Dead Can Dance ORIG UK LP The serpent’s egg VG+ ’87 4AD CAD808 Dream Pop Goth
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Dead Can Dance ORIG UK LP The serpent’s egg VG+ ’87 4AD CAD808 Dream Pop Goth
Original UK LP released in 1987 on 4AD Records. Cat: CAD 808. Comes with printed inner bag which has some light marks and is in Excellent condition.
Perry and Gerrard continued to experiment and improve with The Serpent's Egg, as much a leap forward as Spleen and Ideal was some years previously. As with that album, The Serpent's Egg was heralded by an astounding first track, "The Host of Seraphim." Its use in films some years later was no surprise in the slightest one can imagine the potential range of epic images the song could call up but on its own it's so jaw-droppingly good that almost the only reaction is sheer awe. Beginning with a soft organ drone and buried, echoed percussion, Gerrard then takes flight with a seemingly wordless invocation of power and worship her vocal control and multi-octave range, especially towards the end, has to be heard to be believed. Nothing else achieves such heights, but everything gets pretty darn close, a deserved testament to the band's conceptual reach and abilities. Slow plainsong chants such as "Orbis De Ignis" mix with the harpischord and overlaid vocals of "The Writing on My Father's Hand" and the slow build and sweep of "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings." Two of Perry's finest vocal moments occur here.
Tracks : The host of seraphim/ Orbis de ignis/ Severance/ The writing of my father’s hand/ In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed are king/ Chant of the paladin/ Song of Sophia/ Echolalia/ Mother tongue/ Ullyses.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some scuff marks and light scratches that cause light crackles in parts and is in VG+ condition. Cover has some small surface tears around edges and is in Excellent condition.
Wrapping method: All records are sent in stiff cardboard mailers then wrapped in brown paper and sealed around edges with brown packaging tape. Records are taken out of sleeve to avoid seam splits and ring wear.
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1634 (GS 9.6 (1634))
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