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| Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Goldmetal.jpg) Original cover | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Experimental[1] | |||
| Length | CD 50:38 | |||
| Label | Threshold House | |||
| Producer | Coil | |||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:CoilGoldIsTheMetalRemasteredCDCover.jpeg) Remastered edition | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) was the third album released by Coil, in the year 1987. It is not a proper follow-up to 1986's Horse Rotorvator, but more a collection of outtakes and demos from the Scatology, Horse Rotorvator and Hellraiser soundtrack sessions. Some obviously correspond to earlier and later released material ("Golden Hole" to "Penetralia", "...Of Free Enterprise" to "Herald", etc.), while others ("Boy in a Suitcase") do not appear anywhere else. "The Last Rites of Spring" includes a sample by Stravinsky, also used extensively in "The Anal Staircase".
The musicians involved in this album were; John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Stephen Thrower, Alex Fergusson, Jim Thirlwell, Billy McGee, and Andrew Poppy.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. ISBN 9780879306076.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders) - Coil". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Coil". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 1155–1156. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.