Planet Rotations #256: Goth / Industrial / Post-Punk 2018 Part 1

In the age of digital music, we tend to skip through albums, listening to one or two tracks - missing some of the deeper cuts that may be brilliant. We are huge fans of the album format, and love to experience the entire collection the way the artist intended. Listening to one or two songs is like randomly reading a few chapters of a book and expecting to understand the completed work. Like all music lovers, we love to share what we're listening to and discover some new things from friends.

As per tradition, Sarah and I are immersed in a total Goth listening fest for the month of October. Below you will find 20 albums that we've listened to over the last 20 days, photographed from our Vinyl & CD collection. You'll also notice a Spotify player at the bottom, which features a song pick from each album for the both of us. This is an ongoing playlist that you can follow directly on Spotify. Some songs are inevitably not available in their database, so we encourage you to seek those out elsewhere. Please put your own lists in the comments below, or interact at the Life on this Planet Facebook.

1. Lycia - Ionia

Bret's song pick: Desert

Sarah's song pick: Ionia

2. Killing Joke - Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Bret's song pick: Adorations

Sarah's song pick: Sanity

3. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge

Bret's song pick: Second Skin

Sarah's song pick: Up the Down Escalator

4. The Southern Death Cult - s/t

Bret's song pick: Moya

Sarah's song pick: Fatman

5. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits

Bret's song pick: And This Is What the Devil Does

Sarah's song pick: These Remains

6. Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

Bret's song pick: Dawn of the Iconoclast

Sarah's song pick: Cantara

7. Skinny Puppy - Rabies

Bret's song pick: Worlock

Sarah's song pick: Rodent

8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow

Bret's song pick: The Last Beat of My Heart

Sarah's song pick: The Killing Jar

9. Virgin Prunes - If I Die... I Die

Bret's song pick: Walls of Jericho (n/a on Spotify)

Sarah's song pick: Baby Turns Blue

10. Red Temple Spirits - Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon

Bret's song pick: Electric Flowers (n/a on Spotify)

Sarah's song pick: Dark Spirits

11. The Lost Boys Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Bret's song pick: I Still Believe (Tim Cappello)

Sarah's song pick: Cry Little Sister

12. Gene Loves Jezebel - Immigrant

Bret's song pick: Shame

Sarah's song pick: Always a Flame

13. This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears

Bret's song pick: Holocaust

Sarah's song pick: Song to the Siren

14. The Glove - Blue Sunshine

Bret's song pick: Like an Animal

Sarah's song pick: Punish Me with Kisses

15. Ministry - Twitch

Bret's song pick: All Day Remix

Sarah's song pick: Over the Shoulder

16. Human Drama - Feel

Bret's song pick: The Waiting Hour

Sarah's song pick: I Could Be a Killer

17. Daucus Karota (Rozz Williams) - Shrine EP

Bret's song pick: The Stranger (n/a on Spotify)

Sarah's song pick: Angel (n/a on Spotify)

18. The Sisterhood - Gift

Bret's song pick: Giving Ground (n/a on Spotify)

Sarah's song pick: Colours (n/a on Spotify)

19. Bauhaus - Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions

Bret's song pick: Party of the First Part (n/a on Spotify)

Sarah's song pick: Ziggy Stardust

20. Audra - Going to the Theatre

Bret's song pick: There Are No Snakes in Heaven

Sarah's song pick: Don't End This Time

Listen to our ongoing Planet Rotations Playlist!

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