The Litanies Of Satan (studio album) by Diamanda Galás

The Litanies Of Satan by Diamanda Galás
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 26,689th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Award Top albums of 1982 (383rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,413th)
Award Best albums of all time (26,689th)
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Diamanda Galás bestography

The Litanies Of Satan is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Diamanda Galás on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Diamanda Galás is Diamanda Galás which is ranked number 4940 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 278.

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From 10/21/2018 12:05
Unearthly yelps and screeches from the depths of hell, it sounds like Diamanda Galas is putting an eternal curse on the listener. Very atmospheric and enchanting.
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From 11/16/2017 13:43
With unbelievable vocals and a bizarre, unsettling atmosphere, Diamanda Galas' "The Litanies of Satan" is a horrific, darkly funny and extreme album, and it's all the more rewarding for it.
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From 07/04/2009 10:09
Like Anthony Braxton, her vocal compositions on Litanies of Satan are complex enough to warrant a 12 minute track entirely of soloing. It’s absolutely terrifying in it’s unabated primacy. Seriously, she makes Meredith Monk sound like a Christian choirgirl (and believe me, I love Meredith). Diamanda screams like she’s being born, or being torn apart very slowly limb by limb. These are the kind of emotions one would only dream of uttering while in the isolation of a rubber padded room. Yet, her one voice sounds like many, as if the tormented souls of generations past are howling wildly in succession, possessing her in chthonic ritual.
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