Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (2008 Reissue) (CD)

Name: Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (2008 Reissue) (CD)
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DEAD CAN DANCE's second album, Spleen And Ideal (1985), saw them experiment more with instrumentation, abandoning guitars in favour of cello, trombone and timpani. Widely acclaimed, there was now a richness of uni cation between voice and music, lyrics and structure, showing they had a concrete sense of the aural ideal they were striving towards. It's title was taken from Spleen et Idéal, a collection of poems by 18th century French poet Charles Baudelaire.

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Artist: Dead Can Dance
Country: Australia
Genre: Post-punk Ambient
Year: 1985
Label: 4AD
Format: Super Jewel Box CD
Catalogue no: CAD2707CD
More info: External

Track listing

De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)
Ascension
Circumradiant Dawn
The Cardinal Sin
Mesmerism
Enigma of the Absolute
Advent
Avatar
Indoctrination (A Design for Living)

Review

With this amazing album, Dead Can Dance fully took the plunge into the heady mix of musical traditions that would come to define its sound and style for the remainder of its career. The straightforward goth affectations are exchanged for a sonic palette and range of imagination. Calling it "haunting" and "atmospheric" barely scratches even the initial surface of the album's power. - All Music 5/5