Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
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| Within the Realm of a Dying Sun | ||
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| Studio album by Dead Can Dance | ||
| Released | July 1987 | |
| Recorded | April 1987--May 1987 | |
| Genre | World music, Modern classical | |
| Length | 38:43 | |
| Label | 4AD Records | |
| Producer(s) | Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dead Can Dance chronology | ||
| Spleen and Ideal (1985) |
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) |
The Serpent's Egg (1988) |
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is the third album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, in 1987.
The cover's photograph was taken in Paris, at the Père-Lachaise cemetery. It features the grave of the politician Raspail.
Lisa Gerrard's vocals feature prominently in the second side, and her singing style often hits those wailing Arabic overtones like on the track titled Cantara. It is in contrast to the dreamlike first side, but builds powerfully, and is an excellent work.
[edit] Track listing
- "Anywhere out of the World"
- "Windfall"
- "In the Wake of Adversity"
- "Xavier"
- "Dawn of the Iconoclast"
- "Cantara"
- "Summoning of the Muse"
- "Persephone" - The Gathering of Flowers
[edit] Miscellanea
- Gerrard's voice on "Dawn of the Iconoclast" was sampled on the now-classic dance track Papua New Guinea by Future Sound Of London in an unexpectedly successful clash of genres.
| Dead Can Dance |
| Lisa Gerrard - Brendan Perry |
| Discography |
| Albums: Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - The Serpent's Egg - Aion - Into the Labyrinth - Spiritchaser |
| Compilations: A Passage in Time - Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) - Wake - Memento |
| Live albums: Toward the Within |
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