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[[Dead Can Dance]] (not to be confused with [[The Dead Can Dance]]) was an Australian band active from 1981 to 1998. Fronted by Brendan Perry and [[Lisa Gerrard]], it started out as a regular [[Goth|gothic]]/[[Post Punk]] act, and gradually broadened its scope with other musical genres (especially neoclassical and world music), all the while retaining a typical dark and brooding, but not specifically angsty, atmosphere. Due to its ethereal sound and being active on the [[Four AD Records]] label, the band was frequently associated with the [[Dream Pop]] genre, despite the
Their debut album, simply titled ''Dead Can Dance'' and released in 1984, is already a noticeable blend of Perry's rock-influenced style and Gerrard's more introspective, borderline mystical one, but arguably the [[Post Punk]] leanings make it more of an example of [[Early Installment Weirdness]]. The same dynamic is felt in their next two albums, ''Spleen and Ideal'' (the title is a [[Literary Allusion Title|reference]] to Baudelaire) and ''Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun'', but these gradually dialed down the [[Post Punk]] Goth elements in favour of the band's [[Signature Style]].
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After one more album, ''Spiritchaser'', which attempted to explore tribal rhythms but came out as a disappointing New Age-y and world music-style work, the duo split up in 1998. They temporarily reunited for a world tour in 2005.
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* ''[[Self-Titled Album|Dead Can Dance]]'' (1984); CD versions add the ''Garden of the Arcane Delights'' EP as bonus tracks.
* ''Spleen and Ideal'' (1986)
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* ''Toward the Within'' (1994), the band's only official live album
* ''Spiritchaser'' (1996)
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* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: "The Ubiquituous Mr. Lovegrove".
* [[Cover Version]]: They were prone to recording covers of traditional songs, e.g. "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" on ''Into the Labyrinth''. They also were on the receiving end when [[Ride]] took a stab at "Severance" for a Peel session.
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