Dead Can Dance (studio album) by Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance by Dead Can Dance
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 5,548th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 90 votes)
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Dead Can Dance bestography

Dead Can Dance is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Dead Can Dance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dead Can Dance is Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun which is ranked number 1240 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,430.

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75/100 (from 90 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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I don't think it is appropriate here to call DCD "Gothic" or “Gothic Rock”. The music on the first album is not really indebted to "Gothic", unless you think the electric guitar would have been inspired a bit too much by the work of The Cure and the likes. The unique voice and singing of L. Gerrard, as well as the unique, somewhat melancholic voice and singing of B. Perry are, in my opinion, too special. This also applies to the instruments used, the ethnic percussion and especially LG's yangqin with which she accompanies herself in numerous songs. The path that the band will follow later is already very clear on this album. With “Within the Realm” a maximum effort is made to obtain an alienating sense of timelessness. For this record it is still unclear. However, that does not mean that this first album would not be very good. It is. In comparison with the many contemporaries at the time it’s a valuable relief.
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Not as well known album as others by Dead Can Dance, yet in my opinion it may be their best one. It's full of that young experimental energy, each track is memorable and interesting.
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Although this is good, they soon made better albums.
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