1989 compilation album by In the Nursery
Prelude 1983–1985 Released May 1989 Recorded 1983–1985 Length 55 :25 Label Normal Producer In the Nursery
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Prelude 1983–1985 is a compilation album by English electronic music duo In the Nursery , released in 1989 through Normal Records. It collects tracks from several of their early releases, including two singles and When Cherished Dreams Come True .
All tracks are written by Ant Bennett, Klive Humberstone and Nigel Humberstone
Title Original album 1. "Remain" When Cherished Dreams Come True 3:14 2. "Stone Souls" When Cherished Dreams Come True 3:25 3. "Execution's Romance" When Cherished Dreams Come True 5:20 4. "Patter" When Cherished Dreams Come True 4:10 5. "A to I" When Cherished Dreams Come True 3:33 6. "Mystery" When Cherished Dreams Come True 4:10 7. "Witness (To a Scream)" Witness (To a Scream) 4:00 8. "E984" Witness (To a Scream) 3:30 9. "Iskra" Torture to Conscience 3:09 10. "Sentient" Torture to Conscience 4:04 11. "Deus Ex Machina" Sonority 5:45 12. "Lost Prayer" Sonority 4:35 13. "And Your Eyes" Sonority 6:30
In the Nursery
Ant Bennett – instruments
Janet Clarkson – narration
Klive Humberstone – instruments
Nigel Humberstone – instruments
Wilson – narration
Releases
When Cherished Dreams Come True (1983, mini-album)
Sonority (1985, EP)
Temper (1985, EP)
Twins (1986)
Trinity (1987, EP)
Stormhorse (1987)
Compulsion (1988, EP)
Prelude 1983–1985 (1988)
Köda (1988)
Counterpoint (1989)
L'esprit (1990)
Sesudient (1990, EP)
Sense (1991)
Duality (1992)
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993, soundtrack)
Anatomy of a Poet (1994)
Scatter (1995)
Deco (1996)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1996, soundtrack)
Asphalt (1997, soundtrack)
Lingua (1998)
Man with a Movie Camera (1999, soundtrack)
Groundloop (2000)
Exhibit (2000)
Hindle Wakes (2001, soundtrack)
Engel (2001)
Praxis (2003)
A Page of Madness (2004, soundtrack)
Electric Edwardians (2005, soundtrack)
Era (2007)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (2008, soundtrack)
Aubade (2010, a collection of recordings from 1983–1985)
Blind Sound (2011)
The Calling (2013)
The Fall of the House of Usher (2015, soundtrack)
1961 (2017)
The Seashell and the Clergyman (2019, soundtrack)