Dionysus (album)

Dionysus is the ninth studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance, officially released on 2 November 2018 by PIAS Recordings, six years after the group's last album, Anastasis.^[6][7]

Dionysus
Studio album by Dead Can Dance
Released	2 November 2018
Studio	Ker Landelle Studios (Brittany, France)
Genre	World music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave, pagan rock
Length	36:06
Label	PIAS Recordings A55 (US)
Dead Can Dance chronology
In Concert (2013) Dionysus (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Uncut	[5]

Artwork and title

The album cover's artwork features a skull mask made by the Huichol of Mexico.^[8] Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine and religious ecstasy.

Critical reception

Dionysus was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 10 reviews.^[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 15 reviews.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Act I – Sea Borne"	6:44
2.	"Act I – Liberator of Minds"	5:20
3.	"Act I – Dance of the Bacchantes"	4:35
4.	"Act II – The Mountain"	5:34
5.	"Act II – The Invocation"	4:56
6.	"Act II – The Forest"	5:04
7.	"Act II – Psychopomp"	3:53
Total length:		36:06

All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard)

All physical versions are indexed as just two tracks respectively.

Personnel

Dead Can Dance

• Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, cover photography and design
• Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation

Additional personnel

• Geoff Pesche – mastering
• DLT – layout

Charts

Chart performance for Dionysus

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	25
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[13]	15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14]	40
French Albums (SNEP)[15]	53
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	8
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17]	29
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[18]	7
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[19]	12
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	31
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21]	33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]	27
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	59
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[24]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25]	8
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[26]	64
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[27]	55

References

1. "Dionysus by Dead Can Dance". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
2. Christopher Monger, James. "Dionysus – Dead Can Dance – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
3. Cardew, Ben (5 November 2018). "Dead Can Dance: Dionysus". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
4. Grow, Kory (8 November 2018). "Review: Dead Can Dance Interpret Pagan Fervor on 'Dionysus'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
5. Anderson, Jason (6 November 2018). "Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Uncut. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
6. Kim, Michelle (6 September 2018). "Dead Can Dance Announce First New Album in 6 Years". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
7. "Dionysus (2018)". Dead Can Dance. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
8. "REVIEW – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Chicago Music Guide. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
9. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
11. "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
12. "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
13. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
14. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
15. "Lescharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
16. "Offiziellecharts.de – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
17. "Italiancharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
18. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
19. "Portuguesecharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
20. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
21. "Spanishcharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
22. "Swisscharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
23. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
24. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
25. "Independent Albums – Week of November 17, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
26. "Top Album Sales – Week of November 17, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
27. "Top Current Album Sales – Week of November 17, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

External links

• Dionysus samples at the band's official website