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Released
  
January 6, 1989

Faces, Forms & Illusions (1989)
  
Morpheus (1989)

Release date
  
6 January 1989

Label
  
Dossier Records

Length
  
39:47

Artist
  
Delerium

Producer
  
Bill Leeb

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Genres
  
Ambient music, Electronic music

Similar
  
Delerium albums, Ambient music albums

Faces, Forms & Illusions is an album by the Canadian ambient/electronic music group Delerium that was released on January 6, 1989 on the Dossier label. The album was re-issued in 1997 on Cleopatra Records with the bonus track "Dark Star" added and "Hidden Mask" removed. All songs written by Bill Leeb, except "Monuments of Deceit" and "Mecca", which were co-written by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch.

Contents

"Hidden Mask" features samples from the song "Im Nin'alu" by Ofra Haza.

The front cover of the album shows a photo of Thich Quang Duc, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk setting himself alight and burning to death in Saigon, 1963.

Delerium monuments of deceit


Track listing

All tracks written by Bill Leeb, except "Monuments of Deceit" and "Mecca" co-written by Michael Balch.

Personnel

Delerium
  • Bill Leeb – instruments, production, mixing
  • Rhys Fulber – instruments (9)
  • Production and additional personnel
  • Aimee C. – design
  • Michael Balch – mixing
  • Wide World Photos – photography
  • Songs

    1Monuments of Deceit4:16
    2Mecca4:24
    3Inside the Chamber6:22

    References

    Faces, Forms & Illusions Wikipedia