The Burning Circle and Then Dust

The Burning Circle and Then Dust
Studio album by Lycia
Released April 3, 1995
Recorded April 1994–December 1994 at Boiler Room, Tempe, Arizona
Genre Dark wave, ethereal wave
Length 1:56:25
Label Projekt
Producer Lycia
Lycia chronology

Vane
(1995)		 The Burning Circle and Then Dust
(1995)		 Cold
(1997)

The Burning Circle and Then Dust is the fourth studio album by the American Dark Wave band Lycia, released on April 3, 1995 through Projekt Records. It was remastered and edited to fit on a single disc and re-released by Silber Records in 2006.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Ned Raggett of allmusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars, praising it as being "a high point of American dark rock" and the band's greatest and most ambitious work.[1]


Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Ned Raggett United States The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties[2] 1999 124

Track listing

All songs composed by Lycia.

Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "A Presence in the Woods"   4:09
2. "Wandering Soul"   4:47
3. "The Dust Settles (Part 1)"   1:52
4. "Sleepless"   3:27
5. "The Dust Settles (Part 2)"   1:29
6. "The Return of Nothing"   4:43
7. "The Dust Settles (Part 3)"   2:54
8. "Pray"   5:20
9. "The Better Things to Come"   4:32
10. "On the Horizon"   3:10
11. "Where Has All the Time Gone"   3:13
12. "Silence and Distance"   3:31
13. "Anywhere But Home"   3:57
14. "In the Fire and Flames"   2:12
15. "Slip Away"   6:17
16. "The Last Day"   4:27
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "August (Part 1)"   4:39
2. "Nine Hours Later"   4:46
3. "Nimble"   3:43
4. "August (Part 2)"   6:13
5. "The Facade Fades"   4:10
6. "Resigned"   6:36
7. "Surrender"   4:28
8. "These Memories Pass"   9:18
9. "The Burning Circle"   6:24
10. "The New Day"   5:57

Personnel

Lycia
Additional musicians and production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raggett, Ned. "The Burning Circle and Then Dust". Allmusic. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties". Ned Raggett. Retrieved September 11, 2014.