The Golden Age is a 1988 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.
Background Following a long tour for the previous album, Any Day Now, three of the six members of Legendary Pink Dots departed. Displaced from their Amsterdam squat, the remaining members lived and recorded in a barn and caravan under strained conditions, shaping the album’s somber tone. The Golden Age reflects this turbulent period, marked by instability, departures, and financial hardship. It also introduced guitarist Bob Pistoor in a temporary role and became Patrick Q. Wright’s final full album with the band, after which the group briefly shrank to a duo before adding Niels Van Hoorn. The band describe the album as "a striking collection of avant-garde, experimentally driven melancholy".
Track listing
(*) Not included on original LP editions – taken from the Blacklist 12".
Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes.
Edward Ka-Spel – vocals, keyboards The Silverman (Phil Knight) – keyboards, samples, loops Patrick Q Wright – violins, viola, keyboards, drum programming, percussion Hanz Myre – saxophones, flute, electronix
Additional personnel Bob Pistoor – guitar Hanz Myre – engineer
Notes The SPV edition contains different artwork than that of the other editions.
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