
Play Dead4:13
11Mind Disease
Ritual2:53
12Kicking Up the Sawdust
Bone Orchard5:12
13Morbid Silence
Sunglasses After Dark4:06
14Seraphin Twin
Into a Circle4:01
15Uniforms
Drill5:37
16Horror House
Psychic TV6:10
3CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Beating My Head
recording of:
Beating My Head
lyricist and composer:
Chris Reed (of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry33:17
2Peasant in the Big ShittyThe Stranglers3:14
3The Skinny Head Fuck
Creaming Jesus2:59
4Crucifixion
recording of:
Crucifixion
composer:
Actifed
Actifed4:21
5Death of a Friend
The Marionettes4:28
6Karren Brady (More Trouble)
Slug Bait4:06
7Simon Says
Lucyfix4:45
8Sex Hangover
Baptism4:33
9House of Come
Die Lady Di4:00
10Essence
The March Violets5:08
11Judgement Hymn
engineer:
Jeremy Green
producer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite)
bass guitar [bass]:
Stan Stammers
clarinet and saxophone [sax]:
John (Boy) Lennard (Theatre of Hate musician)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Luke Rendle
guitar:
Kirk Brandon
vocals:
Kirk Brandon
Theatre of Hate5:26
12The Correction of Jennifer
Band of Pain4:15
13Carnival of the Gullible
In Excelsis3:48
14Harry the Babysitter
recording of:
Harry the Babysitter
composer:
The Bomb Party
The Bomb Party2:34
15Last Years Wife
Zero le Crêche43:53
16Screaming in the Darkness
Pauline Murray3:38
17Creatures of the Night
recording of:
Creatures of the Night
writer:
Tony McCormack and Mal Page
recording of:
Night Creatures
composer:
Tony McCormack
Screaming Dead4:02
4CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Because the Night
cover recording of:
Because the Night
publisher:
Bruce Springsteen and Bruce Springsteen (in 1975)
lyricist:
Patti Smith (in 1977) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1977)
composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1977)
publisher:
Bruce Springsteen Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Beki Bondage3:34
2Bela Lugosi's Dead
cover recording of:
Bela Lugosi’s Dead
writer:
Daniel Ash, David John Haskins (gothic rock), Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy (UK singer & musician)
The Electric Hellfire Club5:01
3In the Flat Field
cover recording of:
In the Flat Field
writer:
Daniel Ash, David John Haskins (gothic rock), Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy (UK singer & musician)
This Ascension4:08
4Lizzy Gone Bad
Blood Red Dogs3:03
5Skin
cover recording of:
Skin
lyricist:
Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion)
composer:
Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion)
sin4:02
6S & M (T.V. edit)
Dominator4:19
7Judgement Day
engineer:
Chris Nagle
producer:
Steve Hopkins (The Invisible Girls, Smudeboy) and Martin Hannett
bass:
Robert Blamire (in 1980-07)
drums (drum set):
John Maher (in 1980-07)
guitar:
Vini Reilly (in 1980-07) and Dave Rowbotham (in 1980-07)
keyboard:
Steve Hopkins (The Invisible Girls, Smudeboy) (in 1980-07)
percussion:
Dave Hassell (British drummer/percussionist) (in 1980-07)
vocals:
Pauline Murray (in 1980-07)
arranger:
Steve Hopkins (The Invisible Girls, Smudeboy) and Martin Hannett
recorded at:
Strawberry Studios in Stockport (in 1980-07)
recording of:
Judgement Day (in 1980-07)
lyricist:
Pauline Murray
writer:
Robert Blamire and Pauline Murray
Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls4:27
8Say
Morgans3:22
9Me the Silent Daughter
Dust3:13
10Temple of Love
cover recording of:
Temple of Love
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Eldritch
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
The Sisters4:46
11Burning Skulls
bass guitar:
Harry Howard
drums (drum set):
Jim Sclavunos
guitar family:
Link Benka (Link "Wreckage" Benka) and Rowland S. Howard (Australian rock musician)
lead vocals:
Lydia Lunch
recorded at:
Paradiso in Amsterdam (on 1991-11-29)
live recording of:
Burning Skulls (on 1991-11-29)
additional lyricist:
Lydia Lunch
lyricist:
Jeremy Gluck
composer:
Mark Taylor (Wrote "Burning Skulls")
Lydia Lunch6:54
12Mother
Scarehead4:09
13Hole in Me
Lucyfix4:02
14She Is the Slave
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster (in 1979-03)
live recording of:
She Is the Slave (in 1979-03)
writer:
Robert Blamire and Pauline Murray
publisher:
Andrew Heath Music Ltd. and Quarry Music
recording of:
She Is the Slave
writer:
Robert Blamire and Pauline Murray
publisher:
Andrew Heath Music Ltd. and Quarry Music
Penetration1:51
15Luminous
Brix Smith3:36
16Janitor of Lunacy
Nico4:27
17Feather on the Breath of God
Swarf Sisters3:36
5CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Space Oddity
cover recording of:
Space Oddity
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
Brix Smith4:40
2Wrong Side of Town
Blood Red Dogs3:24
3Vampire
Arthur Brown3:04
4For I Have Sinned
Band of Pain3:05
5The Alter
bass guitar:
Dracul*
drum machine and drums (drum set):
sexmachine
guitar and background vocals:
Marc Hoyland (English musician) and Louis Holloway
keyboard:
Dracul* and Marc Hoyland (English musician)
lead vocals:
Louis Holloway
13 Candles3:51
6Relics
Every New Dead Ghost4:05
7Laid to Rest, Part 3
Pessary4:19
8Horror House
Psychic TV6:10
9Tell Me What You Taste
Le Fay3:38
10Baby I Wonder
recording of:
Baby I Wonder
composer:
Rita Lynch
Rita Lynch3:41
11Real Talk Shit
Drill4:38
12Love is a Ghost
engineer:
Jeremy Green
producer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite)
bass guitar [bass]:
Stan Stammers
clarinet and saxophone [sax]:
John (Boy) Lennard (Theatre of Hate musician)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Luke Rendle
guitar:
Kirk Brandon
vocals:
Kirk Brandon
Theatre of Hate3:32
13Sickness
The Marionettes4:27
14Final Epitaph
Play Dead4:11
15Lickin Ma Bone
Alien Sex Fiend3:46
16Reptile
producer:
Bryan “Chuck” New (Engineer/ Producer)
recording of:
Reptile
composer:
Creaming Jesus
Creaming Jesus43:50
17New Roses
Die Lady Di1:24
6CD

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copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Dressed to Kill (in 1998)