Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil
Studio album by Coil
Released	2000 September
Recorded	2000 April 02
Genre	Experimental
Length	1:01:43
Label	Eskaton
Producer(s)	Coil
Coil chronology
Coil Presents Time Machines (2000)	Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (2000)	Пocoбие для нaчинaющих: Глac Cépeбpa (2001)

Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil was a CD by Coil released on the same day as Queens Of The Circulating Library. Like Queens Of The Circulating Library, this album comes with no artwork and is packaged in a pink c-shell case. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (938x938, 127 KB) cd face This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Eskaton is a defunct vanity record label created by Coil, exclusively for albums put out by the group and their friends. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... Coil Presents Time Machines was a live CD by Coil. ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... Queens Of The Circulating Library is a 2000 album by the experimental British group Coil. ...

According to the credits, "Coil were Thighpaulsandra, John Balance, & Peter Christopherson. Thanks to Simon Norris." Thighpaulsandra (born Tim Lewis to retired opera singer Dorothy Lewis) is a Welsh experimental musician. ... John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton; February 16, 1962 – November 13, 2004). ... Peter Sleazy Christopherson Peter Sleazy Christopherson (born February 27, 1955) is one of the original members of the infamous Industrial Records band, Throbbing Gristle. ... Simon Norris (aka Ossian Brown) is an electronic English musician. ...

The track names provided are "Higher Beings Command", "I Am The Green Child", "Beige", "Lowest Common Abominator", "Free Base Chakra", and "Tunnel Of Goats". The tracklisting is rather mysterious as it only lists six tracks while 23 tracks are actually pressed on the CD. The most commonly given explanation (including that of the official archive) is that the final song title, "Tunnel of Goats", is that of an 18-track suite which is, along with the trio of tracks before it, the main musical basis of the live opus "Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil".

The release is unique in Coil's catalogue for several things not unusual to the band separately: It is very noisy and nearly devoid of conventional instruments and vocals. John Balance's singing appears only on "I Am The Green Child" and minimally on "Tunnel of Goats", while Tom Edwards plays marimba on the former. However, there live act prominently featured Edwards' playing and, unlike the original, the live version of "Higher Beings Command" does include vocals.

The following warning appears after the tracklisting: "May Cause Drowsiness - Do Not Play While Driving Or Operating Machinery".

The catalogue number is ESKATON 24. Coil Presents Time Machines has the similar catalogue number of ESKATON CD24. Coil Presents Time Machines was a live CD by Coil. ...

Track listing

1. "Higher Beings Command" – 4:10
2. "I Am The Green Child" – 13:45
3. "Beige" – 5:57
4. "Lowest Common Abominator" – 5:00
5. "Free Base Chakra" – 5:14
6. "Tunnel Of Goats"– 5:00
7. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 0:29
8. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 0:21
9. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 0:23
10. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
11. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
12. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
13. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
14. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
15. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
16. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
17. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
18. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 2:00
19. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 1:00
20. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 1:00
21. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 0:15
22. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 0:51
23. "Tunnel Of Goats" – 0:16

• Tracks 3, 4 and 5 are continuations of each other, fading out at the end of track 5. Tracks 6 through 21 are continuations as well. Track 22 is silent, except for the beginning which is an extension from track 21. Track 23 features John Balance laughing with echo effects applied to his voice.
• Starting at 1:57 of track 10, through track 12, Balance can be heard singing in the right channel.
• The lyrics to "Tunnel of Goats" resurface on "Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil" on Live Two and the conclusion of "Backwards" on Live Three.