Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) (2001) is a four-disc box set, containing three CDs of music spanning Dead Can Dance's career and a DVD of their 1994 video release Toward the Within.

While most of the tracks are taken from previously released albums, this set also contains a large number of rarities. "Frontier" (Demo) and "The Protagonist" were originally released on the 1987 4AD compilation Lonely Is an Eyesore. "Labour of Love", "Ocean", "Orion", and "Threshold" were recorded for the John Peel Show in 1983. In 1984, a follow-up Peel Session produced the version of "Carnival of Light" contained in this set. "Sloth" (Radio) was recorded for radio and a studio version was later released on Brendan Perry's solo album Eye of the Hunter. "Bylar", a Lisa Gerrard and Robert Perry (Brendan's brother) composition, was taken from a live performance recorded on 10 July 1996 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania for the Echoes public radio show. It was originally released in 1996 on The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 2. “Gloridean” was previously only available on the Towards The Within video but didn’t appear on the CD version. "Sambatiki" was previously released as an accompanying track on the Spiritchaser tour programme. "The Lotus Eaters" is a previously unreleased track, from the sessions for the band's aborted eighth album.

Track listing All tracks by Dead Can Dance

Disc 1 "Frontier" (Demo) – 3:01 – 1981 "Labour of Love" (Radio) – 3:56 – 1983 "Ocean" (Radio) – 3:38 – 1983 "Orion" (Radio) – 3:28 – 1983 "Threshold" (Radio) – 4:10 – 1983 "Carnival of Light" (Radio) – 3:18 – 1984 "In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated" – 4:07 – 1984 "De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)" – 3:59 – 1985 "Avatar" – 4:35 – 1985 "Enigma of the Absolute" – 4:15 – 1985 "Summoning of the Muse" – 4:58 – 1987 "Anywhere Out of the World" – 5:08 – 1987 "Windfall" – 3:32 – 1987 "Cantara" – 5:58 – 1987 "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings" – 4:12 – 1988 "Bird" – 5:00 – 1991 "The Protagonist" – 8:54 – 1984

Disc 2 "Severance" – 3:23 – 1988 "The Host of Seraphim" – 6:19 – 1988 "Song of Sophia" – 1:28 – 1988 "The Arrival and the Reunion" – 1:41 – 1990 "Black Sun" – 4:58 – 1990 "The Promised Womb" – 3:26 – 1990 "Saltarello" – 2:37 – 1990 "The Song of the Sibyl" – 3:46 – 1990 "Spirit" – 5:01 – 1991 "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)" – 6:56 – 1993 "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove" (Radio) – 4:35 – 1993 "Sloth" (Radio) – 2:40 – 1993 "Bylar" – 6:42 – 1996 "The Carnival Is Over" – 5:45 – 1993 "The Spider's Stratagem" – 6:42 – 1993 "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (Radio) – 2:32 – 1993 "How Fortunate the Man with None" – 9:09 – 1993

Disc 3 "I Can See Now" – 2:56 – 1994 "American Dreaming" – 4:30 – 1994 "Tristan" – 1:48 – 1994 "Sanvean" – 3:46 – 1994 "Rakim" – 5:39 – 1994 "Gloridean" – 5:51 – 1994 "Don't Fade Away" – 5:10 – 1994 "Nierika" – 5:45 – 1996 "Song of the Nile" – 8:01 – 1996 "Sambatiki" – 7:31 – 1996 "Indus" – 9:24 – 1996 "The Snake and the Moon" (Edit) – 4:13 – 1996 "The Lotus Eaters" – 6:42 – 1998

Disc 4 Toward the Within DVD

Personnel

Richard Avison – Trombone Tony Ayres – Tympani [Timpani] John Bonnar – Percussion, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Viol Charlie Bouis – Assistant Engineer Pieter Bourke – Percussion, Keyboards Sarah Buckley – Viola Guy Charbonneau – Engineer, Mixing Andrew Claxton – Tuba, Keyboards, Trombone (Bass) Martin Colley – Engineer Carolyn Costin – Violin Dead Can Dance – Arranger, Producer John Dent – Mastering Paul Erikson – Bass Dimitri Ehrlich – Interviewer Gus Ferguson – Cello Tony Gamage – Cello, Violoncello Piero Gasparini – Viola Lisa Gerrard – Percussion, Vocals, Instrumentation, Yang Chin Joe Gillingham – Engineer Dale Buffin Griffin – Producer Alison Harling – Violin Lance Hogan – Guitar, Percussion, Guitar (Bass) Simon Hogg – Trombone Andrew Hutton – Soprano (Vocal) Rebecca Jackson – Violin Paskaal Japhet – Percussion Kenny Jones – Engineer Martin McGarrick – Cello Jason Mitchell – Mastering Rónán Ó Snodaigh – Percussion, Vocals Brendan Perry – Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Hurdygurdy, Instrumentation Robert C. Perry – Bouzouki, Percussion, Woodwind, Uilleann Pipes James Pinker – Percussion, Tympani [Timpani] Renaud Pion – Turkish Clarinet John A. Rivers – Producer, Mastering Andrew Robinson – Violin Anne Robinson – Violin Emlyn Singleton – Violin John Singleton – Trombone Peter Ulrich – Percussion, Drums, Tympani [Timpani], Drums (Snare) Ruth Watson – Oboe Scott Rodger – Bass John Willet – Translation Graham Wood – Design, Photography

References

External links Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) at Dead-Can-Dance.com Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) Lyrics at Dead-Can-Dance.com