Horse Rotorvator is the second LP released by the British

United Kingdom

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 industrial

Industrial music

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 group Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

. It was named one of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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 who ranked it 73rd.

Editions

It was initially released in 1986 by Force And Form, K.422 and Some Bizzare

Some Bizzare Records

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 (UK

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), Relativity Records (U.S.

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), Les Disques Du Soleil et de l'Acier (France

France

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) and Record Vox (Germany

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). Its UK edition was frequently reissued on CD by Some Bizarre without the band's permission, leading the band to self-release a remastered CD edition of the album in 2001, with the protest, "Stevø, Pay Us What You Owe Us!", printed in large text on the cover and also on the spine.

Although Coil did officially release this album on cassette, it was once again pirated in cassette form by both Stable Records and ArsNova Records which hail from Russia

Russia

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.

The song "Who by Fire" was written by Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

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, originally appearing on his album New Skin for the Old Ceremony

New Skin for the Old Ceremony

New Skin for the Old Ceremony is Leonard Cohen's fourth studio album. On this album, he begins to evolve away from the rawer sound of his earlier albums, with violas, mandolins, banjos, guitars, percussion and other instruments giving the album a more orchestrated sound...

.

LP Release

Side A:

1. "The Anal Staircase"
2. "Slur"
3. "Babylero"
4. "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)"
5. "Herald"
6. "Penetralia"

Side B:

1. "Circles of Mania"
2. "Blood From the Air"
3. "Who by Fire"
4. "The Golden Section"
5. "The First Five Minutes After Death"

Cassette Release

Side A:

1. "The Anal Staircase"
2. "Silk"
3. "Babylero"
4. "Ostia"
5. "Acapulco March"
6. "Penetralia"
7. "Ravenous"

Side B:

1. "Circles of Mania"
2. "Blood From the Air"
3. "Who by Fire"
4. "The Golden Section"
5. "The First Five Minutes After Death"
6. "The Anal Staircase (A Dionysian remix)"

This is the listing for the 1987 cassette release on Relativity in the U.S. "Silk" and "Acapulco March" are the working titles for "Slur" and "Herald," respectively (taken from a pre-release demo tape). "Ravenous" and "(A Dionysian Remix)" are from The Anal Staircase

The Anal Staircase

The Anal Staircase is a 12" single by the British group Coil, released in 1986. The single introduced Stephen Thrower as part of Coil. Thrower would then return for the album Horse Rotorvator and would remain a member for many years, his last appearance being on Stolen and Contaminated Songs in 1992...

12" single, and are not listed on the tape card.

CD Release (ROTA CD1 version)

1. "The Anal Staircase" - 4:10
2. "Slur" - 3:30
3. "Babylero" - 0:51
4. "Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)" - 6:23
5. "Herald" - 1:03
6. "Penetralia" - 6:10
7. "Ravenous" - 3:26
8. "Circles Of Mania" - 5:01
9. "Blood From the Air" - 5:32
10. "Who by Fire" - 2:37
11. "The Golden Section" - 5:50
12. "The First Five Minutes After Death" - 4:45

Different releases of the CD have "Ravenous" as Track 12 instead of 7. Sometimes the listing on the cover and the actual running order differ as a result (for example, one ROTA 1 copy lists the tracks in the above order, but actually has "Ravenous" as Track 12).