Dead Can Dance "INTO THE LABYRINTH" NM 1993 UK 4AD ORIG. 2-LP
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Description
Without a doubt, "INTO THE LABYRINTH" is Dead Can Dance’s definitive album. A masterpiece!
Offered is a 100% ORIGINAL U.K. DOUBLE-ALBUM FIRST PRESSING released in 1993 on 4AD with the cat number DAD 3013.
CONDITION
Vinyl: NEAR MINT. All of the original shine is quite apparent.
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etchings): MPO DAD 3013 A1 COPYMASTERS.Miles.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etchings): MPO DAD 3013 B1 COPYMASTERS.Miles.
Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etchings): MPO DAD 3013 C1 COPYMASTERS.Miles.
Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etchings): MPO DAD 3013 D1 COPYMASTERS.Miles.
Playback Sound: NEAR MINT PLUS. Absolutely STUNNING and flawless.
Labels: NEAR MINT
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Cover: NEAR MINT. Slight edge and corner wear. The front and back are in beautiful condition.
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Original Lyric Inner Sleeves: NEAR MINT. Unmarked and crisp.
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Please closely examine all actual scanned images. This is an amazing copy!
Into the Labyrinth, by the Dead Can Dance duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, peaked at #122 on Billboard 200 and featured the hit The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove which hit #8 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. Into the Labyrinth 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. Other singles featured on this album include The Carnival is Over and The Host of Seraphim. The title of Into the Labyrinth alludes to the classic legend of Greek mythology about Theseus going into the Labyrinth against the Minotaur. This is echoed in songs titles such as the following: Ariadne (the legendary Ariadne giving her clew to Theseus), Towards the Within (of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur being at the center), The Spider's Stratagem (waiting at the center of her web like the Minotaur waiting at the center of the Labyrinth—but also a Bertolucci film adapting a Borges short story from Labyrinths), Emmeleia (the Greek dance of tragedy). A reviewer on allmusic.com says, "It all begins with yet another jaw-dropper from Gerrard, Yulunga (Spirit Dance), with keyboards and her octave-defying voice at such a deep, rich level that it sweeps all before it. Wordless as always but never without emotional heft, the song slowly slides into a slow but heavy percussion piece that sounds a bit like Bird from A Passage in Time, but with greater impact and memorability.
Tracklist:
A1 Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
A2 The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
A3 The Wind That Shakes The Barley
B1 The Carnival Is Over
B2 Ariadne
B3 Saldek
B4 Towards The Within
C1 Bird
C2 Tell Me About The Forest (You Once Called Home)
C3 The Spider's Stratagem
D1 Spirit
D2 Emmeleia
D3 How Fortunate The Man With None
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