Bitter Suites to Succubi

Infobox Album | Name = Bitter Suites to Succubi
Type = ep
Artist = Cradle of Filth


Background =
Released = 2001
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Extreme metal
Length = 49:34
Label = Abracadaver
Spitfire Records (USA)
Producer = Doug Cook
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:llf3zfj2eh7k link]
* The Metal Observer Rating-10|9 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=5418 link]
* Sputnikmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=12804 link] | Last album = "Midian"
(2000)
This album = "Bitter Suites to Succubi"
(2001)
Next album = "Lovecraft & Witch Hearts"
(2002)

Cradle of Filth's "Bitter Suites to Succubi" is essentially an EP - or "transitional mini album" as Dani Filth would have it - bridging the gap between "Midian" and "Damnation and a Day" while the band negotiated their label change from Music For Nations to Sony. It features only six new tracks (two of which are instrumentals), but is bolstered to album-length with three reworkings of songs from "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" ("The Principle of Evil Made Flesh", "Summer Dying Fast" and "The Black Goddess Rises"), and a cover version. It was the band's first release on their own Abracadaver label. Uniquely in the band's canon, it features exactly the same band members as the previous album. This would be the last studio album to feature long-term bassist Robin Eaglestone.

"Dinner at Deviant's Palace" features a recording of Paul Allender's son reading The Lord's Prayer played in reverse.

On the special edition version of the CD, the track listing spells "Scorched Earth Erotica" as "Scorched Earth Erotics".

Track listing

#"Sin Deep My Wicked Angel" (Instrumental) – 2:23
#"All Hope in Eclipse" – 6:39
#"Born in a Burial Gown" – 4:46
#"Summer Dying Fast" – 5:21
#"No Time to Cry" (Sisters of Mercy cover) – 3:22
#"The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" – 4:49
#"Suicide and Other Comforts" – 6:57
#"Dinner at Deviant's Palace" (Instrumental) – 2:59
#"The Black Goddess Rises II" – 7:22
#"Scorched Earth Erotica" – 4:56

Credits

*Dani Filth - Vocals
*Paul Allender - Guitar
*Robin Eaglestone - Bass
*Martin Powell - Keyboards
*Gian Pyres - Guitar
*Adrian Erlandsson - Drums