This One Eats Souls

"This One Eats Souls"
Single by The Blackeyed Susans
from the album All Souls Alive
A-side"This One Eats Souls"
ReleasedJuly 1994
RecordedFortissimo Studios
July 1993
GenreRock, Folk rock
Length20:58
LabelShock Records
Songwriter(s)Phil Kakulas, David McComb[1]
Producer(s)Phil Kakulas
The Blackeyed Susans singles chronology
"This One Eats Souls"
(1994) 		"Dirty Water"
(1994)

"This One Eats Souls" is a single by The Blackeyed Susans, released in July 1994,[2] from their 1993 album, All Souls Alive.[3] The last four tracks are taken from the cassette album Hard Liquor, Soft Music by The Blackeyed Susans Trio.[4]

Allmusic's Ned Raggett describes the song as being "an absolutely bereft-of-hope lyric given beautiful, haunting music."[5]

The song was included on the band's 2009 compilation album Reveal Yourself 1989-2009[6] and was re-recorded by Rob Snarski on his 2014 solo album, Wounded Bird.[7]

Track listing

This One Eats Souls
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This One Eats Souls"Phil Kakulas, David McComb6:33
2."Bird on a Wire"Leonard Cohen4:07
3."Summer Leaves"Paul Kelly3:29
4."Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs"Margaret Ann Rich3:32
5."Lost Highway"Leon Payne3:12
Total length:20:53

Personnel

Track 1

  • Rob Snarski – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Phil Kakulas – double bass, sound effects
  • Graham Lee – pedal steel
  • Warren Ellis – violins, accordion, piano, harpsichord
  • Metronome – metronome

Tracks 2-5

  • Rob Snarski – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Phil Kakulas – double bass
  • Graham Lee – pedal steel, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Copping – piano on track 4

Recorded by Andy Parsons at Fortissimo Studios, Melbourne in late 1993

References

  1. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Search Engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 9 May 2016. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. This One Eats Souls
  2. ^ Walker, Clinton (1996). Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music, 1977-1991. Pan MacMillan. p. 338. ISBN 9780732908836.
  3. ^ "All Souls Alive". Australian Music Online. Australian Council for the Arts. Archived from the original on 19 December 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  4. ^ The Blackeyed Susans (1994), This One Eats Souls, Shock Records, retrieved 9 May 2016
  5. ^ Raggett, Ned. "All Souls Alive - The Blackeyed Susans". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Nova Magazine: Music Reviews". Nova Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  7. ^ Curran, Aaron (12 August 2014). "Wounded Bird". Mess+Noise. Retrieved 23 May 2016.