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Spleen and Ideal
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| Studio album by Dead Can Dance | ||
| Released | November 1985 | |
| Recorded | September - November 1985 | |
| Genre | Gothic music, World music | |
| Length | 38:11 | |
| Label | 4AD Records | |
| Producer(s) | Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard, John A. Rivers | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dead Can Dance chronology | ||
| Dead Can Dance (1984) |
Spleen and Ideal (1985) |
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) |
Spleen and Ideal is the sophomore album recorded by Dead Can Dance, released in 1985. This album marked a departure from their initial post-punk and gothic music origins in their debut album, Dead Can Dance, and followed a more world music oriented content, with lyrics based on the writings of Charles Baudelaire and Thomas de Quincey.
- "De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)" – 4:00
- "Ascension" – 3:05
- "Circumradiant Dawn" – 3:17
- "Cardinal Sin" – 5:29
- "Mesmerism" – 3:53
- "Enigma of the Absolute" – 4:13
- "Advent" – 5:19
- "Avatar" – 4:35
- "Indoctrination (A Design for Living)" – 4:16
| Dead Can Dance |
| Lisa Gerrard - Brendan Perry |
| Discography |
| Albums: Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - The Serpent's Egg - Aion - Into the Labyrinth - Spiritchaser |
| Compilations: A Passage in Time - Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) - Wake - Memento |
| Live albums: Toward the Within |