Into the Labyrinth
Track Listings
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1. Yulunga [Spirit Dance]
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2. Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
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3. Wind That Shakes the Barley
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4. Carnival Is Over
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5. Ariadne
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6. Saldek
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7. Towards the Within
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8. Tell Me About the Forest (You Once Called Home)
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9. Spider's Stratagem
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10. Emmeleia
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11. How Fortunate the Man With None
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Their goth-sounding name and dour visual image aside, the prolific duo of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard produce wildly eclectic but utterly unique music. Their painstakingly crafted albums encompass numerous arcane genres, from European classical music to ancient Celtic and Middle Eastern folk styles, often employing authentic antique instruments to achieve their ambitious, emotive soundscapes. The 1993 effort Into the Labyrinth found Dead Can Dance mixing their medieval leanings with more exotic Eastern influences on "Saldek" and "Yulunga," while exploring Celtic balladry on the traditional "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" and theatrical songcraft in their interpretation of Bertolt Brecht's "How Fortunate Is the Man with None." --Scott Schinder
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Into the Labyrinth
Average customer rating:
- 5 stars!
- Their commercial breakthrough, but not their best
- Dead Can Dance - Labyrinth look-over
- Superb!
- Multi-culturalism and Cross-culturalism
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Into the Labyrinth
Dead Can Dance
Manufacturer: Wea International
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ASIN: B000002MM8
Release Date: 1993-09-14 |
Tracks:
- Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
- The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
- The Wind That Shakes The Barley
- The Carnival Is Over
- Ariadne
- Saldek
- Towards The Within
- Tell Me About The Forest (You Once Called Home)
- The Spider's Stratagem
- Emmeleia
- How Fortunate The Man With None
Amazon.com
Their goth-sounding name and dour visual image aside, the prolific duo of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard produce wildly eclectic but utterly unique music. Their painstakingly crafted albums encompass numerous arcane genres, from European classical music to ancient Celtic and Middle Eastern folk styles, often employing authentic antique instruments to achieve their ambitious, emotive soundscapes. The 1993 effort Into the Labyrinth found Dead Can Dance mixing their medieval leanings with more exotic Eastern influences on "Saldek" and "Yulunga," while exploring Celtic balladry on the traditional "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" and theatrical songcraft in their interpretation of Bertolt Brecht's "How Fortunate Is the Man with None." --Scott Schinder
Album Description
Out of print in the U.S.! Import pressing of this classic 1993 album from one of the 4AD label's most popular and influential bands. At the core of Dead Can Dance is guitarist Brendan Perry and vocalist Lisa Gerard, who created a body of work that remains invigorating and uniquely their own. Into The Labyrinth was the first DCD album to gain a major label release in the U.S and features the Alternative radio hit 'The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove'. This was also the first album that Perry and Gerrard completed on their own without the aid of guest musicians. 11 tracks. 4AD.
Customer Reviews:
5 stars!.......2007-05-22
This is a great CD...go get it if you are into Dead Can Dance! This is their greatest album.
Their commercial breakthrough, but not their best.......2007-04-15
After an absence of three years which saw the release of a best of collection, Dead Can Dance achieved their commercial and U.S. breakthrough as well as yet another stylistic shift with this, their sixth studio album. Unlike previous albums which featured backing musicians, this one saw the DCD duo of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard handling all the instruments and vocals themselves in their new private studio. While this mostly works, occasionally the synthesizers sound a bit thin and one wishes they had employed musicians playing actual instruments for certain passages.
Stylistically, DCD moved on from the medieval arrangements of their previous album, Aion, towards more middle eastern influences alternating with dreamy pop sounds. This album also marks an increasing estrangement of the duo's individual musical styles. Lisa's dramatic opener, Yulunga, sets the tone with her chilling multi-octave wordless singing over building percussion, followed by what was to become one of the unlikelier alternative radio hits, Brendan's The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove, a bitter rebuke to an unfaithful lover delivered over a crisp background of tablas and period bagpipes. Lisa then startles longtime fans by delivering the next track, the Wind That Shakes the Barley, an actual traditional song with lyrics (as opposed to her usual wordless glossolalia). Brendan's song of dreamy nostalgia, The Carnival Is Over, was another minor hit thanks to its being featured as the theme of MTV's Real World, and is as close as the group had come so far to mainstream pop. Less successful is his third original song on the album, Tell Me About The Forest, which lyrically strays into preachiness and musically provides little interest. His closing piece on the album is an arrangement of Berthold Brecht's How Fortunate The Man Who Has None, which achieves a kind of gloomy dignity musically but strains to sustain interest throughout its full nine minute length.
