# Love’s Secret Domain ![[Loves Secret Domain (30th Anniversary) - Cover.jpg|700]] | | | | --- | --- | | __Title__: | Love’s Secret Domain | | __Type__: | Studio Album | | __Legitimacy__: | Official | | __Release date:__ | 1991-07-01 | | __Label:__ | [[Torso]]<br>[[Wax Trax!]] | | __Original__: | | | __Derivative__: | [[Love’s Secret Domain (CD Version)]]<br>[[Love’s Secret Domain (30th Anniversary Edition)]] | --- *__Love’s Secret Domain__* is an official studio album by Coil, released in July 1991 by [[Torso]] in Europe and [[Wax Trax!]] in the United States. ## Background Inspired by [[Jhonn Balance]] and [[Peter Christopherson]]‘s experiences in clubs in the late 80’s, *[[Love’s Secret Domain]]* featured a much more upbeat, rhythmically oriented musical style.[^1] Thematically, the album was intended to be centered around “brief moments of inspiration” and taking advantage of brief moments of pleasure.[^2] During development, the album went through a number of working titles, including “*[[Stolen and Contaminated Songs]]*”, “*120 Dalmations in Sodom*”, “*To Eat His Own*”, and, most famously, “*The Dark Age of Love*”[^3] and *“The Side Effects of Life”*.[^4] Due to its long development, some of the material featured on the album dates back to years before its release. Most notably, some of the lyrics found in the songs [[Songs/Love’s Secret Domain|Love’s Secret Domain]] and [[Songs/Windowpane|Windowpane]] date back as far as 1986.[^5] ## Recording [[Love’s Secret Domain]] started life as a direct follow-up to [[Horse Rotorvator]], known as *The Dark Age of Love*. As implied by its name, the project was intended to be centered on the idea that “sex now equates with death more closely than it has ever done, partly through AIDS, but partly through the terminal quality of life,” along with “the death of European monarchies.” The project’s connection to *Horse Rotorvator* was so strong, in fact, that it was initially comprised of songs that were recorded during the *Horse Rotorvator* sessions but cut to keep that release from reaching the length of a double album. [^6] The only songs explicitly discussed as having been intended for *The Dark Age of Love* are [[Aqua Regalia]] and [[Paradisiac]].[^7] The final record, however, contains little material made for *The Dark Age of Love*, with John Balance claiming that it was “99% new material.”[^8] At some point, it was planned to give all songs on *Love’s Secret Domain* titles that would abbreviate to L.S.D.[^9] A remnant of this idea can be seen in the name of the track *[[Songs/Light Shining Darkly|Light Shining Darkly]]* from the companion album *[[Releases/Stolen and Contaminated Songs|Stolen and Contaminated Songs]]*. ## Release ### Artwork *This section is currently empty, but is already planned to be filled out in the future. Feel free to leave any suggestions in the lobby!* %% Make sure to insert the story of Steven Stapleton painting the cover artwork; he recounted the story himself for the liner notes of the 30th Anniv. Vers. of LSD %% ### Versions *This section is currently empty, but is already planned to be filled out in the future. Feel free to leave any suggestions in the lobby!* %% Cover the differences between CD and LP / MC versions, as well as the 30AV %% ### Tracklist #### Original LP/Cassette Release 1. [[Disco Hospital]] 2. [[Teenage Lightning]] 3. [[Windowpane]] 4. [[Songs/The Snow|The Snow]] 5. [[Dark River]] 6. [[Further Back and Faster]] 7. [[Titan Arch]] 8. [[Chaostrophy]] 9. [[Songs/Love’s Secret Domain|Love’s Secret Domain]] ## Personnel | __Name__ |__Credit__ | | --- | --- | |__Lorem ipsum__|Dolor sit amet (*Consectetur*)| ## References [^1]: <http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/publications/coil-1991-lusts_dark_exit.php?site=coil08> [^2]: Nick Soulsby: *Everything Keeps Dissolving*, p. 272 [^3]: <http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/publications/coil-1987-info-2.php?site=coil08> [^4]: <https://www.discogs.com/master/238518-Coil-Wrong-Eye-Scope/image/SW1hZ2U6MTI2OTA0NzQ>=> [^5]: see John Balance, ed. Clause Laufenburg: *The Cupboard under the Stars*, publ. Timeless, 2023 [^6]: Nick Soulsby: *Everything Keeps Dissolving*, p. 175 f. [^7]: Nick Soulsby: *Everything Keeps Dissolving*, p. 181 [^8]: Nick Soulsby: *Everything Keeps Dissolving*, p. 267 [^9]: Nick Soulsby: *Everything Keeps Dissolving*, p. 270