Album

Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun

Dead Can Dance

1987 · Electronic, Rock

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Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance

Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun is a Classical album by Dead Can Dance, originally released in 1987. On Gatefold: 83 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.

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Dead Can Dance's third album steps beyond the bounds of guitar and bass, using dark strings, brass, and sweeping synths to create a cinematic, often apocalyptic landscape that highlights Brendan Perry's foreboding drone and Lisa Gerrard's unearthly alto—especially on the ominous "Dawn of the Iconoclast." Mystical ideals and archetypal struggles inform dark sagas like "Anywhere Out of the World" and "Summoning of the Muse," while the tombstone cover art and trellised minor-key melodies suggest the ethereal gothic-rock scene from which the duo sprang.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Anywhere Out Of The World5:08
  2. A2Windfall3:30
  3. A3In The Wake Of Adversity4:14
  4. A4Xavier6:16

Side B

  1. B1Dawn Of The Iconoclast2:06
  2. B2Cantara5:58
  3. B3Summoning Of The Muse4:55
  4. B4Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers)6:36

Sound DNA

  • Classical
  • Modern & Contemporary
  • cavernous
  • brooding
  • spiritual

Album notes

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[Labels]
Recorded/Mixed: Woodbine Street Recording Studios April/May 1987
Glossy grey-coloured inner sleeve.

Credits

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Performers

  • Alison HarlingVIOLIN
  • Andrew ClaxtonBASS TROMBONE, TUBA TROMBONE TUBA
  • Brendan PerryINSTRUMENTS , VOICE , PERFORMER INSTRUMENTS , VOICE, PERFORMER PERFORMER , VOICE, DESIGN
  • Emlyn SingletonVIOLIN
  • Gus FergusonCELLO
  • John SingletonTROMBONE
  • Lisa GerrardINSTRUMENTS , VOICE , PERFORMER INSTRUMENTS , VOICE, PERFORMER PERFORMER , VOICE
  • Mark GerrardTRUMPET
  • Peter UlrichPERCUSSION TIMPANI, DRUMS TIMPANI, PERCUSSION
  • Piero GaspariniVIOLA VIOLIN
  • Richard AvisonTROMBONE
  • Ruth WatsonOBOE
  • Tony GamageCELLO

11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 83 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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