A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box

　　In his liner notes to this unprecedented boxed set, Goth expert Mick Mercer writes, “Goth blossomed on the gritty soil of punk; forever indebted, essentially different. It has survived all manner of invective and unhealthy assumptions to become a shining example of music made because it needs to be, not because of anything the performers expect to get out of it. This is art whi... (展开全部) 　　In his liner notes to this unprecedented boxed set, Goth expert Mick Mercer writes, “Goth blossomed on the gritty soil of punk; forever indebted, essentially different. It has survived all manner of invective and unhealthy assumptions to become a shining example of music made because it needs to be, not because of anything the performers expect to get out of it. This is art which gets inside your heart.”
　　The artists featured on this 3-CD + 1-DVD collection, the most comprehensive of its kind, indeed created affecting music about what mattered to them, and what started as intense personal expression evolved into a “lifystyle” for the core audience that most embraced its dark ethos. Reveling in introspection and entranced with sex, death, poetry, and the life of the mind, Goth has a power to fascinate that has never waned.
　　A Life Less Lived’s three audio CDs contain 53 essential Goth tracks, including Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” Sisters Of Mercy’s “Temple Of Love,” Virgin Prunes’ “Pagan Love Song,” AFI’s “The Hanging Garden,” and many more. The DVD features 12 music videos from the likes of The Cure, The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Mission UK, Echo & The Bunnymen, and Siouxsie & The Banshees. Superdeluxe package with laced leather "corset" sleeve and 60-page book with artist commentaries, photos, track-by-track summary, a Goth history, instructional pieces on running a Goth club night & how to dance Gothic and much more.　　

　　Disc One:
　　01 Joy Division - "Dead Souls"
　　02 The Cure - "Charlotte Sometimes"
　　03 Bauhaus - "She's in Parties"
　　04 The Sisters Of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
　　05 Tones On Tail - "Christian Says"
　　06 The Birthday Party - "Mutiny in Heaven"
　　07 Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Spellbound"
　　08 The Southern Death Cult - "Fatman"
　　09 Love and Rockets - "Mirror People"
　　10 Fields of the Nephilim - "Power"
　　11 Alien Sex Fiend - "Now I'm Feeling Zombified"
　　12 The March Violets - "Snake Dance"
　　13 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Walking on Your Hands"
　　14 Specimen - "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
　　15 The Mission - "Wasteland"
　　16 Ghost Dance - "The Grip of Love"
　　17 Dali's Car - "His Box"
　　Disc Two:
　　01 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "The Weeping Song"
　　02 The Creatures - "Exterminating Angel"
　　03 Death Cult - "God's Zoo"
　　04 Gene Loves Jezebel - "Heartache"
　　05 Flesh For Lulu - "I Go Crazy"
　　06 Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up"
　　07 The Lords of the New Church - "Open Your Eyes"
　　08 The Danse Society - "Heaven Is Waiting"
　　09 Echo & the Bunnymen - "All My Colours"
　　10 The Chameleons - "Don't Fall"
　　11 The Rose of Avalanche - "Dreamland"
　　12 The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Fall"
　　13 Daniel Ash - "Coming Down Fast"
　　14 Clan of Xymox - "Muscoviet Musquito"
　　15 Xmal Deutschland - "Incubus Succubus II"
　　16 Cranes - "Starblood"
　　17 Miranda Sex Garden - "Ardera Sempre"
　　18 Cocteau Twins - "Blood Bitch"
　　19 Dead Can Dance - "The Arcane"
　　Disc Three:
　　01 The Cult - "Rain"
　　02 The Bolshoi - "Away"
　　03 Rubicon - "Watch Without Pain"
　　04 Virgin Prunes - "Pagan Lovesong"
　　05 Einstürzende Neubauten - "Morning Dew"
　　06 Throbbing Gristle - "Hamburger Lady"
　　07 Kommunity FK - "To Blame"
　　08 The Damned - "Melody Lee"
　　09 Christian Death - "Romeo's Distress"
　　10 45 Grave - "Party Time"
　　11 London After Midnight - "Kiss"
　　12 Sex Gang Children - "Dieche"
　　13 Skinny Puppy - "Assimilate"
　　14 Misfits - "Halloween"
　　15 Killing Joke - "Tomorrow's World"
　　16 Ministry - "So What"
　　17 AFI - "The Hanging Garden"
　　DVD
　　01 The Cure - "Lullaby"
　　02 Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
　　03 The Sisters of Mercy - "Lucretia My Reflection"
　　04 Fields of the Nephilim - "Moonchild"
　　05 The Mission - "Deliverence"
　　06 Love and Rockets - "Ball of Confusion"
　　07 The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Head On"
　　08 Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
　　09 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
　　10 Ministry - "Stigmata"
　　11 The Cult - "Spiritwalker (Live)"
　　12 Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Cities in Dust"