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The best 1-disc compilation Cleopatra has yet released.

06/26/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 1993 re-release of The Whip was originally produced and compiled by Dave Roberts of Sex Gang Children in 1983 as a testament to the active Batcave Generation. It includes two versions of the title track "The Whip" care of Carcrash International, Dave Robert's solo band, which is perhaps better than anything to be found on Carcrash International's full length "Fragments of a Journal in Hell." Also featured is Andi Sex Gang with Marc Almond (of Soft Cell) in a moody "The Hungry Years," as well as Sex Gang Children's Charlie Chaplin spoof "Oh Funny Man." Other artistis include: Dave Vanian, Rosetta Stone, Christian Death, Spahn Ranch, Play Dead, Brilliant, Kommunity FK, Usherhouse, Superheroines, Screams For Tina, U.K. Decay, Nosferatu, Naz Nomad and the Nightmares (a thinly disquised The Damned), and Mephisto Waltz. Another great benefit to this Cleopatra goth-comp is the cover layouts featuring Paris (formerly of Shadow Project), shirtless and grimacing while a blonde bombshell in fetish gear whips him with a lash. The Whip is a must for any goth collection, and is great especially because it is not the same rehashed material that Cleopatra primarily puts out now. Some tracks are rare or never before released. Buy this one."