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For the French magazine, see Esprit (magazine).

1990 studio album by In the Nursery

L'esprit

Studio album by In the Nursery

Released

April 1990

Recorded

Slaughterhouse Recording Studios, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire

Genre

Neoclassical Dark Wave, Martial industrial

Length

43:29

Label

Wax Trax!, Third Mind

Producer

Steve Harris, In the Nursery

In the Nursery chronology

Prelude 1983–1985
(1989)

L'esprit
(1990)

Sense
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Alternative Press	Positive

L'esprit is the fourth album by In the Nursery, released in 1990 through Wax Trax! Records.

Reception

Mike Shea at Alternative Press remarked that with L'esprit the band successfully improved on the soundtrack-oriented approach of their previous album, Köda, and that "never before has music been able to move me to tears and rip up bad childhood memories."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Klive Humberstone and Nigel Humberstone

No.	Title	Length
1.	"To the Faithful"	4:46
2.	"At First Sight"	4:46
3.	"Sesudient"	4:20
4.	"Azure Wings"	3:03
5.	"Sœurette"	3:28
6.	"Inamorata"	0:54
7.	"Retaliation"	4:42
8.	"Träumerei"	3:51
9.	"Scenes of Childhood"	4:48
10.	"The Pearl"	5:01
11.	"L'esprit"	3:46

CD bonus tracks (The Compulsion 12")
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Reverie"	1:46
13.	"Alluvion"	4:53
14.	"Across the Ruins"	4:01
15.	"To the Faithful (Reprise)"	2:21

1999 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Archaic Torso"	3:05
17.	"Blade"	3:37
18.	"Incidental Guilt"	3:42

Personnel

In the Nursery

Klive Humberstone – instruments
Nigel Humberstone – instruments
Q. – percussion
Dolores Marguerite C – narration

Production and additional personnel

Chris Bigg – design
Ruth Chappell – photography
Steve Harris – production
In the Nursery – production
Bill Stephenson – photography

References

Raggett, Ned. "L' Esprit". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
^ Shea, Michael (1990). "In The Nursery: L'esprit". Alternative Press. 5 (30). Cleveland, OH: Alternative Press International Publications: 62–63.

External links

L'Esprit at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e In the Nursery
Releases	When Cherished Dreams Come True (1983, mini-album) Sonority (1985, EP) Temper (1985, EP) Twins (1986) Trinity (1987, EP) Stormhorse (1987) Compulsion (1988, EP) Prelude 1983–1985 (1988) Köda (1988) Counterpoint (1989) L'esprit (1990) Sesudient (1990, EP) Sense (1991) Duality (1992) An Ambush of Ghosts (1993, soundtrack) Anatomy of a Poet (1994) Scatter (1995) Deco (1996) The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1996, soundtrack) Asphalt (1997, soundtrack) Lingua (1998) Man with a Movie Camera (1999, soundtrack) Groundloop (2000) Exhibit (2000) Hindle Wakes (2001, soundtrack) Engel (2001) Praxis (2003) A Page of Madness (2004, soundtrack) Electric Edwardians (2005, soundtrack) Era (2007) The Passion of Joan of Arc (2008, soundtrack) Aubade (2010, a collection of recordings from 1983–1985) Blind Sound (2011) The Calling (2013) The Fall of the House of Usher (2015, soundtrack) 1961 (2017) The Seashell and the Clergyman (2019, soundtrack)

In the Nursery

Releases

When Cherished Dreams Come True (1983, mini-album)
Sonority (1985, EP)
Temper (1985, EP)
Twins (1986)
Trinity (1987, EP)
Stormhorse (1987)
Compulsion (1988, EP)
Prelude 1983–1985 (1988)
Köda (1988)
Counterpoint (1989)
L'esprit (1990)
Sesudient (1990, EP)
Sense (1991)
Duality (1992)
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993, soundtrack)
Anatomy of a Poet (1994)
Scatter (1995)
Deco (1996)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1996, soundtrack)
Asphalt (1997, soundtrack)
Lingua (1998)
Man with a Movie Camera (1999, soundtrack)
Groundloop (2000)
Exhibit (2000)
Hindle Wakes (2001, soundtrack)
Engel (2001)
Praxis (2003)
A Page of Madness (2004, soundtrack)
Electric Edwardians (2005, soundtrack)
Era (2007)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (2008, soundtrack)
Aubade (2010, a collection of recordings from 1983–1985)
Blind Sound (2011)
The Calling (2013)
The Fall of the House of Usher (2015, soundtrack)
1961 (2017)
The Seashell and the Clergyman (2019, soundtrack)

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