Basilisk
Studio album by The Legendary Pink Dots
Released	1982
Recorded	1981 - 1982
Genre	Experimental
Label	Third Mind (UK) Terminal Kaleidoscope, Mirrordot (Netherlands) Beta-lactam Ring (US)
The Legendary Pink Dots chronology
Apparition (1981) Basilisk (1982) Chemical Playschool 3 & 4 (1983)

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Basilisk is a 1982 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.

Track listing

1. "Stigmata Part One (Freiheit)" 4:43
2. "Klazh" 1:40
3. "Love Is..." 6:58
4. "No Reason" 3:51
5. "834" 1:11
6. "Wall Purges Night (Version)" 4:15
7. "Basilisk 1" 3:42
8. "Methods" 2:19
9. "Clean Up" 3:42
10. "Basilisk 2" 26:32
11. "The Ocean Cried 'Blue Murder' on A Ferry In a Storm On a Walkman" *
12. "Ideal Home / The Glory, The Glory" *

(*) Tracks included on the 2002 BLRR re-release.

Personnel

• Edward Ka-Spel – vocals, keyboards
• Rolls Anotherone (Roland Calloway?) – bass
• Barry Gray – guitars
• Phil Harmonix (Phil Knight) – keyboards
• Keith Thompson – drums, percussion
• April Iliffe – vocals
• Keith Thompson – lead vocals on "Ideal Home"
• Patrick Paganini (Patrick Wright) – violin, keyboards
• Sally Graves – extra effects

Notes

• The initial release by Third Mind was limited to 1,000 copies. Every release has different covers.
• The version of "The Glory, The Glory" on the CD is a different version than on the 80's cassette releases.
• The album was re-released in 2002 on Beta-lactam Ring Records, with remastered sound courtesy of sound engineer and long-time LPD contributor Raymond Steeg.

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