Spleen and Ideal (audiophile edition)
~ Release by Dead Can Dance (see all versions of this release, 13 available)
Annotation
2008 release SAD 2707CD is a hybrid SACD/CD with both layers in stereo,
Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.
Originally recorded and mixed at Woodbine St. Recording Studios during September/November 1985. This record was mastered on to metal at The Townhouse.Special thanks to Julian and Maureen for their gracious hospitality.
Also released as disc 3 of the untitled box set (DCDBOX 2)
Tracklist
| || 1Hybrid SACD (CD layer) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)
| 3:59 | |
| 2 | Ascension
| 3:05 | |
| 3 | Circumradiant Dawn
| 3:18 | |
| 4 | The Cardinal Sin
| 5:29 | |
| 5 | Mesmerism
| 3:52 | |
| 6 | Enigma of the Absolute
| 4:14 | |
| 7 | Advent
| 5:17 | |
| 8 | Avatar
| 4:35 | |
| 9 | Indoctrination (A Design for Living)
| 4:13 | |
| 2Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)
| 4:00 | |
| 2 | Ascension
| 3:06 | |
| 3 | Circumradiant Dawn
| 3:17 | |
| 4 | The Cardinal Sin
| 5:29 | |
| 5 | Mesmerism
| 3:54 | |
| 6 | Enigma of the Absolute
| 4:14 | |
| 7 | Advent
| 5:19 | |
| 8 | Avatar
| 4:35 | |
| 9 | Indoctrination (A Design for Living)
| 4:13 | |
Credits
Release
| art direction: | Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance) |
|---|---|
| photography: | Colin Gray (photographer) |
| engineer: | Jon Dee (UK engineer) (from 1985-09 until 1985-11) John A. Rivers (from 1985-09 until 1985-11) |
| producer: | Dead Can Dance (Australian musical project) John A. Rivers |
| cello: | Gus Ferguson (Alexander James Ferguson) Martin McCarrick |
| timpani: | Tony Ayres James Pinker |
| trombone: | Richard Avison Simon Hogg |
| violin: | Carolyn Costin |
| performer: | Lisa Gerrard Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance) |
| composer: | Dead Can Dance (Australian musical project) |
| recorded at: | Woodbine Street in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1985-09 until 1985-11) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/1445965 [info] |
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| ASIN: | UK: B0015YFOGU [info] |
Release group
| included in: | SACD Box Set |
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| Wikipedia: | en: Spleen and Ideal [info] |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/7430 [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dead-can-dance/spleen-and-ideal/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000193492 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1755639 [info] |
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