Sacred Bones Records has announced a new collection of music by the late cult artist Q Lazzarus. Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From the Motion Picture) is a 21-song compilation featuring a trove of unreleased tracks, all recorded between 1985 and 1995. The songs were retrieved from Q Lazzarus’ archive of digital tapes and cassettes, and will now be released as a 10-track vinyl album, with additional cuts on the digital and CD editions. Check out the tracklist below, along with a new-wave version of Q Lazzarus’ biggest hit, “Goodbye Horses.”
Q Lazzarus died, in 2022, following a short illness; she was 61. The singer had been working with filmmaker and friend Aridjis Fuentes on a documentary, also titled Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, and the new collection of music is being released in conjunction with that project.
“Goodbye Horses” appeared in two Jonathan Demme films: 1988’s Married to the Mob, and, more famously, 1991’s The Silence of the Lamb’s, where it scored a memorable scene featuring the film’s principal villain, Buffalo Bill. Q Lazzarus met Demme by chance when she was driving a cab in the 1980s. She met Aridjis in a similar fashion, when she was serving as her New York driver in 2019.
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Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From the Motion Picture):
01 Goodbye Horses (New Wave Version)02 Heaven03 I See Your Eyes04 A Fools Life05 Summertime06 My Mistake07 Hellfire08 Don’t Let Go09 Bang Bang10 Flesh for Sale11 I Don’t Want to Love You Anymore12 Fathers, Mothers, and Children Are Dying in the Street13 Love Lust14 Home15 Momma Never Said16 The Time Is Right (Dare)17 Only You Can Light the Candle18 Love Dance19 Take the Time20 Be Mine21 It Don’t Mean Nothing
