Dionysus | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2 November 2018 | |||
Studio | Ker Landelle Studios ( Brittany, France) | |||
Genre | World music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave, pagan rock | |||
Length | 36:06 | |||
Label |
PIAS Recordings A55 (US) | |||
Dead Can Dance chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Uncut | [5] |
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. [6] [7]
The album cover's artwork features a skull mask made by the Huichol of Mexico. [8] Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine and religious ecstasy.
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. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 15 reviews. [9]
All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance ( Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard)
No. | Title | Length |
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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.
Dead Can Dance
Additional personnel
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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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 |
French Albums ( SNEP) [15] | 53 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [16] | 8 |
Italian Albums ( FIMI) [17] | 29 |
Polish Albums ( ZPAV) [18] | 7 |
Portuguese Albums ( AFP) [19] | 12 |
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [20] | 31 |
Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) [21] | 33 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [22] | 27 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [23] | 59 |
UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [24] | 6 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [25] | 8 |
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard) [26] | 64 |
US Top Current Album Sales ( Billboard) [27] | 55 |