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.

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Torture Day	The Notwist		5:05
2	Femme Fatale	Nico		3:18
3	Ecstasy & Vendetta	Sex Gang Children		4:20
4	Stinkfist recording of: Stinkfist lyricist: Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin composer: Clint Ruin	Lydia Lunch		6:56
5	Stars 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 Mission	1	4:58
6	Swallow Me (radio edit)	Dominator		4:02
7	Class of '69 bass, piano and strings: Mrs Fiend guitar family: Doc Milton membranophone and percussion: Rat Fink (Andy Wilson) vocals: Nik Fiend recording of: Class of '69 composer: Christine Wade and Nikolas Wade	Alien Sex Fiend		6:34
8	Spanner Badge recording of: Spanner Badge composer: Electric Sex Circus	Electric Sex Circus		2:59
9	Lizzy Gone Bad	Blood Red Dogs		3:03
10	Sweet Rain	Gene Loves Jezebel		4:29
11	Plague Bones	Scarehead		3:30
12	Red or Dead	The Morgans		3:28
13	The Nascent Virion	Christian Death		5:19
14	Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth	Specimen		5:09
15	The Pleasure Is Pain	The Dark		3:44
16	Cock in My Pocket	The Stooges		3:33
17	Torture Me recording of: Torture Me writer: Captain Sensible, Paul Gray (of Eddie & The Hotrods / The Damned), Rat Scabies and Dave Vanian	The Damned		1:26

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Boys 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)	Bauhaus		3:12
2	Baby I Wonder recording of: Baby I Wonder composer: Rita Lynch	Rita Lynch		3:41
3	Psychotic Louie Louie	39 Clocks		3:00
4	Free Money phonographic copyright (℗) by: Clifdayn Ltd. cover recording of: Free Money lyricist: Patti Smith composer: Lenny Kaye publisher: Logo Songs Ltd.	Penetration		3:31
5	Legacy	Furyo		4:42
6	This House Is a House of Trouble performer: Marc Almond (English pop singer and songwriter)	Sally Timms & Marc Almond		7:08
7	She Cries Alone recording of: Alone She Cries writer: Skeletal Family	Skeletal Family		5:18
8	Heart 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 Dance		2:26
9	Palestine	Swarf Sisters		4:06
10	Final Epitaph	Play Dead		4:13
11	Mind Disease	Ritual		2:53
12	Kicking Up the Sawdust	Bone Orchard		5:12
13	Morbid Silence	Sunglasses After Dark		4:06
14	Seraphin Twin	Into a Circle		4:01
15	Uniforms	Drill		5:37
16	Horror House	Psychic TV		6:10

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Beating My Head recording of: Beating My Head lyricist and composer: Chris Reed (of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry)	Red Lorry Yellow Lorry	3	3:17
2	Peasant in the Big Shitty recording of: Peasant in the Big Shitty writer: Brian Duffy (UK drummer Brian Duffy, member of The Stranglers), Jean‐Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell (English rock musician) and Dave Greenfield publisher: Albion Music Ltd., April Music Ltd., Complete Music Ltd., Musik-Edition Discoton and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.	The Stranglers		3:14
3	The Skinny Head Fuck	Creaming Jesus		2:59
4	Crucifixion recording of: Crucifixion composer: Actifed	Actifed		4:21
5	Death of a Friend	The Marionettes		4:28
6	Karren Brady (More Trouble)	Slug Bait		4:06
7	Simon Says	Lucyfix		4:45
8	Sex Hangover	Baptism		4:33
9	House of Come	Die Lady Di		4:00
10	Essence	The March Violets		5:08
11	Judgement 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 Hate		5:26
12	The Correction of Jennifer	Band of Pain		4:15
13	Carnival of the Gullible	In Excelsis		3:48
14	Harry the Babysitter recording of: Harry the Babysitter composer: The Bomb Party	The Bomb Party		2:34
15	Last Years Wife	Zero le Crêche	4	3:53
16	Screaming in the Darkness	Pauline Murray		3:38
17	Creatures of the Night recording of: Creatures of the Night writer: Tony McCormack and Mal Page recording of: Night Creatures composer: Tony McCormack	Screaming Dead		4:02

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Because 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 Bondage		3:34
2	Bela 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 Club		5:01
3	In 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 Ascension		4:08
4	Lizzy Gone Bad	Blood Red Dogs		3:03
5	Skin cover recording of: Skin lyricist: Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion) composer: Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion)	sin		4:02
6	S & M (T.V. edit)	Dominator		4:19
7	Judgement 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 Girls		4:27
8	Say	Morgans		3:22
9	Me the Silent Daughter	Dust		3:13
10	Temple 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 Sisters		4:46
11	Burning 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 Lunch		6:54
12	Mother	Scarehead		4:09
13	Hole in Me	Lucyfix		4:02
14	She 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	Penetration		1:51
15	Luminous	Brix Smith		3:36
16	Janitor of Lunacy	Nico		4:27
17	Feather on the Breath of God	Swarf Sisters		3:36

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Space 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 Smith		4:40
2	Wrong Side of Town	Blood Red Dogs		3:24
3	Vampire	Arthur Brown		3:04
4	For I Have Sinned	Band of Pain		3:05
5	The 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 Candles		3:51
6	Relics	Every New Dead Ghost		4:05
7	Laid to Rest, Part 3	Pessary		4:19
8	Horror House	Psychic TV		6:10
9	Tell Me What You Taste	Le Fay		3:38
10	Baby I Wonder recording of: Baby I Wonder composer: Rita Lynch	Rita Lynch		3:41
11	Real Talk Shit	Drill		4:38
12	Love 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 Hate		3:32
13	Sickness	The Marionettes		4:27
14	Final Epitaph	Play Dead		4:11
15	Lickin Ma Bone	Alien Sex Fiend		3:46
16	Reptile producer: Bryan “Chuck” New (Engineer/ Producer) recording of: Reptile composer: Creaming Jesus	Creaming Jesus	4	3:50
17	New Roses	Die Lady Di		1:24

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