The Litanies Of Satan
by Diamanda Galás
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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 5051 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 277.
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The Litanies Of Satan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/08/2024 22:50 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2024 04:40 |  AAL2014 | 4,157 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2023 02:21 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,700 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2022 22:05 | LosWochos | 47,365 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2022 16:03 |  ForegroundNoise | 3,069 | 60/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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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.
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.
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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