Current 93Best Current 93 Albums Ranked

Thunder Perfect Mind

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9.3

“Named for Aleister Crowley's "93 Current," a concept involving the internalization of spiritual change by select men of power, David Tibet's work is loaded with spiritualist references. Revering innocence and darkness, Tibet has also worked his childhood and present relationships into the complex cosmos. According to David Keenan in his excellent book, *England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History o”

The Light Is Leaving Us All

fantano

8.0

“The Light Is Leaving Us All might not be particularly strange or unique in the grand scheme of Current 93's extensive discography, but it's nevertheless a lovely return to the band's neofolk sound.”

Black Ships Ate the Sky

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8.0

“Latest from David Tibet features multiple versions of Charles Wesley's 18th century poem "Idumea", as well as contributions from  Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Antony, and Six Organs of Admittance's Ben Chasny.”

Halo

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7.8

“Live albums often bank on facile nostalgia: "Man, I remember when they played 'Truckin'' as the seventh encore." In the case of folks who live in the middle of nowhere, the nuggets of stadium-sized atmospherics offer a vicarious pleasure: "Man, now I know what 'Truckin'' would sound like as a seventh encore." Completists pay top dollar for these watery simulations, which generally only amount to l”

The Light Is Leaving Us All

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7.2

“The latest from experimental musician David Tibet is an arduous but rewarding album, the feeling of listening to a preacher behind the pulpit, or a doomsayer on the soapbox.”

I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel

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5.1

“For the last three decades, Current 93 have been not so much a band as an ever-evolving collective anchored around the complicated vision of David Tibet. I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell not only re-taps past collaborators Antony Hegarty, James Blackshaw, and Nick Cave, but adds John Zorn and Dutch classical pianist Reinier van Houdt, among others, to the fold.”