The rest of the album is heavier on middle eastern and eastern European influences. Lisa's Ariadne is a brief but lovely piece featuring multitracked vocals over organ, while her even briefer Saldek sounds like it came straight from a National Geographic special on traditional Bulgarian music. The title track is a meandering and ultimately not very interesting set of passages of middle eastern styled singing and drumming with synthesizer; the similar Spider's Strategem features the same musical elements but actually comes together as a more interesting and compelling whole. The medieval a capella choral piece Emmeleia sounds like an outtake from Aion.
This album marked a watershed in several ways for the group, and for many fans was their initial introduction to DCD and hence defined their sense of the duo's musical identity, but I can't give it more than three stars. Though it features some terrific songs, much of it sounds like filler, and the stripped production pales in comparison to their best earlier work. To get a sense of what this duo is really capable of, find a copy of Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, Spleen and Ideal, The Serpent's Egg, or Aion.
Dead Can Dance - Labyrinth look-over.......2007-04-03
Jim morrison did not die - he sings with these guys
Superb!.......2006-10-22
Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth." Beautiful, ethereal, trancendental, hypnotic, an absolutely classic!
Multi-culturalism and Cross-culturalism.......2006-10-15
The work of Dead Can Dance, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, might be best described as cross-cultural. Some songs sound like Celtic songs from the middle ages while others sound like Islamic chants from the desert countries. On "Into the Labyrinth", I found that The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove; The Wind That Shakes the Barley; The Carnival is Over; Tell Me about the Forest; Ariadne; and HOw Fortunate the Man with None were my favorite 6 selections. Perry's voice has a dreamy quality that is hard to describe, kind of like Dean Martin does Lebanon. I certainly like the multicultural blending of musical traditions that Dead Can Dance offers.
Average customer rating:
- 5 stars!
- Their commercial breakthrough, but not their best
- Dead Can Dance - Labyrinth look-over
- Superb!
- Multi-culturalism and Cross-culturalism
|
Into the Labyrinth
Dead Can Dance
Manufacturer: 4ad Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| British Alternative
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
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Dream Pop
| Indie & Lo-Fi
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Australia & New Zealand
| International
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General
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General
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General
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- Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
ASIN: B0000249TY
Release Date: 2007-04-16 |
Tracks:
- Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
- Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
- Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Carnival Is Over
- Ariadne
- Saldek
- Towards the Within
- Tell Me About the Forest (You Once Called Home)
- Spider's Stratagem
- Emmeleia
- How Fortunate the Man with None
Amazon.com
Their goth-sounding name and dour visual image aside, the prolific duo of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard produce wildly eclectic but utterly unique music. Their painstakingly crafted albums encompass numerous arcane genres, from European classical music to ancient Celtic and Middle Eastern folk styles, often employing authentic antique instruments to achieve their ambitious, emotive soundscapes. The 1993 effort Into the Labyrinth found Dead Can Dance mixing their medieval leanings with more exotic Eastern influences on "Saldek" and "Yulunga," while exploring Celtic balladry on the traditional "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" and theatrical songcraft in their interpretation of Bertolt Brecht's "How Fortunate Is the Man with None." --Scott Schinder
Album Description
Out of print in the U.S.! Import pressing of this classic 1993 album from one of the 4AD label's most popular and influential bands. At the core of Dead Can Dance is guitarist Brendan Perry and vocalist Lisa Gerard, who created a body of work that remains invigorating and uniquely their own. Into The Labyrinth was the first DCD album to gain a major label release in the U.S and features the Alternative radio hit 'The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove'. This was also the first album that Perry and Gerrard completed on their own without the aid of guest musicians. 11 tracks. 4AD.
