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Spiritchaser

Spiritchaser is the seventh studio album by Dead Can Dance, and would prove to be the last before the duo reunited fourteen years later for Anastasis. It expands on its exploration of world music, and like Into the Labyrinth, was recorded at Quivvy Church, Brendan Perry's personal studio in Ireland.

Spiritchaser
Studio album by
Dead Can Dance
Released3 June 1996
RecordedQuivvy Church, Ireland
GenreWorldbeat, neoclassical dark wave
Length51:57
Label4AD
4AD/Warner Bros. Records
46230 (US)
ProducerBrendan Perry
Dead Can Dance chronology
Toward the Within
(1994) 		Spiritchaser
(1996) 		Dead Can Dance
(2001)

The album was dedicated to Lisa Gerrard's deceased brother, Mark Gerrard.

The track "Indus" contains a melody that is very similar to that of "Within You Without You", a Beatles song that George Harrison wrote and recorded with Indian musicians in 1967. Although their use of a similar melody was not deliberate, Perry and Gerrard were asked to contact Harrison for his permission to use it; he granted it, but the record company insisted that they give him partial songwriting credit on "Indus".[1]

In 2020, Spiritchaser was named by Brazilian metal musician Max Cavalera as his favorite "non-metal" album ever.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Muzik[5]
Pitchfork8.4/10[6]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Nierika"5:44
2."Song of the Stars"10:13
3."Indus"9:23
4."Song of the Dispossessed"4:55
5."Dedicacé Outò"1:14
6."The Snake and the Moon"6:11
7."Song of the Nile"8:00
8."Devorzhum"6:13

Release history edit

Country Date
Australia 3 June 1996
United States 25 June 1996

Personnel edit

Personnel adapted from Spiritchaser liner notes.

Dead Can Dance
  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation, production
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, production
Additional personnel
  • Robert Perry – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
  • Lance Hogan – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
  • Peter Ulrich – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
  • Rónán Ó Snodaigh – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
  • Renaud Pion – Turkish clarinet (track 3)
  • Klaus Vormehr – engineering (tracks 1 and 5)

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States — 205,000[20]

References edit

  1. ^ "Global Spirits: Dead Can Dance make world music mystical". Archived from the original on 23 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Max Cavalera: "Metal survived disco, it survived grunge. Metal can survive anything"". Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ link
  4. ^ "Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser (album review ) – Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.
  5. ^ James, Martin (July 1996). "Dead Can Dance: Spiritchaser" (PDF). Muzik. No. 14. p. 127. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Dead Can Dance: Spiritchaser: Pitchfork Record Review". 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 76.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3047". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ^ "European Top 100 Albums". Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 29. 20 July 1996. p. 14. OCLC 29800226.
  12. ^ "Lescharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 26. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Independent Albums". Music Week. 6 July 1996. p. 24. ISSN 0265-1548.
  17. ^ "Billboard 200 – Week of July 13, 1996". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  18. ^ "World Albums – Week of August 24, 1996". Billboard. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  19. ^ "1996 The Year in Music – Top World Music Albums". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. 28 December 1996. p. YE-80. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ "World's greatest". Billboard. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links edit

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