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1996 studio album by Dead Can Dance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Spiritchaser | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 3 June 1996 | |||
Recorded | Quivvy Church, Ireland | |||
Genre | Worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave | |||
Length | 51:57 | |||
Label | 4AD 4AD/Warner Bros. Records 46230 (US) | |||
Producer | Brendan Perry | |||
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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]
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Country | Date |
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Australia | 3 June 1996 |
United States | 25 June 1996 |
Personnel adapted from Spiritchaser liner notes.
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States | — | 205,000[20] |