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- Date Released: January 1, 1987
- Genre: International
- Label: 4AD
Somber doom and gloomscapes from Down Under.
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We Say...
At once somber and ornamental, Australian duo Dead Can Dance’s music forges links between Medievalism (often recalling liturgical music designed for reverberant cathedrals) and the non-West (threads of Middle Eastern, African and Oriental music). Lisa Gerrard’s voice is a thing of wonder in both senses of the word: awe is her primary emotion and awe is what her piercing ululations strike in the listener. Brendan Perry is closer to troubled troubadours like Tim Rose and Scott Walker, meaning that his rather portentous lyrics sometimes weigh down his undeniably mellifluous singing. On Within the Realm, the split personality was splayed across the two sides of the album. Side one frontloads Perry’s doomy ballads and gloomy instrumentals, while the reverse is devoted to Gerrard’s devotionals — the perfect median point between the crypt and the chill-out zone.
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They Say...
With its two sides split between Perry and Gerrard's vocal efforts, Within the Realm of a Dying Sun serves as both a display for the ever more ambitious band and a chance for the two to individually demonstrate their awesome talents. Beginning with the portentous "Anywhere Out of the World," a piece that takes the deep atmospherics of "Enigma of the Absolute" to a higher level with mysterious, chiming bells, simple but effective keyboard bass and a sense of vast space, the album finds Dead Can Dance on a steady roll. Once again a range of assistant musicians provide even more elegance and power to the band's work, with a chamber string quartet plus various performers on horns, woodwind, and percussion. Impressive though the remainder of the first side is, Gerrard's showcase on the second half is even more enveloping and arguably more successful. The martial combination of drums and horns that start "Dawn of the Iconoclast" call to mind everything from Wagner to Laibach, but Gerrard's unearthly alto, at its most compelling here, elevates it even higher. "Cantara" is no less impressive, a swirling, drum-heavy song that sounds equally inspired by gypsy dancing, classical orchestras and any number of Arab musical traditions. "Summoning of the Muse" is perhaps too formal in comparison, though still quite impressive, but "Persephone" is the finer effort and a good way to close.
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Anywhere Out Of The World |
5:08 |
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| 02. | |
Windfall |
3:30 |
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| 03. | |
In The Wake Of Adversity |
4:14 |
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| 04. | |
Xavier |
6:16 |
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| 05. | |
Dawn Of The Iconoclast |
2:06 |
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| 06. | |
Cantara |
5:58 |
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| 07. | |
Summoning Of The Muse |
4:55 |
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| 08. | |
Persephone (the Gathering Of Flowers) |
6:36 |
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08 Total Tracks, 38:43 Total Length
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Credits
- Dead Can Dance - Producer // Dead Can Dance - Main Performer // Francisco Cabeza - Engineer // Lisa Gerrard - Vocals // Lisa Gerrard - Vocals // Lisa Gerrard - Voices // Lisa Gerrard - Voices // Lisa Gerrard - Multi Instruments // Lisa Gerrard - Multi Instruments // Lisa Gerrard - Instrumentation // Lisa Gerrard - Instrumentation // Brendan Perry - Vocals // Brendan Perry - Voices // Brendan Perry - Multi Instruments // Brendan Perry - Design // Brendan Perry - Cover Design // Brendan Perry - Instrumentation // Andrew Claxton - Tuba // Andrew Claxton - Trombone (Bass) // John A. Rivers - Producer // John A. Rivers - Engineer // John A. Rivers - Remastering // Tony Gamage - Cello // Peter Ulrich - Tympani [Timpani] // Peter Ulrich - Drums (Snare) // Richard Avison - Trombone // Ruth Watson - Oboe // Alison Harling - Violin // Bernard Oudin - Photography // Bernard Oudin - Cover Photo // Emlyn Singleton - Violin // Shawn R. Britton - Supervisor // Gus Ferguson - Cello // Piero Gasparini - Viola // Mark Gerrard - Trumpet // John Singleton - Trombone
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