Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun cover
Studio album by Dead Can Dance
Released July 1987
Recorded April 1987--May 1987
Genre World music, Neoclassical
Length 38:43
Label 4AD Records
Producer Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard
Professional reviews
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 half of the album, and her singing style often has wailing Arabic overtones, especially on the track titled Cantara. It is in contrast to the dreamlike first half, but builds powerfully as the album progresses.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Anywhere Out of the World" – 5:08
  2. "Windfall" – 3:30
  3. "In the Wake of Adversity" – 4:14
  4. "Xavier" – 6:16
  5. "Dawn of the Iconoclast" – 2:06
  6. "Cantara" – 5:58
  7. "Summoning of the Muse" – 4:55
  8. "Persephone (the Gathering of Flowers)" – 6:36

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