Plague Mass is a live album by American avant-garde artist Diamanda Galás. It was recorded on October 12 and 13, 1990 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City and released on April 1, 1991 by record label Mute.

Content

AllMusic described the performance as a "heart-wrenching cry about the physical suffering caused by the AIDS plague being compounded by the shameful arrogance of self-appointed moralists."

Reception

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Trouser Pressfavorable

Trouser Press described it as "sepulchral, breathtakingly dramatic and, in the best possible sense, appalling".

It was placed on Terrorizer's list of the "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."There Are No More Tickets to the Funeral"13:13
2."This Is The Law of the Plague"11:44
3."I Wake Up and I See the Face of The Devil"5:59
4."Confessional (Give Me Sodomy or Give Me Death)"4:17
5."How Shall Our Judgement Be Carried Out Upon the Wicked?"8:37
6."Let Us Praise the Masters of Slow Death"5:54
7."Consecration"3:44
8."Sono L'Antichristo"3:09
9."Cris D'Aveugle (Blind Man's Cry)"10:00
10."Let My People Go"6:05

Personnel

  • Diamanda Galás – vocals
  • David Linton - percussion
  • Kurt Munkacsi – production
  • Blaise Dupuy – production
  • Rory Johnson – executive production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1991MuteCD, LPSTUMM 83
United StatesMuteCD, CS9-61043

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