L'esprit

L'esprit
L'esprit
Studio album by In the Nursery
Released	April 1990
Recorded	Slaughterhouse Recording Studios, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire
Genre	Neoclassical Dark Wave, Martial industrial
Length	43:29
Label	Wax Trax!, Third Mind
Producer	Steve Harris, In the Nursery
In the Nursery chronology

L'esprit is the fourth album by In the Nursery, released in 1990 through Wax Trax! Records.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Alternative Press	Positive^[2]

Reception edit

Mike Shea at Alternative Press remarked that with L'esprit the band successfully improved on the soundtrack-oriented approach of their previous album, Köda, and that "never before has music been able to move me to tears and rip up bad childhood memories."^[2]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Klive Humberstone and Nigel Humberstone

No.	Title	Length
1.	"To the Faithful"	4:46
2.	"At First Sight"	4:46
3.	"Sesudient"	4:20
4.	"Azure Wings"	3:03
5.	"Sœurette"	3:28
6.	"Inamorata"	0:54
7.	"Retaliation"	4:42
8.	"Träumerei"	3:51
9.	"Scenes of Childhood"	4:48
10.	"The Pearl"	5:01
11.	"L'esprit"	3:46

CD bonus tracks (The Compulsion 12")
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Reverie"	1:46
13.	"Alluvion"	4:53
14.	"Across the Ruins"	4:01
15.	"To the Faithful (Reprise)"	2:21

1999 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Archaic Torso"	3:05
17.	"Blade"	3:37
18.	"Incidental Guilt"	3:42

Personnel edit

In the Nursery

Klive Humberstone – instruments
Nigel Humberstone – instruments
Q. – percussion
Dolores Marguerite C – narration

Production and additional personnel

Chris Bigg – design
Ruth Chappell – photography
Steve Harris – production
In the Nursery – production
Bill Stephenson – photography

References edit

^ Raggett, Ned. "L' Esprit". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b Shea, Michael (1990). "In The Nursery: L'esprit". Alternative Press. 5 (30). Cleveland, OH: Alternative Press International Publications: 62–63.

External links edit

L'Esprit at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Raggett, Ned. "L' Esprit". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

[ap-5-30-1990-2] Shea, Michael (1990). "In The Nursery: L'esprit". Alternative Press. 5 (30). Cleveland, OH: Alternative Press International Publications: 62–63.

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