Malediction and Prayer

Malediction and Prayer is a live performance album by avant-garde musician Diamanda Galás, released on 8 May 1998 by Asphodel and Mute Records.^[3] It features recordings from her concert tour "Malediction and Prayer: Concert for the Damned" between 1996 and 1997.

Malediction and Prayer
Live album by Diamanda Galás
Released	8 May 1998 (1998-05-08)
Recorded	November 1996 (1996-11)–June 1997 (1997-06)
Genre	Avant-garde
Length	59:11
Label	Mute/Asphodel
Producer	Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology
Schrei x (1996) Malediction and Prayer (1998) Defixiones: Will and Testament (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	5.0/10[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Iron Lady"	Phil Ochs	4:43
2.	"The Thrill is Gone"	Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins	5:36
3.	"My World Is Empty Without You"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	4:27
4.	"Abel et Caïn"	Charles Baudelaire adapted by D. Galás	5:33
5.	"Death Letter"	Son House	4:41
6.	"Supplica a mia madre"	Pier Paolo Pasolini adapted by D. Galás	4:13
7.	"Insane Asylum"	Willie Dixon	7:12
8.	"Si la muerte"	Miguel Huezo Mixco adapted by D. Galás	5:22
9.	"25 Minutes to Go"	Shel Silverstein	4:35
10.	"Keigome Keigome"	Nikos Gatsos, Stavros Xarchakos	4:32
11.	"I'm Gonna Live the Life"	Thomas A. Dorsey	4:27
12.	"Gloomy Sunday"	Carter, Jávor, Seress	3:52

Personnel

• Diamanda Galás — vocals, piano, production

Production and additional personnel

• Blaise Dupuy — engineering
• Xopher Davidsonv— mixing, mastering
• Alex Oropeza — mixing
• Michael Halsband — photography
• Rex Ray — design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1998	Mute	CD, CS	STUMM 163
United States		Asphodel	CD, LP	0984