Blood (This Mortal Coil album)
Blood is the third and final album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was boss and president at the time. The double album was released in April 1991, and was the second release on 4AD to utilize the double album-identifier "DAD" prefix in its catalog number.
| Blood | ||||
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| Studio album by This Mortal Coil | ||||
| Released | 22 April 1991 | |||
| Recorded | Blackwing Studios, Palladium Studios | |||
| Length | 76:15 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| Producer | John Fryer and Ivo Watts-Russell | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10 |
| Select | 4/5 |
Blood was the final LP in the project's history, although Watts-Russell collaborated again with two TMC performers on his next project, The Hope Blister, in 1998. A remastered and repackaged CD edition of Blood was issued with the complete This Mortal Coil recordings in a self-titled box set, released in late November 2011. The CD was released individually shortly thereafter.
In 2013, NME ranked the album at number 493 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.