Anastasis (album)

Anastasis
Studio album by Dead Can Dance
Released August 13, 2012
August 14, 2012 (US)
Recorded Recorded and produced at Quivvy Studios (Cavan, Ireland), mastered at Masterlabs (Dublin)
Genre World music, worldbeat, darkwave
Length 56:06
Label PIAS Recordings
A55 (US)
Producer Brendan Perry
Lisa Gerrard
Dead Can Dance chronology

Spiritchaser
(1996)		 Anastasis
(2012)		 In Concert
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 69/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Chicago Tribune [3]
Consequence of Sound [4]
The Line of Best Fit [5]
musicOMH [6]
The NewReview [7]
Paste 5.4/10[8]
Pitchfork Media 8/10[9]
PopMatters [10]

Anastasis is a 2012 studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance.[11] It is the eighth studio album by the band and the first after Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard disbanded in 1998. It was officially released on 13 August 2012 by PIAS Recordings, 16 years after the group's last album, Spiritchaser.[12][13][14][15] It is also the band's first album since it left 4AD Records. "Anastasis" is the Greek word for "resurrection".

To date, Anastasis sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.[16]

Reception

Anastasis received generally favorable reviews based on 16 critics at Metacritic.[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard). 

No. Title Length
1. "Children of the Sun"   7:33
2. "Anabasis"   6:50
3. "Agape"   6:54
4. "Amnesia"   6:36
5. "Kiko"   8:01
6. "Opium"   5:44
7. "Return of the She-King"   7:51
8. "All in Good Time"   6:37
Total length:
 56:06
LP track listing
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Children of the Sun"   7:34
2. "Anabasis"   6:50
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Agape"   6:53
2. "Amnesia"   6:36
Side C
No. Title Length
1. "Kiko"   8:03
2. "Opium"   5:42
Side D
No. Title Length
1. "Return of the She-King"   7:47
2. "All in Good Time"   6:34

Personnel

Dead Can Dance
Additional musician
Production

Charts

Chart Peak position
Top World Albums[17] 1
Poland Albums Top 50 1
Dutch Albums Top 100 6
Germany Albums Top 50 7
Belgium Albums Top 50 11
France Albums Top 150 13
Italy Albums Top 100 13
Swiss Albums Top 100 15
Austria Albums Top 75 24
Ireland Albums Top 100 34
US Albums Top 100 46
UK Albums Top 75 68
Spain Albums Top 100 85

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anastasis". Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Anastasis — Dead Can Dance". Allmusic. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kot, Greg (August 13, 2012). "Album review: Dead Can Dance, 'Anastasis'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Jake (August 10, 2012). "Album Review: Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". Consequence of Sound. consequenceofsound.net. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ Haddrill, Matthew (August 10, 2012). "Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". The Line of Best Fit. thelineofbestfit.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ Wright, Mic. "Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". musicOMH. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ Lopez, Rhiis (July 30, 2012). "Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". The NewReview. thenewreview.net. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  8. ↑ Reed, Ryan (August 14, 2012). "Dead Can Dance: Anastasis". Paste. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ Raggett, Ned (August 12, 2012). "Dead Can Dance: Anastasis". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ Pan, Arnold (August 15, 2012). "Dead Can Dance: Anastasis". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Anastasis (2012)". deadcandance.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ Dead Can Dance — Anastasis, Sputnikmusic, retrieved November 2012
  13. ↑ Murphy, Sarah (June 25, 2012). "Dead Can Dance Title Upcoming Album, Release New Song". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Dead Can Dance – Brand New Album – ‘Anastasis’ – Out 13th August". [PIAS]. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  15. ↑ "New Release Information Pack No:29/12" (PDF). [PIAS] UK. July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Anastasis Deluxe Editions". PIAS Recordings UK. Archived from the original on March 20, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Anastasis – Dead Can Dance – Billboard". Billboard. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.

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