Thunder Perfect Mind
Details
1992 CD UK United Dairies UD040CD
In jewel case
Track Listing
- Cold (23:27) [cmedd1161]
- Colder Still (33:19)
Personnel
Chris Wallis
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
Sleeve Notes
Steven Stapleton
David Tibet
Colin Potter
Chris Wallis
Rose McDowall
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
John Balance
Joolie Wood
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
PRODUCED, MIXED and EDITED by S. Stapleton
Engineered by Colin Potter
I.C.R. Studio, Tollerton, York
Winter 1991
Cover by Babs Santini
Calligraphy by Geoff Cox
David Tibet
Colin Potter
Chris Wallis
Rose McDowall
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
John Balance
Joolie Wood
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
PRODUCED, MIXED and EDITED by S. Stapleton
Engineered by Colin Potter
I.C.R. Studio, Tollerton, York
Winter 1991
Cover by Babs Santini
Calligraphy by Geoff Cox
Crops falling from the earth to the ceiling These small arms and white belly And enormous undercarriage The wax crayon illuminati Our minds locked in dark sewer Each finding less than before Each counting the warm conclusions Of the six buttons of sex appeal Knowing full well that ice breaks when smoke rises Sucked into a whole The ever floating karma of fried blind dog of the street Our purpose for the one and only Green form eats small headed breaded shrimp Allowing several coats of makeshift lolly On a lolly covered felt Shook with fear from lightning Falling several times in the wrong place Soaking up blindly the wings of our depression Floating up shiny columns of grey green primrose algae The piston awakes to a small tiny fire within himself Forcing the unwanted part of his mind into tiny fractions Each plied with coconut scissors All content, yet somehow familiar to Mothers everywhere It's been days now since my childhood dreams were fulfilled With crystal canyons and opera myths - Its thousand legs dribbling oil like may rain Over all-coloured mortar from way back when This gorgeous thigh is resting under his elbow Reminds me of clotted cream All bloody from strawberry tobbacco juice Hard halo of polystyrene pillow talk Mothers' milk cooking in the breat of paisley blue silk Like a mind in labour Bursting the waters of afterlife Drenched in the warm hot river Containing everything and nothing. Thunder Perfect Mind
Thunder Perfect Mind
Details
2001 CD UK United Dairies UD040CD
In digipak
Track Listing
- Cold (23:27)
- Colder Still (32:45)
- Cold (Miss Ticker Mix)* (6:05)
Personnel
Chris Wallis
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
Sleeve Notes
Steven Stapleton
David Tibet
Colin Potter
Chris Wallis
Rose McDowall
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
John Balance
Joolie Wood
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
PRODUCED, MIXED and EDITED by S. Stapleton
Engineered by Colin Potter
I.C.R. Studio, Tollerton, York
Winter 1991
Cover by Babs Santini
Calligraphy by Geoff Cox
David Tibet
Colin Potter
Chris Wallis
Rose McDowall
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
John Balance
Joolie Wood
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
PRODUCED, MIXED and EDITED by S. Stapleton
Engineered by Colin Potter
I.C.R. Studio, Tollerton, York
Winter 1991
Cover by Babs Santini
Calligraphy by Geoff Cox
Crops falling from the earth to the ceiling These small arms and white belly And enormous undercarriage The wax crayon illuminati Our minds locked in dark sewer Each finding less than before Each counting the warm conclusions Of the six buttons of sex appeal Knowing full well that ice breaks when smoke rises Sucked into a whole The ever floating karma of fried blind dog of the street Our purpose for the one and only Green form eats small headed breaded shrimp Allowing several coats of makeshift lolly On a lolly covered felt Shook with fear from lightning Falling several times in the wrong place Soaking up blindly the wings of our depression Floating up shiny columns of grey green primrose algae The piston awakes to a small tiny fire within himself Forcing the unwanted part of his mind into tiny fractions Each plied with coconut scissors All content, yet somehow familiar to Mothers everywhere It's been days now since my childhood dreams were fulfilled With crystal canyons and opera myths - Its thousand legs dribbling oil like may rain Over all-coloured mortar from way back when This gorgeous thigh is resting under his elbow Reminds me of clotted cream All bloody from strawberry tobbacco juice Hard halo of polystyrene pillow talk Mothers' milk cooking in the breat of paisley blue silk Like a mind in labour Bursting the waters of afterlife Drenched in the warm hot river Containing everything and nothing. Thunder Perfect Mind
