You Must Be Certain of the Devil

You Must Be Certain of the Devil is the fifth album by American avant-garde performer Diamanda Galás, released on May 23, 1988 by record label Mute.

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You Must Be Certain of the Devil is the final instalment in her "Masque of the Red Death" trilogy about the AIDS epidemic.^[2] The selections from this instalment are rooted in American gospel music.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"	Wallace Willis	2:44
2.	"Double-Barrel Prayer"	Diamanda Galás	5:01
3.	"Let's Not Chat About Despair"	Diamanda Galás	5:00
4.	"Birds of Death"	Diamanda Galás	5:15

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Must Be Certain of the Devil"	Diamanda Galás	4:55
2.	"Let My People Go"	Diamanda Galás, traditional	3:22
3.	"Malediction"	Diamanda Galás	4:17
4.	"The Lord Is My Shepherd"	Diamanda Galás	1:13

Personnel

Diamanda Galás – vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, production
John Dent – mastering
F. M. Einheit – drums (B2), chains (A2)
Naut Humon – samples
Gareth Jones – production
Kurt Schmidt – guitar (A2 & 4)
Pete Schmidt – engineering
Charlie Terstappen – drums
Peter Zimmermann – percussion

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[3]	12

References

^ Olewnick, Brian. You Must Be Certain of the Devil at AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
^ Kenny, Glenn; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Diamanda Galas". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links

You Must Be Certain of the Devil at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Diamanda Galás
Studio albums	The Litanies of Satan Diamanda Galas The Divine Punishment Saint of the Pit You Must Be Certain of the Devil The Singer All the Way De-formation: Piano Variations Broken Gargoyles
Collaborative albums	If Looks Could Kill The Sporting Life
Live albums	Plague Mass Vena Cava Schrei x Malediction and Prayer Defixiones: Will and Testament La serpenta canta Guilty Guilty Guilty At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem
Compilations	Masque of the Red Death

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