Dream Home Heartache
Encyclopedia
Dream Home Heartache is an experimental
dark cabaret
collaboration album featuring Rozz Williams
and Gitane Demone
, both former members of Christian Death
. It was released in late 1995 by Triple X Records
after being recorded between March 28 and April 5, 1995 in the Netherlands
. Williams and Demone toured Europe and North America in support of the album, provoking a riot in Mexico City
when fans were unable to enter the sold-out venue. The album is named after the Roxy Music
song "In Every Dream Home a Heartache
", a cover of which is the first and last track. The album features synthesisers, pianos
and accordion
s, with cabaret
-influenced (at times nearly a cappella
) vocals.
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
dark cabaret
Dark Cabaret
Dark cabaret may be a simple description of the theme and mood of a cabaret performance, but more recently has come to define a particular musical genre which draws on the aesthetics of the decadent, risqué German Weimar-era cabarets, burlesque and vaudeville shows with the stylings of post-1970s...
collaboration album featuring Rozz Williams
Rozz Williams
Rozz Williams was an American vocalist and musician of several varieties, most famous for fronting the band Christian Death, then later Shadow Project with musician Eva O, though his main project throughout his career was the industrial, Premature Ejaculation...
and Gitane Demone
Gitane Demone
Gitane Demone is a singer and musician. She was a member of Christian Death in the 1980s, and is currently a solo artist.-Pompeii 99 and Christian Death:...
, both former members of Christian Death
Christian Death
Christian Death is an American deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band was founded and fronted by Rozz Williams. Christian Death is most notable for their first album Only Theatre of Pain....
. It was released in late 1995 by Triple X Records
Triple X Records
Triple X Records is a Los Angeles based record company. They are the label for bands such as Bo Diddley, The Vandals, Jane's Addiction, Social Distortion, Human Drama, Of Cabbages And Kings, Angry Samoans, Bad Manners, Stephen Pearcy, Dr...
after being recorded between March 28 and April 5, 1995 in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Williams and Demone toured Europe and North America in support of the album, provoking a riot in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
when fans were unable to enter the sold-out venue. The album is named after the Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...
song "In Every Dream Home a Heartache
In Every Dream Home A Heartache
"In Every Dream Home a Heartache" is a song written by Bryan Ferry, originally appearing on his band Roxy Music's second album.Lyrically, the song is a sinister monologue, part critique of the emptiness of opulence, partly a love song to an inflatable doll. Musically this is complemented by a...
", a cover of which is the first and last track. The album features synthesisers, pianos
Pianos
Pianos is a two-story bar/restaurant/live music venue in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan at 158 Ludlow Street.Its stage attracts local and national alternative rock groups as well as DJs, though a more typical performance consists of smaller name local and touring acts...
and accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
s, with cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
-influenced (at times nearly a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
) vocals.
Track listing
| Track | Song | Writer | Length | Notes |
| 1 | "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" | Ferry Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in... |
7:33 | Cover of Roxy Music Roxy Music Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson... 's song of the same name In Every Dream Home A Heartache "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" is a song written by Bryan Ferry, originally appearing on his band Roxy Music's second album.Lyrically, the song is a sinister monologue, part critique of the emptiness of opulence, partly a love song to an inflatable doll. Musically this is complemented by a... |
| 2 | "These Vulnerable Eyes" | Demone, Rekvelt | 3:46 | |
| 3 | "The Pope's Egg Hat" | Rekfelt, Williams | 5:11 | |
| 4 | "Manic Depression" | Hendrix Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter... |
6:03 | Cover of Jimi Hendrix's song of the same name Manic Depression (song) "Manic Depression" is a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix and first released in 1967 on the Are You Experienced album.-Overview:The song's name is an old name for bipolar disorder, a mental health disorder... |
| 5 | "Flowers" | Williams | 6:07 | Featured on Projekt Records Projekt Records This is the article for the record label. You might be looking for Pro-jekt, ProjeKct, Project Pitchfork, or Projekt RevolutionProjekt is a Brooklyn, New York-based independent record label specializing in gothic rock, ambient, ethereal, darkwave, shoegaze, dream-pop, and dark cabaret created by... ' A Dark Cabaret A Dark Cabaret -Track listing:#The Dresden Dolls – "Coin-Operated Boy" – 4:46#Revue Noir – "Sometimes, Sunshine" – 3:54#Jill Tracy – "Evil Night Together" – 4:33#Katzenjammer Kabarett – "Gemini Girly Song" – 4:28... |
| 6 | "A World Apart" | Gaumer, Rekvelt, Williams | 3:48 | |
| 7 | "Moon Without a Tear" | Demone | 2:32 | |
| 8 | "In Every Dream Home a Heatache (Reprise)" | Ferry | 2:31 | Cover of Roxy Music's song of the same same |