Spiritchaser
by Dead Can Dance
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Dead Can Dance bestography
Spiritchaser is ranked 8th 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 1351 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,275.
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Spiritchaser track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spiritchaser rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | zonrod | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 56/99 | 9 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Only Over 10k | 43/99 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1996 | 30/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 77 Music Albums of 1996 | 23/77 | 4 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 31/99 | 14 |
| 2025 |  doombringer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 48 Music Albums of 1996 | 26/48 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 99 | |||
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Spiritchaser ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 16:30 | RemainInLight | 3,811 | 36/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 17:04 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Spiritchaser is the seventh studio album by Dead Can Dance before Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard went their separate ways. It expands on its exploration of world music and like Into the Labyrinth, Spiritchaser was recorded at Quivvy Church, Perry's personal studio in Ireland.
The track "Indus" contains a melody that is very similar to the melody of "Within You Without You," a Beatles song that George Harrison composed with Indian musicians. Although not deliberate, Perry and Gerrard were asked to contact Harrison for his permission to use it; he granted it, but the record company insisted that they give him partial songwriting credit for it.
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