Customer Reviews:
5 stars!.......2007-05-22
This is a great CD...go get it if you are into Dead Can Dance! This is their greatest album.
Their commercial breakthrough, but not their best.......2007-04-15
After an absence of three years which saw the release of a best of collection, Dead Can Dance achieved their commercial and U.S. breakthrough as well as yet another stylistic shift with this, their sixth studio album. Unlike previous albums which featured backing musicians, this one saw the DCD duo of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard handling all the instruments and vocals themselves in their new private studio. While this mostly works, occasionally the synthesizers sound a bit thin and one wishes they had employed musicians playing actual instruments for certain passages.
Stylistically, DCD moved on from the medieval arrangements of their previous album, Aion, towards more middle eastern influences alternating with dreamy pop sounds. This album also marks an increasing estrangement of the duo's individual musical styles. Lisa's dramatic opener, Yulunga, sets the tone with her chilling multi-octave wordless singing over building percussion, followed by what was to become one of the unlikelier alternative radio hits, Brendan's The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove, a bitter rebuke to an unfaithful lover delivered over a crisp background of tablas and period bagpipes. Lisa then startles longtime fans by delivering the next track, the Wind That Shakes the Barley, an actual traditional song with lyrics (as opposed to her usual wordless glossolalia). Brendan's song of dreamy nostalgia, The Carnival Is Over, was another minor hit thanks to its being featured as the theme of MTV's Real World, and is as close as the group had come so far to mainstream pop. Less successful is his third original song on the album, Tell Me About The Forest, which lyrically strays into preachiness and musically provides little interest. His closing piece on the album is an arrangement of Berthold Brecht's How Fortunate The Man Who Has None, which achieves a kind of gloomy dignity musically but strains to sustain interest throughout its full nine minute length.
The rest of the album is heavier on middle eastern and eastern European influences. Lisa's Ariadne is a brief but lovely piece featuring multitracked vocals over organ, while her even briefer Saldek sounds like it came straight from a National Geographic special on traditional Bulgarian music. The title track is a meandering and ultimately not very interesting set of passages of middle eastern styled singing and drumming with synthesizer; the similar Spider's Strategem features the same musical elements but actually comes together as a more interesting and compelling whole. The medieval a capella choral piece Emmeleia sounds like an outtake from Aion.
This album marked a watershed in several ways for the group, and for many fans was their initial introduction to DCD and hence defined their sense of the duo's musical identity, but I can't give it more than three stars. Though it features some terrific songs, much of it sounds like filler, and the stripped production pales in comparison to their best earlier work. To get a sense of what this duo is really capable of, find a copy of Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, Spleen and Ideal, The Serpent's Egg, or Aion.
Dead Can Dance - Labyrinth look-over.......2007-04-03
Jim morrison did not die - he sings with these guys
Superb!.......2006-10-22
Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth." Beautiful, ethereal, trancendental, hypnotic, an absolutely classic!
Multi-culturalism and Cross-culturalism.......2006-10-15
The work of Dead Can Dance, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, might be best described as cross-cultural. Some songs sound like Celtic songs from the middle ages while others sound like Islamic chants from the desert countries. On "Into the Labyrinth", I found that The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove; The Wind That Shakes the Barley; The Carnival is Over; Tell Me about the Forest; Ariadne; and HOw Fortunate the Man with None were my favorite 6 selections. Perry's voice has a dreamy quality that is hard to describe, kind of like Dean Martin does Lebanon. I certainly like the multicultural blending of musical traditions that Dead Can Dance offers.
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Lieder
Manufacturer: Ocean Door
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ASIN: B000CAASGO
Release Date: 2003-06-03 |
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Maxwell-Davies: Into the Labyrinth/Sinfonietta Accademica
Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies , Neil Mackie , and Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Manufacturer: Unicorn
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Maxwell Davies, Peter
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ASIN: B000027EJN
Release Date: 1993-12-06 |
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