Telemetry of a Fallen Angel

1996 album by the Crüxshadows

Studio album by

the Crüxshadows

Released

January 1996

Genre

Gothic rock
darkwave

The Crüxshadows chronology

...Night Crawls In
(1993)

Telemetry of a Fallen Angel
(1996)

Until the Voices Fade...
(1999)

Telemetry of a Fallen Angel is the second studio album by the American dark wave band the Crüxshadows, released in January 1996.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Descension"	0:58
2.	"Monsters"	4:46
3.	"Jackal-Head"	6:32
4.	"Prometheus"	1:11
5.	"Clerestory"	4:48
6.	"Walk Away"	8:09
7.	"Miss Fortune Returns"	0:50
8.	"My World"	5:24
9.	"Fallen Angel"	0:45
10.	"Hanged Man"	5:40
11.	"Purgatory"	1:48
12.	"Marilyn, My Bitterness"	5:53
13.	"Daedelus Flight... Icarus Falls"	1:21
14.	"Satellite"	5:51
15.	"Marilyn, My Bitterness (2.0 Radio Edit)"	5:20

Versions

There are four different versions of this album:

The first version was released in 1995 under their own label, Black Widow Music.
The second version was released in 1996 under the label, Nesak International.
The third version was released in 1998 under the label, Dancing Ferret Discs.
The fourth and last version was released in 2004. All of the songs were remastered and there was a bonus track included: Marilyn, my Bitterness V2.0 Radio Edit.

Critical reception

A reviewer for Keyboard wrote that Telemetry of a Fallen Angel "crosses over into the realm of concept album, detailing the travels of an extraterrestrial probe. The tone is persistently dark, with a restless intellectual bent creeping underneath it all. However, this is not a goth retread. The sounds blend into a single, highly polished sheen; rhythms bounce along energetically, and everything moves along purposefully."^[2]^{[full citation needed]} Daniel Rubin of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "Passionate yet accessible, with lyrics that evoke myths ancient and modern."^[3]

Personnel

The Crüxshadows

"Rogue" (Virgil Roger du Pont III) – lead vocals, backing vocals, electronic drums (Kawai), violin
Sean Flanagan – keyboards, backing vocals, electronic drums (Roland), sampling, sequencing
Tim Curry – guitar, backing vocals

Production

Angel Kane, the Crüxshadows – producers

Design

"Rogue" – cover artwork, design, layout
Robyn Easton – cover artwork
Jeff Maxson and Sean Flanagan – CG artwork
Jen "Pyromantic" Jawidzik – design, layout
Sean Goebel – design, layout
Madem – artwork (album and monsters collage)
Jessica Lackey – photography

References

^ "Today in Tallahassee". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. January 16, 1996. p. 2A. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Telemetry of a Fallen Angel". Keyboard. Vol. 24. 1998. p. 124. Retrieved July 31, 2023 – via Google Books.
^ Rubin, Daniel (October 25, 1998). "The Joys of Sorrow". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. F14. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.