Dionysus (album)

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Dionysus
Dead Can Dance – Dionysus.png
Studio album by
Dead Can Dance
Released2 November 2018
StudioKer Landelle Studios (Brittany, France)
GenreWorld music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave, pagan rock
Length36:06
LabelPIAS Recordings
A55 (US)
Dead Can Dance chronology
In Concert
(2013) 		Dionysus
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
Pitchfork7.3/10[4]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars[5]
Uncut8/10 stars[6]

Dionysus is the ninth studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance, officially released on 2 November 2018 by PIAS Recordings, six years after the group's last album, Anastasis.[7][8]

Artwork and title[]

The album cover's artwork features a skull mask made by the Huichol of Mexico.[9] Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine and religious ecstasy.

Critical reception[]

Dionysus was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 10 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 15 reviews.[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard).

No.TitleLength
1."Act I – Sea Borne"6:44
2."Act I – Liberator of Minds"5:20
3."Act I – Dance of the Bacchantes"4:35
4."Act II – The Mountain"5:34
5."Act II – The Invocation"4:56
6."Act II – The Forest"5:04
7."Act II – Psychopomp"3:53
Total length:36:06

All physical versions are indexed as just two tracks respectively.

Personnel[]

Dead Can Dance

Additional personnel

  • Geoff Pesche – mastering
  • DLT – layout

Charts[]

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 25
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[13] 15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 40
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 8
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 29
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[17] 7
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[18] 12
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 31
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 59

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Dionysus by Dead Can Dance". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. ^ Christopher Monger, James. "Dionysus - Dead Can Dance - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ^ Cardew, Ben (5 November 2018). "Dead Can Dance: Dionysus". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ Grow, Kory (8 November 2018). "Review: Dead Can Dance Interpret Pagan Fervor on 'Dionysus'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ Anderson, Jason (6 November 2018). "Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Uncut. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. ^ Kim, Michelle (6 September 2018). "Dead Can Dance Announce First New Album in 6 Years". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Dionysus (2018)". Dead Can Dance. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  9. ^ "REVIEW - Dead Can Dance - Dionysus". Chicago Music Guide. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201845 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

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