The Serpent's Egg
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- This article is about the Dead Can Dance album. For the 1977 Ingmar Bergman film, see The Serpent's Egg (movie)
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| Studio album by Dead Can Dance | ||
| Released | October, 1988 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | World music, Goth music | |
| Length | 36:15 | |
| Label | 4AD Records | |
| Producer(s) | Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard, John A. Rivers | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dead Can Dance chronology | ||
| Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) |
The Serpent's Egg (1988) |
Aion (1990) |
The Serpent's Egg is the fourth album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. It was released in 1988. It featured the song "The Host of Seraphim" which was later used in the film Baraka.
The album was the last produced during the time of Perry and Gerrard's amorous relationship. Much of the album was recorded in a multi-story apartment block in the Isle of Dogs area of London.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Host of Seraphim"
- "Orbis de Ignis"
- "Severance"
- "The Writing on My Father’s Hand"
- "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-eyed Are Kings"
- "Chant of the Paladin"
- "Song of Sophia"
- "Echolalia"
- "Mother Tongue"
- "Ullyses"
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| Dead Can Dance |
| Lisa Gerrard - Brendan Perry |
| Discography |
| Albums: Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - The Serpent's Egg - Aion - Into the Labyrinth - Spiritchaser |
| Compilations: A Passage in Time - Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) - Wake - Memento |
| Live albums: Toward the Within |
