Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)

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1987 studio album by Coil

Gold Is the Metal
(With the Broadest Shoulders)

Original cover

Studio album by

Coil

Released| 1987
Genre| Experimental[1]
Length| CD 50:38
Label| Threshold House
Producer| Coil
Coil chronology
| Horse Rotorvator
(1986)  | Gold Is the Metal
(With the Broadest Shoulders)
(1987)  | Love's Secret Domain
(1991)

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Additional covers

Remastered edition

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]

Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) was the third album released by Coil, in the year 1987. It is not a proper follow-up to 1986's Horse Rotorvator, but more a collection of outtakes and demos from the Scatology, Horse Rotorvator and Hellraiser soundtrack sessions. Some obviously correspond to earlier and later released material ("Golden Hole" to "Penetralia", "...Of Free Enterprise" to "Herald", etc.), while others ("Boy in a Suitcase") do not appear anywhere else. "The Last Rites of Spring" includes a sample by Stravinsky, also used extensively in "The Anal Staircase".

The musicians involved in this album were; John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Stephen Thrower, Alex Fergusson, Jim Thirlwell, Billy McGee, and Andrew Poppy.

## Editions

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The standard 12" was released by the label Threshold House with the catalogue number LOCI 1.

The first edition (2,000 copies) was pressed on red vinyl. The second edition (also 2,000) was black and the third (unknown quantity, but very few as, by this time, the CD edition had been released as was more in demand) was transparent. In addition, 25 copies on red vinyl were released with an unfinished sleeve. The first initial copies of this album were shipped with the free 7" singles "The Wheel/The Wheal" and "The Wheal/Keelhauler". "The Wheel/The Wheal" was believed to be shipped with the first 500 copies, then "The Wheal/Keelhauler" with an unknown additional copies.

A special art edition of the 12" was released in an edition of 55 under the Threshold House label with the catalogue number LOCI 3, a catalogue number later assigned to the "Windowpane" 12". According to Brainwashed.com, this set sold for £55 via mail order and included the following: "a black vinyl copy of the LP with gold leaf applied to the centre of the front cover where text appears on the regular edition, 'The Wheel/The Wheal' 7" single, three numbered art prints in a lacquer sealed folder, two posters, a booklet of art and collage designed by John Balance, a credits insert, a signed and numbered certificate."

In 1988, the album was also released on CD by the labels Normal and Threshold House. The Normal release had a catalogue number of NORMAL 77 and was released in the Netherlands. The Threshold House release had a catalogue number of LOCI 1 and was released in the United Kingdom. A total of 1,000 numbered copies were produced during this pressing. The last three tracks have indexing problems.

In 1996 the album was repressed under the label Threshold House with catalogue number LOCI CD 11. The artwork for this release is entirely different for this album. The album is subtitled "Returning to the Purity of the Current". This version still suffers from indexing problems.

In 2006, the 1996 version of the album was made available for download at Coil's official site, thresholdhouse.com, in AAC, MP3, and lossless FLAC formats.

The CD pressings included the extra tracks "Hellraiser" and "The Wheal".

## Track listing

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### 12" versions

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Side A:

1. "Last Rites of Spring"
2. "Paradisiac"
3. "Thump"
4. "For Us They Will"
5. "The Broken Wheel"
6. "Boy in a Suitcase"
7. "Golden Hole"
8. "Cardinal Points"

Side B:

1. "Red Slur"
2. "...Of Free Enterprise"
3. "Aqua Regalia"
4. "Metal in the Head"
5. "Either His or Yours"
6. "Chickenskin"
7. "Soundtrap"
8. "The First Five Minutes After Violent Death"

### CD versions

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1. "The Last Rites of Spring" – 1:57
2. "Paradisiac" – 2:27
3. "Thump" – 3:17
4. "For Us They Will" – 4:48
5. "The Broken Wheel" – 4:35
6. "Boy in a Suitcase" – 1:12
7. "Golden Hole" – 2:36
8. "Cardinal Points" – 4:19
9. "Red Slur" – 3:08
10. "...Of Free Enterprise" – 1:22
11. "Aqua Regalia" – 1:29
12. "Metal in the Head" – 2:07
13. "Either His, or Yours" – 2:54
14. "Chickenskin" – 2:44
15. "Soundtrap" – 0:38
16. "Hellraiser" – 5:00 (Correct time = 2:43)
17. "The Wheal" – 3:14 (Correct time = 3:15)
18. "The First Five Minutes after Violent Death" – 2:43 (Correct time = 5:00)

## References

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1. ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. ISBN 9780879306076.
2. ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) - Coil". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Coil". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 1155–1156\. ISBN 1561592374 - via Internet Archive.1155-1156&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Muse+UK+Ltd&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1561592374&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Gold+Is+the+Metal+(With+the+Broadest+Shoulders)" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* Gold Is the Metal at Discogs (list of releases)
* Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
* Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) at Brainwashed

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Coil

* John Balance
* Peter Christopherson

* Stephen Thrower
* Danny Hyde
* Drew McDowall
* William Breeze
* Ossian Brown
* Thighpaulsandra

Studio albums|

* Transparent
* Scatology
* Horse Rotorvator
* Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)
* Love's Secret Domain
* Stolen & Contaminated Songs
* The Angelic Conversation
* Worship the Glitch
* A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room
* Time Machines
* Astral Disaster
* Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1
* Queens of the Circulating Library
* Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2
* Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil
* Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) Bonus Disc
* The Remote Viewer
* Black Antlers
* The Ape of Naples
* The New Backwards

Live albums|

* Coil Presents Time Machines
* Live in Moscow
* Live Four
* Live Two
* Live One
* Megalithomania!
* Selvaggina, Go Back into the Woods
* ...And the Ambulance Died in His Arms
* Live in Porto

Compilation albums|

* Unnatural History
* How to Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings)
* Unnatural History II
* Windowpane & the Snow
* Unnatural History III
* A Guide for Beginners: The Voice of Silver
* A Guide for Finishers: Golden Hair
* Moon's Milk (In Four Phases)
* The Golden Hare with a Voice of Silver

Extended plays|

* How to Destroy Angels
* The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser
* Born Again Pagans
* Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull
* Summer Solstice: Bee Stings
* Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers
* Winter Solstice: North
* elph.zwölf
* The Restitution of Decayed Intelligence

Box sets|

* The Key to Joy Is Disobedience
* ANS
* Duplais Balance

Singles|

* "Panic/Tainted Love"
* "Wrong Eye/Scope"
* "Windowpane"
* "The Snow"
* "Airborne Bells/Is Suicide a Solution?"
* "Nasa-Arab"

Associated releases|

* Dolbied
* Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
* Nightmare Culture
* Recoiled
* Songs of the Week

Associated acts|

* Throbbing Gristle
* Psychic TV
* Zos Kia
* Current 93
* Rosa Mundi
* The Threshold HouseBoys Choir
* Soisong

Related articles|

* Discography
* Threshold House
* Eskaton
* Chalice

* Category

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