UPC: 652637230321
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: May 05, 2003
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Dead Can Dance: Lisa Gerrard , Brendan Perry (vocals, various instruments).
Audio Remasterer: John Dent.
Photographer: Graham Wood.
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.
Audio Remasterer: John Dent.
Photographer: Graham Wood.
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.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Frontier
2 - Anywhere Out of the World
3 - Enigma of the Absolute
4 - Carnival of Light
5 - In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated
6 - Summoning of the Muse
7 - Windfall
8 - In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings
9 - Host of Seraphim
10 - Bird
11 - Cantara
12 - Severance
13 - Saltarello
14 - Black Sun
Disc 2:
1 - Yulunga
2 - Carnival Is Over
3 - Lotus Eaters
4 - Rakim
5 - Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
6 - Sanvean
7 - Song of the Nile
8 - Spider's Stratagem
9 - I Can See Now
10 - American Dreaming
11 - Nierika
12 - How Fortunate the Man With None
1 - Frontier
2 - Anywhere Out of the World
3 - Enigma of the Absolute
4 - Carnival of Light
5 - In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated
6 - Summoning of the Muse
7 - Windfall
8 - In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings
9 - Host of Seraphim
10 - Bird
11 - Cantara
12 - Severance
13 - Saltarello
14 - Black Sun
Disc 2:
1 - Yulunga
2 - Carnival Is Over
3 - Lotus Eaters
4 - Rakim
5 - Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
6 - Sanvean
7 - Song of the Nile
8 - Spider's Stratagem
9 - I Can See Now
10 - American Dreaming
11 - Nierika
12 - How Fortunate the Man With None