Spiritchaser

Spiritchaser is the seventh studio album by Dead Can Dance, and would prove to be the last before the duo reunited fourteen years later for Anastasis. It expands on its exploration of world music, and like Into the Labyrinth, was recorded at Quivvy Church, Perry's personal studio in Ireland.

Spiritchaser
Studio album by Dead Can Dance
Released	3 June 1996
Recorded	Quivvy Church, Ireland
Genre	Worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave
Length	51:57
Label	4AD 4AD/Warner Bros. Records 46230 (US)
Producer	Brendan Perry
Dead Can Dance chronology
Toward the Within (1994) Spiritchaser (1996) Dead Can Dance (2001)

The album was dedicated to Lisa Gerrard's deceased brother, Mark Gerrard.

The track "Indus" contains a melody that is very similar to that of "Within You Without You", a Beatles song that George Harrison wrote and recorded with Indian musicians in 1967. Although not deliberate, Perry and Gerrard were asked to contact Harrison for his permission to use it; he granted it, but the record company insisted that they give him partial songwriting credit on "Indus".[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nierika"	5:44
2.	"Song of the Stars"	10:13
3.	"Indus"	9:23
4.	"Song of the Dispossessed"	4:55
5.	"Dedicacé Outò"	1:14
6.	"The Snake and the Moon"	6:11
7.	"Song of the Nile"	8:00
8.	"Devorzhum"	6:13

Release history

Country	Date
Australia	3 June 1996
United States	25 June 1996

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Spiritchaser liner notes.

Dead Can Dance

• Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation, production
• Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, production

Additional personnel

• Robert Perry – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
• Lance Hogan – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
• Peter Ulrich – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
• Rónán Ó Snodaigh – percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
• Renaud Pion – Turkish clarinet (track 3)
• Klaus Vormehr – engineering (tracks 1 and 5)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	N/A	205,000[6]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Global Spirits: Dead Can Dance make world music mystical". Archived from the original on 23 September 2006.
2. link
3. "Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser (album review ) – Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.
4. "Dead Can Dance: Spiritchaser: Pitchfork Record Review". 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
5. "American album certifications – Dead can dance – Spiritchaser". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
6. "World's greatest". Billboard. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

• Spiritchaser at the Dead Can Dance official website
• Spiritchaser lyrics at Genius.com
• Spiritchaser at MusicBrainz (list of releases)