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Wake

Dead Can Dance

2003 · Electronic, Rock

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Wake by Dead Can Dance

Wake is an Electronic album by Dead Can Dance, originally released in 2003. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked.

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The 15-song retrospective <i>A Passage in Time</i> couldn't properly encompass the scope of Dead Can Dance’s career, and the four-disc box set <i>Dead Can Dance 1981-1998</i> was simply too overwhelming for some listeners. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry finally struck the right balance with this two-disc survey from 2003. <i>Wake</i> consists of tracks from across the band’s career, and taken as a whole, the collection shows not just an evolution but a refinement. They started out with the thick, cascading, and often intimidating sounds of “Summoning the Muse” and “Anywhere Out of the World” and eventually worked toward the stripped-down approach of “Yulunga (Spirit Dance)” and “The Lotus Eaters.” Like many dedicated students of folk music from across the world, they gradually learned that the greatest depth comes from simplicity and that the most powerful artists can say the most by doing the least. <i>Wake</i> shows that by the end of their partnership, Gerrard and Perry could summon mystical forces using nothing more than a intensely crafted drumbeat and the naked authority of Gerrard’s voice.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Frontier (Demo)3:00
  2. 2Anywhere Out of the World5:07
  3. 3Enigma of the Absolute4:14
  4. 4Carnival of Light3:30
  5. 5in Power We Entrust the Love Advocated4:10
  6. 6Summoning of the Muse4:57
  7. 7Windfall3:31
  8. 8In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-eyed Are Kings4:10
  9. 9The Host of Seraphim6:17
  10. 10Bird5:00
  11. 11Cantara5:58
  12. 12Severance3:21
  13. 13Saltarello2:36
  14. 14Black Sun4:56
  15. 2.1Yulunga (Spirit Dance)6:57
  16. 2.2The Carnival Is Over5:42
  17. 2.3The Lotus Eaters6:42
  18. 2.4Rakim (Live at the Mayfair Theatre)6:02
  19. 2.5The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove6:14
  20. 2.6Sanvean (Live at the Mayfair Theatre)3:46
  21. 2.7Song of the Nile8:00
  22. 2.8The Spider's Stratagem6:41
  23. 2.9I Can See Now (Live at the Mayfair Theatre)2:56
  24. 2.10American Dreaming (Live at the Mayfair Theatre)4:30
  25. 2.11Nierika5:45
  26. 2.12How Fortunate the Man With None9:09

Sound DNA

  • Electronic

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Anthology release designed to replace the Dead Can Dance box set DCD BOX 1 (opens in a new tab) once it's sold out.
Packaged in a slim clear jewel 2CD jewel case with 24 page booklet and 2-sided printed tray card.
In booklet:
1984 Frontier (demo)
Track 1-1
1984 Dead Can Dance
1984 Garden Of The Arcane Delights (EP)
Tracks 1-4, 1-5
1985 Spleen And Ideal
Track 1-3
1987 Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
Tracks 1-2, 1-7, 1-11, 1-6
1988 The Serpent's Egg
Tracks 1-8, 1-9, 1-12
1990 Aion
Tracks 1-13, 1-14
1991 A Passage In Time
Track 1-10
1993

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Songwriting

8 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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