Love's Secret Domain is the third album by 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...

 and was released in 1991. The album marked a departure from the brooding synthesizers and melodies of their first two albums, focusing more on acid house

Acid house

Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...

 sampling

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

. The singles released from the album were "Windowpane

Windowpane (album)

Windowpane was a single released by the band Coil in 1990. It was released on 12" vinyl and CD. A video was created by Peter Christopherson for this song. "Windowpane" appears here truncated, missing the backwards vocals as they appear on the end of the song on Love's Secret Domain. The "Astral...

" and "The Snow

The Snow

The Snow is a track by the British group Coil, available on the album Love's Secret Domain and also released as a 12" vinyl, cassette and CD EP. A music video of "The Snow " was directed by Peter Christopherson....

". Guest vocalists include Marc Almond

Marc Almond

Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...

 on "Titan Arch" and Annie Anxiety on "Things Happen".

The end bit on "Windowpane" is reversed lyrics "Gold is the sky in concentrate...".

A working title for the album was The Side Effects of Life.

Love's Secret Domain was later remastered by Thighpaulsandra

Thighpaulsandra

Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...

 with slightly different track lengths. The album is currently available for purchasing in AAC

Advanced Audio Coding

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, MP3

MP3

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, and FLAC

FLAC

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 formats at Coil's official website.

The song "Disco Hospital" was covered by Matmos

Matmos

Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances, including...

 on their EP

Extended play

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 California Rhinoplasty

California Rhinoplasty

"California Rhinoplasty" is the name of a song and EP by Matmos. The song is originally found on the 2001 album A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure...

.

Lyrics of the song "Love's Secret Domain" borrow from the song "In Dreams

In Dreams (song)

Recorded in Monument's Nashville studios in early 1963, "In Dreams" peaked at number 7 on Billboards Hot 100 and spent 13 weeks on the charts in the U.S. During the five months the song was on the charts, Orbison replaced guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of England. He was immensely popular in...

": "In dreams I walk with you / In dreams I talk to you / In dreams you're mine / All the time." Lyrics are also culled from The Sick Rose

The Sick Rose

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 by William Blake

William Blake

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...

, specifically, "O rose, thou art sick".

The cover features a painting by Steven Stapleton originally created on an outhouse door.

12" Vinyl

Side A:

1. "Disco Hospital" – 2:17
2. "Teenage Lightning" – 4:29
3. "Windowpane" – 5:58
4. "The Snow
   The Snow
   The Snow is a track by the British group Coil, available on the album Love's Secret Domain and also released as a 12" vinyl, cassette and CD EP. A music video of "The Snow " was directed by Peter Christopherson....
   
   " – 3:55
5. "Dark River" – 6:27

Side B:

1. "Further Back and Faster" – 7:54
2. "Titan Arch" – 5:02
3. "Chaostrophy" – 5:37
4. "Love's Secret Domain" – 3:52

CD

1. "Disco Hospital" – 2:18
2. "Teenage Lightning 1" – 1:49
3. "Things Happen" – 4:22
4. "The Snow" – 6:41
5. "Dark River" – 6:27
6. "Where Even the Darkness Is Something to See" – 3:05
7. "Teenage Lightning 2" – 5:09
8. "Windowpane" – 6:11
9. "Further Back and Faster" – 7:55
10. "Titan Arch" – 5:02
11. "Chaostrophy" – 5:37
12. "Lorca Not Orca" – 2:04
13. "Love's Secret Domain" – 3:52

• "Teenage Lightning" from the original LP became "Teenage Lightning 2" on CD.