Dead Can Dance (album)

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Dead Can Dance
Studio album by Dead Can Dance
Released	27 February 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	Gothic rock Post-Punk
Length	51:06 (cd release)
Label	4AD
Producer	Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard
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Dead Can Dance chronology
Garden of the Arcane Delights (1984) Dead Can Dance (1984) Spleen and Ideal (1985)

Dead Can Dance is the debut album recorded by the Dead Can Dance in 1984. This album differs greatly from later Dead Can Dance releases, particularly in terms of ethnic fusion. This album has been at times described as Gothic, and post-punk.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Fatal Impact" - 3:21
2. "The Trial" - 3:42
3. "Frontier" - 3:13
4. "Fortune" - 3:47
5. "Ocean" - 3:21
6. "East of Eden" - 3:23
7. "Threshold" - 3:51
8. "A Passage in Time" - 4:03
9. "Wild in the Woods" - 3:46
10. "Musica Eternal" - 3:52

[edit] Garden of the Arcane Delights

The following tracks were originally released in 1984 as the Garden of the Arcane Delights EP and were included on the CD release of the album:

11. "Carnival of Light" - 3:31
12. "In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated" - 4:11
13. "The Arcane" - 3:49
14. "Flowers of the Sea" - 3:28

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