- electronic, experimental
- 16 tracks
- Threshold House
Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) is the third album released by Coil. It was released in 1987. It is not a proper follow-up to 1986's Horse Rotorvator but more a collection of outtakes and demos from the Scatology, Horse Rotorvator and Hellraiser soundtrack sessions.
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Character-led, grave, spare and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- A1The Last Rites of Spring
- A2Paradisiac
- A3Thump
- A4For Us They Will
- A5The Broken Wheel
- A6Boy in a Suitcase
- A7Golden Hole
- B1Cardinal Points
- B2Red Slur
- B3…Of Free Enterprise
- B4Aqua Regalia
- B5Metal in the Head
- B6Either His, or Yours
- B7Chickenskin
- B8Soundtrap
- B9The First Five Minutes After Violent Death
About the album
- Artist
- Coil
- Label
- Threshold House
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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