Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps)

Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps)
Studio album by
Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows
Released2013
Recorded2012
GenreDarkwave
Length79:05
LabelApocalyptic Vision
ProducerSopor Æternus
Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows chronology
Have You Seen This Ghost?
(2011) 		Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps)
(2013) 		Mitternacht - The Dark Night of the Soul
(2014)
Alternative cover
Vinyl cover by Natalie Shau

Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps) is the eleventh album by Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows. The album consists of musical adaptations of Poe's poems, some of them already made by Cantodea in previous albums: "Dreamland" is found on Todeswunsch under the title of "Die Bruderschaft des Schmerzes"; "Alone" on Voyager: The Jugglers of Jusa; "The Sleeper" on Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One); and "The Conqueror Worm" on Flowers in Formaldehyde. However, all the musical arrangements were redone in the new versions.[1]

The album was released in September 2013 in two different formats:[2] in compact disc format with an opulent hardcover photo book of 156 pages (28 x 28 cm), and an exclusive T-shirt (limited to 1999 copies); and on 12-inch vinyl with two posters, exclusive artwork by Natalie Shau and Keith Thompson, and a different T-shirt (limited to 890 copies.) Both editions were signed and numbered by Anna-Varney Cantodea herself. Additionally, the album was released via Bandcamp for digital download.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Anna-Varney Cantodea and Edgar Allan Poe; all music is composed by Cantodea

No.TitleLength
1."The Oblong Box"1:21
2."Dreamland"14:24
3."Eldorado"5:33
4."The Sleeper"11:01
5."Alone"5:05
6."The Conqueror Worm"5:50
7."Alone (2)"7:16
8."The City in the Sea"10:45
9."The Oblong Box (2)"1:16
10."The Haunted Palace"10:16
11."A Dream Within a Dream"6:12

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ Soporaeternus.de 1
  2. ^ Soporaeternus.de 2