The Serpent's Egg

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This article is about the Dead Can Dance album. For the 1977 Ingmar Bergman film, see The Serpent's Egg (movie)
The Serpent's Egg
The Serpent's Egg cover
Studio album by Dead Can Dance
Released October, 1988
Recorded  ???
Genre World music, Goth music
Length 36:15
Label 4AD Records
Producer(s) Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard, John A. Rivers
Professional reviews
Dead Can Dance chronology
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
(1987)		 The Serpent's Egg
(1988)		 Aion
(1990)


The Serpent's Egg is the fourth album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. It was released in 1988. It featured the song "The Host of Seraphim" which was later used in the film Baraka.

The album was the last produced during the time of Perry and Gerrard's amorous relationship. Much of the album was recorded in a multi-story apartment block in the Isle of Dogs area of London.

  1. "The Host of Seraphim"
  2. "Orbis de Ignis"
  3. "Severance"
  4. "The Writing on My Father’s Hand"
  5. "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-eyed Are Kings"
  6. "Chant of the Paladin"
  7. "Song of Sophia"
  8. "Echolalia"
  9. "Mother Tongue"
  10. "Ullyses"
Music sample:


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
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