A Passage in Time (Dead Can Dance album)

A Passage in Time is a compilation album by Australian musical act Dead Can Dance. It was originally released only in North America on 20 October 1991 by Rykodisc, and was later remastered and given a global release in 1998.

A Passage in Time
Compilation album by
Dead Can Dance
Released20 October 1991
Recorded1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
GenreNeoclassical dark wave, world fusion
Length64:17
LabelRykodisc
RCD 20215
ProducerBrendan Perry
Lisa Gerrard
Dead Can Dance chronology
Aion
(1990)		 A Passage in Time
(1991)		 Into the Labyrinth
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album was titled after the song "A Passage in Time", which originally appeared on the group's eponymous debut album in 1984 but was not included in the collection.

Overview

As the title suggests, this album was "a passage in time" to enable the U.S. audience catch up with the band's previous albums, via selected songs.

The content of the compilation was predominantly taken from the band's most recent works at the time, their fourth (The Serpent's Egg) and fifth (Aion) albums. It also featured two songs from their third album (Within the Realm of a Dying Sun) and one from their second (Spleen and Ideal), but no selections from their debut or the Garden of the Arcane Delights EP. Two previously unreleased tracks were included, "Bird" and "Spirit" (both were later added to the double vinyl version of 1993's Into the Labyrinth).

Track listing
Title Album Year
1"Saltarello" 2:36Aion1990
2"Song of Sophia" 1:23The Serpent's Egg1988
3"Ullyses" [sic] 4:53The Serpent's Egg1988
4"Cantara" 5:52Within the Realm of a Dying Sun1987
5"The Garden of Zephirus" 1:19Aion1990
6"Enigma of the Absolute" 4:12Spleen and Ideal1985
7"Wilderness" 1:23Aion1990
8"The Host of Seraphim" 6:17The Serpent's Egg1988
9"Anywhere Out of the World" 5:05Within the Realm of a Dying Sun1987
10"The Writing on My Father's Hand" 3:50The Serpent's Egg1988
11"Severance" 3:21The Serpent's Egg1988
12"The Song of the Sybil" [sic] 3:45Aion1990
13"Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book" 6:03Aion1990
14"In the Kingdom of the Blind The One-Eyed are Kings" 4:09The Serpent's Egg1988
15"Bird" 5:00(new track)1991
16"Spirit" 4:59(new track)1991

References
  1. Raggett, Ned. A Passage in Time review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 23 August 2012.
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