Into the Labyrinth (Dead Can Dance album)
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Into the Labyrinth is the sixth album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. It marked a strong shift from the previous albums, putting ethnic music influences at the forefront as would be the case in the later albums. It was their first album completed on their own without the aid of guest musicians, and their first album to have a major-label release in the U.S., thanks to a distribution deal that 4AD had with Warner Bros. Records. It featured the alternative radio hit single "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove".
Track listing
- "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)" – 6:56
- "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove" – 6:17
- "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" – 2:49
- "The Carnival Is Over" – 5:28
- "Ariadne" – 1:54
- "Saldek" – 1:07
- "Towards the Within" – 7:06
- "Tell Me About the Forest (You Once Called Home)" – 5:42
- "The Spider's Stratagem" – 6:42
- "Emmeleia" – 2:04
- "How Fortunate the Man With None" – 9:15
Tracks written by Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry), except track 3 (words and music by Dr Robert Dwyer Joyce, traditional, arranged by Dead Can Dance) and track 11 (words by Bertolt Brecht, English translation by John Willett).
The limited edition double vinyl LP had / 1-3 / 4-7 // "Bird" 8-9 / "Spirit" 10-11 / adding the following:
- "Bird" – 5:00
- "Spirit" – 4:59
They were the two earlier bonus tracks from the 1991 compilation A Passage in Time, and they were collected again on Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) (2001).