The Black Field

The Black Field
Studio album by
PGR/Thessalonians
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedApril – June 1986 (1986-06)
StudiosPoolside Studios
(San Francisco, California)
Genres
Length35:42
LabelSilent
ProducerKim Cascone
Thessalonians chronology
Imbrication 2
(1988)		 The Black Field
(1989)		 Soulcraft
(1993)

The Black Field is the third split album by PGR/Thessalonians, released in 1989 by Silent.

Reception

Factsheet Five awarded The Black Field five out of five stars and said described the music as "spare, almost minimal in much of its sound, with a "late night experimental radio" appeal" Option described the music as "not a noise fest, it is usually low key, sparse in a way, and nearly ambient" and the "ebb and flow of rumbling guitar feedback opens things up as zips and drips irregularly occur."

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jorge Luis Borges.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Knots"2:20
2."Latitude"4:49
3."Code"0:56
4."Spherics"5:50
5."Spherics"5:45
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Appassionata"1:52
2."The Black Field"9:14
3."Tabula Rasa"4:46

Personnel

Adapted from The Black Field liner notes.

Thessalonians

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1989 Silent LP SR8905

References

  1. ↑ "Thessalonians: The Black Field > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gunderloy, Mike (May 1990). "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Ear. 15. New Wilderness Foundation: 47. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ Gaertner, Joachim (2007). They Could Have Been Bigger Than EMI: A Discography of Now Defunct Independent Record Labels That Released Vinyl. J. Gaertner. ISBN 9783000211614. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ Gunderloy, Mike (1994). "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Factsheet Five (32–36). Mike Gunderloy: 94. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Thessalonians: The Black Field". Option (30–35). Sonic Options Network: 5. 1990. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  6. ↑ The Black Field (sleeve). PGR/Thessalonians. Pacifica, California: Silent. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)