Basilisk (The Legendary Pink Dots album)

Basilisk is a 1982 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.

Basilisk
Studio album by The Legendary Pink Dots
Released	1982
Recorded	1981 - 1982
Genre	Experimental
Label	Third Mind (UK) Terminal Kaleidoscope, Mirrordot (Netherlands) Beta-lactam Ring (US)
The Legendary Pink Dots chronology
Apparition (1981) Basilisk (1982) Chemical Playschool 3 & 4 (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Stigmata Part One (Freiheit)"
2. "Klazh"
3. "Love Is..."
4. "No Reason"
5. "834"
6. "Wall Purges Night (Version)"
7. "Basilisk 1"
8. "Methods"
9. "Clean Up"
10. "Basilisk 2"
11. "The Ocean Cried 'Blue Murder' on A Ferry In a Storm On a Walkman" *
12. "Ideal Home / The Glory, The Glory" *

(*) Tracks included on the 2002 BLRR re-release.

Personnel

• Edward Ka-Spel – vocals, keyboards
• Rolls Anotherone (Roland Calloway?) – bass
• Barry Gray – guitars
• Phil Harmonix (Phil Knight) – keyboards
• Keith Thompson – drums, percussion
• April Iliffe – vocals
• Keith Thompson – lead vocals on "Ideal Home"
• Patrick Paganini (Patrick Wright) – violin, keyboards
• Sally Graves – extra effects

Notes

• The initial release by Third Mind was limited to 1,000 copies. Every release has different covers.
• The version of "The Glory, The Glory" on the CD is a different version than on the 80's cassette releases.
• The album was re-released in 2002 on Beta-lactam Ring Records, with remastered sound courtesy of sound engineer and long-time LPD contributor Raymond Steeg.

References

1. Couture, François. Basilisk at AllMusic