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Those who balk at the cash and time investment of DEAD CAN DANCE 1981-1998, the comprehensive 2001 three-disc box set, might prefer the much more concise two-disc anthology WAKE: THE BEST OF DEAD CAN DANCE. Stripping away the radio sessions, live tracks, and previously unreleased material, this 26-track overview focuses its attention on the duo's late-'80s/early-'90s heyday. During this period, the group's austere form of keyboard-heavy post-punk atmospherics was opening up to include Lisa Gerrard's increasingly ethnographic world-music obsessions, along with Brendan Perry's classical influences. Singles like the oddly danceable "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" sit comfortably next to more "serious" tracks like "The Host of Seraphim" and "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings." Although the non-chronological order might make it difficult for newcomers to trace the line of Dead Can Dance's career, WAKE remains the best starting point for those seeking entry into this unique musical world.
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Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1987 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peter Ulrich, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Ruth Watson, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1987 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Pinker, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Martin McCarrick, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Hogg, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Scott Rodger, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Carolyn Costin, StudioMusician - Tony Ayres, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1985 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Pinker, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Peter Ulrich, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Scott Rodger, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1984 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Pinker, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Peter Ulrich, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Scott Rodger, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1984 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peter Ulrich, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Ruth Watson, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1987 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peter Ulrich, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Ruth Watson, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1987 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Rebecca Jackson, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sarah Buckley, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Andrew Beesley, StudioMusician - David Navarro Sust, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1988 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Rebecca Jackson, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sarah Buckley, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Andrew Beesley, StudioMusician - David Navarro Sust, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1988 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1991 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peter Ulrich, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Ruth Watson, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1987 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Rebecca Jackson, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sarah Buckley, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Andrew Beesley, StudioMusician - David Navarro Sust, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1988 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - John Bonnar, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
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Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1993 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1993 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 2001 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Robert Perry, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ronan O'Snodaigh, StudioMusician - John Bonnar, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Lance Hogan, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1993 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Robert Perry, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ronan O'Snodaigh, StudioMusician - John Bonnar, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Lance Hogan, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1996 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1993 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Robert Perry, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ronan O'Snodaigh, StudioMusician - John Bonnar, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Lance Hogan, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Robert Perry, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ronan O'Snodaigh, StudioMusician - John Bonnar, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Lance Hogan, StudioMusician - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Perry, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 2001 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Bertolt Brecht, Lyricist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Brecht Music Co., MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Momentum 3 Music, MusicPublisher
2003 4AD Ltd 1993 4AD Ltd
Album review
Those who balk at the cash and time investment of DEAD CAN DANCE 1981-1998, the comprehensive 2001 three-disc box set, might prefer the much more concise two-disc anthology WAKE: THE BEST OF DEAD CAN DANCE. Stripping away the radio sessions, live tracks, and previously unreleased material, this 26-track overview focuses its attention on the duo's late-'80s/early-'90s heyday. During this period, the group's austere form of keyboard-heavy post-punk atmospherics was opening up to include Lisa Gerrard's increasingly ethnographic world-music obsessions, along with Brendan Perry's classical influences. Singles like the oddly danceable "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" sit comfortably next to more "serious" tracks like "The Host of Seraphim" and "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings." Although the non-chronological order might make it difficult for newcomers to trace the line of Dead Can Dance's career, WAKE remains the best starting point for those seeking entry into this unique musical world.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 02:13:11
- Main artists: Dead Can Dance
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 4AD
- Genre: World
2003 4AD Ltd 2003 4AD Ltd
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