Whilst Spiritchaser would be the finale of Dead Can Dance’s studio albums, there is still much to explore. As I mentioned in the opening post, most of their live albums have tracks that are unheard on studio albums, or have tracks that were later put on studio albums (Severance would be a good example of this). I will introduce you to some of these later on, as well as the solo work by the pair.
Firstly though, ranking the albums...
7th – Dead Can Dance (An interesting album none-the-less)
6th – Aion
5th – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
4th – Spiritchaser (Most underrated)
3rd – Into The Labyrinth
2nd – Spleen and Ideal
1st – The Serpent’s Egg
And a taster compilation, featuring three tracks from each album (Split into 2 downloads).
Dead Can Dance
Part 1
The Fatal Impact
(Dead Can Dance)
Ocean
(Dead Can Dance)
Threshold
(Dead Can Dance)
De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow)
(Spleen and Ideal)
Enigma Of The Absolute
(Spleen and Ideal)
Avatar
(Spleen and Ideal)
Xavier
(Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun)
Summoning Of The Muse
(Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun)
Persephone
(Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun)
The Host Of Seraphim
(The Serpent’s Egg)
In The Kingdom Of The Blind
(The Serpent’s Egg)
Ullyses
(The Serpent’s Egg)
Part 2
Saltarello
(Aion)
Black Sun
(Aion)
Radharc
(Aion)
The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
(Into The Labyrinth)
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
(Into The Labyrinth)
How Fortunate The Man With None
(Into The Labyrinth)
Song Of The Stars
(Spiritchaser)
The Snake And The Moon
(Spiritchaser)
Devorzhum
(Spiritchaser)
Enjoy!