Released 27 July 1987 | Length 38:43 Release date 27 July 1987 | |
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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun(1987) Genres World music, Neoclassical dark wave, Dark ambient Similar Spleen and Ideal, The Serpent's Egg, Aion, Into the Labyrinth, Toward the Within | ||
Dead can dance anywhere out of the world
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is the third studio album by the band Dead Can Dance. It was released on 27 July 1987 by record label 4AD.
Contents
- Dead can dance anywhere out of the world
- Anywhere out of this world
- Background
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
Anywhere out of this world
Background
By this time, Dead Can Dance were predominantly a duo of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, along with Peter Ulrich, after the departure of Scott Rodger and James Pinker in 1987.
On the sound of the album, the group commented, "We realised we had been limiting our musical visions [before], relying around guitar, bass and drums. These instruments weren't adequate to express a lot of the things we were hearing". On the making of the album, 4AD label owner Ivo Watts-Russell commented, "I think the relationship between them and [producer] John Rivers was at its peak with [Within the Realm of a Dying Sun]. It's probably my favourite record of theirs".
Gerrard's vocals featured prominently on the second half of the album, and her singing style often had mellifluous oriental overtones, especially on "Cantara".
The cover's photograph was taken in Paris, at the family grave of François-Vincent Raspail at Père-Lachaise cemetery.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.
Songs
1Anywhere Out of the World5:10
2Windfall3:32
3In the Wake of Adversity4:17