Reviews
One of the ironies of the music of Nurse with Wound is the fact that while Steven Stapleton rarely releases something untouched (hence different versions of CD, cassette and LP editions), he's continuously recycling older materials. This month, a newly packaged version of 1992's "Thunder Perfect Mind" is available, promised with new artwork and a new remix of "Cold". While TPM was billed as the sister album to C93's one of the same name, the two are musically unrelated. The first half of the original CD is "Cold," 23+ minutes of a choppy looped riff with loads of found sounds pasted in as effects or rhythmically matched, like the recurring glockenspiel sample which has appeared many times, reminding me vaguely of a Jaques Berrocal piece whose name I'm blanking on. "Colder Still" set the grounds for what was soon to become the played out rhythms and interworkings on both NWW albums 'Rock 'n Roll Station' and 'Who Can I Turn To Stereo?' but on TPM, however, the sound is deep, sparse and is beautifully drawn out to a solid 32¾ minutes. "Colder Still" begins thunderous and moves through various chilly and captivating moments throughout the duration, much like a surrealistic acid-trip influenced horror film score. It is indeed a trip. The Miss Ticker mix of "Cold" is this edition's bonus musical addition and honestly varies very little from shorter versions of "Cold:" "Head Cold" (from 'Large Ladies with Cake in the Oven') and "Steel Dream March of the Metal Men" (from the single of the same name and 'Crumb Duck' CD edition). It's got more grumblings, squeals, EKG sounds, drills, chainsaws and breaking bits, but once you hear that signature repetitious riff, the similarities take more promenance. Of all the versions this song has taken, "Miss Ticker" is now my favorite as it's the least irritating, most varied and includes a cute voice mail message from John Balance tagged on at the end. As for the new artwork promised in the press release, it's just a digipack with the same old booklet.
Jon Whitney
Jon Whitney
Thunder Perfect Mind
Details
2002 2x12" DE Streamline 1020
Black vinyl copies in gatefold sleeve
Track Listing
Side A
- Cold
- Cold (Miss Ticker mix)
- Colder Still (Beginning)
- Colder Still (Ending)
Personnel
Chris Wallis
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
Sleeve Notes
Steven Stapleton
David Tibet
Colin Potter
Chris Wallis
Rose McDowall
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
John Balance
Joolie Wood
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
PRODUCED, MIXED and EDITED by S. Stapleton
Engineered by Colin Potter
I.C.R. Studio, Tollerton, York
Winter 1991
Cover by Babs Santini
Calligraphy by Geoff Cox
David Tibet
Colin Potter
Chris Wallis
Rose McDowall
Anita Plank
Alan Trench
John Balance
Joolie Wood
Clive Graham
Konori Suzuki
PRODUCED, MIXED and EDITED by S. Stapleton
Engineered by Colin Potter
I.C.R. Studio, Tollerton, York
Winter 1991
Cover by Babs Santini
Calligraphy by Geoff Cox
Crops falling from the earth to the ceiling These small arms and white belly And enormous undercarriage The wax crayon illuminati Our minds locked in dark sewer Each finding less than before Each counting the warm conclusions Of the six buttons of sex appeal Knowing full well that ice breaks when smoke rises Sucked into a whole The ever floating karma of fried blind dog of the street Our purpose for the one and only Green form eats small headed breaded shrimp Allowing several coats of makeshift lolly On a lolly covered felt Shook with fear from lightning Falling several times in the wrong place Soaking up blindly the wings of our depression Floating up shiny columns of grey green primrose algae The piston awakes to a small tiny fire within himself Forcing the unwanted part of his mind into tiny fractions Each plied with coconut scissors All content, yet somehow familiar to Mothers everywhere It's been days now since my childhood dreams were fulfilled With crystal canyons and opera myths - Its thousand legs dribbling oil like may rain Over all-coloured mortar from way back when This gorgeous thigh is resting under his elbow Reminds me of clotted cream All bloody from strawberry tobbacco juice Hard halo of polystyrene pillow talk Mothers' milk cooking in the breat of paisley blue silk Like a mind in labour Bursting the waters of afterlife Drenched in the warm hot river Containing everything and nothing. Thunder Perfect Mind







