Editing Atrocities (album)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Atrocitites
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Christian Death]]
| cover      = Atrocities (Christian Death album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1986
| recorded   = 1985
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Rockfield Studios|Rockfield]] ([[Monmouth]], Wales)
| genre      = 
| length     = 41:03
| label      = Normal Records
| producer   = Valor
| prev_title = [[The Wind Kissed Pictures]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[The Scriptures (album)|The Scriptures]]
| next_year  = 1987
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating |3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/atrocities-mw0000244285 |title=''Atrocities'' – Christian Death <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Trouser Press]]''
| rev3Score = unfavorable<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=christian_death |title=TrouserPres.com :: Christian Death |last1=Fasolino |first1=Greg |last2=Yeske |first2=Katherine |last3=Ferguson |first3=Scott |website=[[Trouser Press]] |accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''Atrocities''''' is the fourth studio album by American rock band [[Christian Death]], released in 1986 through record label Normal.

The album's subject matter deals almost exclusively with the [[Holocaust]], including songs about [[Auschwitz]] and [[Josef Mengele]].{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Recorded at [[Rockfield Studios]] in Monmouth, Wales it also featured the songwriting and arrangement skills of [[Barry Galvin]], who, along with [[Johann Schumann]], would leave the group upon the completion of ''Atrocities'' – both went on to form [[Mephisto Walz]].

It is the first Christian Death record with [[Valor Kand]] taking over main duties following [[Rozz Williams]]' departure.

==Track listing==
;Prologue
#"Will-o-the-Wisp" (Valor) – 3:15
#"Tales of Innocence" (Valor, B. Galvin) – 6:23
#"Strapping Me Down" (Valor, B. Galvin) – 2:36
#"The Danzig Waltz" (Valor) – 3:31
#"Chimere De-ci De-la" (Valor) – 4:41

;Finale
#"Silent Thunder" (Valor, B. Galvin) – 6:32
#"Strange Fortune" (Valor) – 3:52
#"Ventriloquist" (Valor) – 4:31
#"[[Gloomy Sunday]]" ([[Sam M. Lewis]], [[Rezső Seress]]) – 3:01
#"The Death of Josef" (Valor, D. Glass) – 4:41

==Personnel==
*[[Valor Kand]] – [[singing|vocals]], [[guitar]], [[violin]], [[piano]]
*[[Gitane Demone]] – vocals, [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Johann Schumann – [[Bass (instrument)|bass]]
*Barry Galvin – guitar, vocals
*David Glass – [[drum kit|drums]]

==References==
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[[Category:Christian Death albums]]
[[Category:1986 albums]]
[[Category:Candlelight Records albums]]
[[Category:Cleopatra Records albums]]
[[Category:Normal Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios]]
[[Category:Songs about the Holocaust]]


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