A Perfect Mystery

A Perfect Mystery is an album by the Legendary Pink Dots, released in 2000.[4][5]

A Perfect Mystery
Studio album by
The Legendary Pink Dots
Released2000
Genre
LabelCaciocavallo Records/Soleilmoon Recordings[2]
ProducerThe Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots chronology
Nemesis Online
(1998)		 A Perfect Mystery
(2000)		 All the King's Horses
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Production

The band tried a different method to recording on A Perfect Mystery, working on the songs together in the studio instead of constructing them from ideas already developed by individual members.[6][7]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that the album "finds the Dots in good form, combining contemporary electronics with '70s jazz-rock touches in the service of goth-cabaret-folk-rock songs".[1] The Plain Dealer wrote that "the dense, highly textured sounds reveal the band members' interests in the more adventurous aspects of techno and industrial music, but the music feels purposeful, not indulgent".[6] The Times-Picayune thought that A Perfect Mystery alternates "pulsing, up-tempo rockers with moodier pieces interlaced with spooky keyboards and an effects-laden saxophone".[8]

Track listing
  1. Lent
  2. When I'm With You
  3. When Lenny Meets Lorca
  4. Skeltzer Spleltzer
  5. Mood 159
  6. Pain Bubbles
  7. Blue
  8. Condition Green
  9. Death Of A King
  10. Godless
  11. Premonition 25 (vinyl issue bonus track)

Credits
  • Qa'Sepel – voice, keyboards
  • The Silverman (Phil Knight) – keyboards, filters, sound processing, voices from beyond
  • Ryan Moore – bass, drums, percussion, sound processing
  • Martijn de Kleer – guitars, violin, drums and bass
  • Niels van Hoornblower – saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Frank Verschuuren – sound processing

References
  1. Jenkins, Mark (2 June 2000). "THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS 'A Perfect Mystery' Caciocavallo". The Washington Post: WW15.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 159.
  3. AllMusic review
  4. "BEST BETS". Los Angeles Times: F2. 6 July 2000.
  5. Reger, Rick (25 June 2000). "MUSIC'S STILL THE MESSAGE AS PINK DOTS HIT SPOT WITH ACID-TINGED POP". Chicago Tribune: C4.
  6. PANTSIOS, ANASTASIA (9 June 2000). "IT'S NO 'MYSTERY' HOW DOTS HAVE SURVIVED AND THRIVED". The Plain Dealer: Friday 21.
  7. "The Legendary Pink Dots". The Columbus Dispatch: Weekender 8. 15 June 2000.
  8. "The Legendary Pink Dots". The Times-Picayune: L12. 9 June 2000.
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