Audio CD review:
Dead Can Dance - A Passage In Time

Dead Can Dance - A Passage In Time

Band: Dead Can Dance Title: A Passage In Time Rating: Release Date: 07 July, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Saltarello 2: Song Of Sophia 3: Ullyses 4: Cantara 5: The Garden Of Zephirus 6: Enigma Of The Absolute 7: Wilderness 8: The Host Of Seraphim 9: Anywhere Out Of The World 10: The Writing On My Fathers Hand 11: Severance 12: The Song Of The Sybil 13: Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book 14: In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One-Eyed Are Kings 15: Bird 16: Spirit

Customer Reviews A fantastic Collection The wide variety of music is more than 'background music'. This CD is one of the best to introduce your friends and family to Dead Can Dance. The pieces grab hold of you for the first time and you become so moved by the music. This CD got me hooked on Dead Can Dance and I have searched for so many of their other pieces to add to my collection. . Alternative? New age? Folk? But this is a unique collection that takes traditional sounds and expands on them to include different instrumentation, a really exotic voice, and a feel to take you to alternate realities. Your pick. The music is not consistent from one track to the next but it is all in the umbrella of Dead Can Dance. To extract what you really want you may need to buy a few of the albums and do a little ripping. If you are going to buy one album I would suggest starting with this one. Although I found most track intriguing my favorites are 2 (Song Of Sophia), 12 (The Song Of The Sybil) and 8 (The Host Of Seraphim). The only problem with Song of Sophia is that it is too short. Track 7 (Wilderness) had the sound and feel of a Gregorian chant. I guess I am a sucker for Lisa Gerrard I am thinking of purchasing "The Mirror Pool". For the most part Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard play off one another and picked up most of their multicultural sounds while working in Melbourne. . From a first listen... While this disk isn't one I would be likely to choose for driving tunes, when I got it home and could listen to it more carefully, I discovered a rich sound full of movement and color for the imagination. My daughter brought the CD on a recent road trip, hoping I would like it as much as she does. The mixture of music types flows from culture to culture, touching on legends and myths allowing us to sample places and times we may otherwise miss. As soon as I return her CD, I will be making a purchase (or two) and start my own collection of Dead Can Dance. . You can see a complete list of all Dead Can Dance discography, or go back to the Dead Can Dance tabs