A Perfect Mystery

A Perfect Mystery is an album by the Legendary Pink Dots, released in 2000.

Production

The band tried a different method to recording on A Perfect Mystery, working on the songs together in the studio instead of constructing them from ideas already developed by individual members.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that the album "finds the Dots in good form, combining contemporary electronics with '70s jazz-rock touches in the service of goth-cabaret-folk-rock songs". The Plain Dealer wrote that "the dense, highly textured sounds reveal the band members' interests in the more adventurous aspects of techno and industrial music, but the music feels purposeful, not indulgent". The Times-Picayune thought that A Perfect Mystery alternates "pulsing, up-tempo rockers with moodier pieces interlaced with spooky keyboards and an effects-laden saxophone".

Track listing

Lent
When I'm With You
When Lenny Meets Lorca
Skeltzer Spleltzer
Mood 159
Pain Bubbles
Blue
Condition Green
Death Of A King
Godless
Premonition 25 ''''

Credits

Qa'Sepel – voice, keyboards
The Silverman – keyboards, filters, sound processing, voices from beyond
Ryan Moore – bass, drums, percussion, sound processing
Martijn de Kleer – guitars, violin, drums and bass
Niels van Hoornblower – saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, percussion
Frank Verschuuren – sound processing