Silhouettes and Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 [Box Set]
by Various Artists
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
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  1. The Wire
    Sep 1, 2017
    80
    Silhouettes & Statues--83 songs across five CDs--is a useful opportunity to take stock of goth’s actual achievements. It charts the genre’s emergence from post-punk, emphasises points of overlap with anarcho, industrial and even synthpop, and ends in 1986 before the arrival of Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and hordes of neo-celtic, pagan folk and cyber goth sub-groupings. [Sep 2017, p.69]
  2. The Quietus
    Aug 22, 2017
    70
    Not everything is suddenly revelatory in a positive sense--indeed, often the selections confirm exactly what you might expect, and sometimes songs start to blend into one another, which is inevitable over the course of such an extensive set.
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  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Jul 31, 2017
    80
    Clearly five CDs is way too much musical despondency to take in on one sitting, but this compilation does comprehensively show that for a genre known for an insular outlook, there was a surprising amount of scope musically from the bands involved.
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