The uncompromising eponymous debut, Dead Can Dance (1984), harnessed a bewitching barrage of sounds (including the distinct sound of the yangqin) with the then five-piece interchanging instruments to leave the vocals of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry as the only constant. The album’s cover was important as an introduction too, a Papua New Guinean mask that some believe when worn, a life force can be put into the inanimate wood – the dead can dance. The 2016 LP version is a repress of the original release.
01. THE FATAL IMPACT
02. THE TRIAL
03. FRONTIER
04. FORTUNE
05. OCEAN
06. EAST OF EDEN
07. THRESHOLD
08. A PASSAGE IN TIME
09. WILD IN THE WOODS
10. MUSICA ETERNAL
