Armageddon Gigolo by Spiritual Front
TRACKLIST:
1. Slave
2. Bastard Angel
3. I Walk The (Dead) Line
4. The Shining Circle
5. My Kingdom For A Horse
6. Jesus Died In Las Vegas
7. Cruisin'
8. Love Through Vaseline
9. Ragged Bed
10. No Kisses On The Mouth
11. Redemption Or Myself
With this significant album the new era of the SPIRITUAL FRONT started. Aside of Simone Salvatori there was the whole bunch of musicians working on the record. The music was composed by an amazing composer Stefano Puri. He recorded piano, keyboards and synth as well. Electronic and acoustic guitars were by Jack Puri. Andrea Freda was traditionally responsible for the drums and percussion. Let’s not forget the additional beautiful instruments, performed by musicians of the Ennio Morricone’s orchestra.
The album contains the immortal hits “Slave”, “Bastard Angel”, “I Walk the (Dead)Line”. No concert is possible without those beloved songs. And even “Ragged Bed” and “No Kisses on the Mouth” are still possible to hear live from time to time.
“It is rather a post-modern, but innovative, mixture of Acoustic Pop, Folk, Rock'n'Roll and Western, somehow anchored in Nick Cave’s music or in Ennio Morricone’s soundtracks, all veiled in a romantic and bizarre dimension!” wrote the critics (of the kogaionon.com) back then. “Armageddon Gigolo was a revolution and lead thousands of music lovers into their nihilistic temptation, bringing passion and sweet pain into our lives.
Let’s remember what Simone said about the album himself right after it was released in 2006:
"I’m very satisfied about it…we worked hard…for a long time…i think it’s my best album ‘til now […] "It represents the suicide mission of a lover. Me, you, every person in this world condmend to love. To need sex, flesh, cum. Liquid. Sex is armageddon. Passions are armageddon. The end of our liberty. […] it grew day after day. It grew with me… and inside the people who played in it. My first goal is to be honest with myself. Spiritual Front represents me. I sing bout my life. "AG” is what i am… what I was during that period. It’s real music for real people.“
Tracklist
| 1. | Slave | 4:11 |
| 2. | Bastard Angel | 5:04 |
| 3. | I Walk The (Dead)line | 3:27 |
| 4. | The Shining Circle | 3:51 |
| 5. | My Kingdom For A Horse | 3:37 |
| 6. | Jesus Died In Las Vegas | 5:21 |
| 7. | Cruisin' | 4:25 |
| 8. | Love Through Vaseline | 4:50 |
| 9. | Ragged Bed | 5:18 |
| 10. | No Kisses On The Mouth | 3:38 |
| 11. | Redemption Or Myself | 2:54 |
Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] – Jack Puri
Arranged By [Strings] – Sten Puri
Artwork By [Graphics, Illustrations And Layout] – Paolo Soellner
Artwork By [Jesus Drawing] – Rudy De Amicis
Artwork By [Make-up] – Simona Ruggeri
Backing Vocals – Alessandra Sammali, Cristiana Vignatelli
Bass, Synthesizer, Loops, Percussion – Fabio Colucci
Cello – Luca Pincini
Double Bass – Roberto Bellatalla
Drums, Percussion – Andrea Freddy
Lyrics By, Music By – Simone H. Salvatori
Mastered By – Marcello Spiridioni
Photography [Band] – Franz Benvenuti
Photography [Cover] – Giulio Di Mauro
Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Sten Puri
Producer – Fabio Colucci, Simone H. Salvatori
Recorded By, Mixed By – Fabio Colucci
Viola – David Bursack
Violin – Pierluigi Pietroniro, Sonia Frattini
Violin, Backing Vocals – Matt Howden
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Simone 'Hellvis' Salvatori
License
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Spiritual Front is an act from Rome. The style described as "nihilist suicide pop", although elements of neoclassical and rock music, melancholic folk, as well as tango are prevalent, along with a recurring experimental feel. From dark, wailing experimental folk in the beginning, the sound began to transform and grow, to where it is now compared to the work of Nick Cave, Swans, and Scott Walker.