Stolen & Contaminated Songs was the first of two albums recorded and produced by the band 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...

 in 1992. This CD includes outtakes and unreleased songs from Love's Secret Domain

Love's Secret Domain

Love's Secret Domain is the third album by Coil 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 sampling. The singles released from the album were "Windowpane" and "The Snow"...

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The first edition (LOCI4) had a different cover and came without info of any kind, except for a small numbered flyer stating "This is stolen and contaminated songs". Some copies have a paper sticker on the back of the CD jewel box with the band name, album title (with "1991 e.v." underneath), track list, an address for World Serpent Distribution

World Serpent Distribution

World Serpent Distribution was a British record label and music distribution house formed in the 1990s by David Gibson, Alan Trench and Alison Webster...

 and a UPC

Universal Product Code

The Universal Product Code is a barcode symbology , that is widely used in North America, and in countries including the UK, Australia, and New Zealand for tracking trade items in stores. Its most common form, the UPC-A, consists of 12 numerical digits, which are uniquely assigned to each trade item...

 bar code. The later release changed the titles of all of the songs from this edition, albeit with some only having different punctuation.

Although track one is listed as "Futher" its actual title is supposed to be "Further", as the track is a variation on "Further Back and Faster" from the Love's Secret Domain sister album.

After the final track there is a short period of silence before a hidden piece, which consists of electronically distorted voices.

An alternate version of "Who'll Fall?" was released as "Is Suicide a Solution?" on the single Airborne Bells/Is Suicide A Solution?

Airborne Bells/Is Suicide A Solution?

"Airborne Bells"/"Is Suicide A Solution?" is a 7" vinyl single by Coil released in an edition believed to be between 1250 and 1400 copies...

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This album is currently available in AAC, MP3 and FLAC formats from Coil's official website, Thresholdhouse.com.

Track listing

Original titles are in (italics and parentheses) after the relevant songs.

1. "Futher" ("As It Really Is") – 4:21
2. "Original Chaostrophy" ("Chaos") – 1:52
3. "Who'll Tell?" ("Who'll Tell") – 3:13
4. "Omlagus Garfungiloops" ("Exploding Frogs") – 4:24
5. "Inkling" ("In the Lost Kingdom") – 3:03
6. "Love's Secret Domain (Original Mix)" ("Love's Secret Domain (Demo)") – 3:57
7. "Nasa-Arab" ("Nasa-Arab (Live)") – 10:59
8. "Who'll Fall?" ("Who'll Fall") – 5:31
9. "The Original Wild Garlic Memory" ("Original Scot Song") – 7:00
10. "Wrim Wram Wrom" ("Wrim-Wram-Wrom") – 3:13
11. "Corybantic Ennui" ("Oboe Cop") – 0:42
12. "Her Friends the Wolves....." ("Her Friends the Wolves") – 10:58
13. "Light Shining Darkly" ("Dark Nova") – 2:45