The uncompromising eponymous debut, Dead Can Dance (1984), harnessed a bewitching barrage of sounds (including the distinct sound of the yangqin) with the then five-piece interchanging instruments to leave the vocals of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry as the only constant. The album’s cover was important as an introduction too, a Papua New Guinean mask that some believe when worn, a life force can be put into the inanimate wood - the dead can dance. The 2016 LP version is a repress of the original release.
Dead Can Dance, Dead Can Dance
Label: 4AD, CAD 3622
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: UK & US
Released: 08 Jul 2016
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock, Ethereal, Post-Punk
Track listing...
Side A)
A1 The Fatal Impact
A2 The Trial
A3 Frontier
A4 Fortune
A5 Ocean
Side B)
B1 East Of Eden
B2 Threshold
B3 A Passage In Time
B4 Wild In The Woods
B5 Musica Eternal
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – 4AD Ltd.
Copyright (c) – 4AD Ltd.
Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Momentum 3
Pressed By – MPO
Credits
Written-By, Producer – Dead Can Dance
Notes
Issued with a heavy-stock printed inner sleeve.
©2016 4AD, New York City, New York, United States