Dead Can Dance discography | |
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Studio albums | 9 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 4 |
Video albums | 1 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 9 |
Dead Can Dance is an ambient, world music band which has released nine studio albums so far, two live albums, four compilation albums, one video album, one extended play and nine singles.[1] The band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1981 but relocated to London, United Kingdom in 1982 and signed with 4AD Records where they disbanded in 1998.[2]
Their catalogue was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab and released in June 2008 by 4AD, initially on hybrid stereo SACDs, with a regular CD release of each album following in November 2008. This reissue series includes eight albums and the Garden of the Arcane Delights EP.
Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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AUT |
BEL (Fl) |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
NLD [6] |
UK [7] |
US [8] |
US World [8] |
POL [9] | |||
1984 | Dead Can Dance
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1985 | Spleen and Ideal
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1987 | Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
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1988 | The Serpent's Egg
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1990 | Aion
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— | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | |
1993 | Into the Labyrinth
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— | — | — | — | — | 70 | 47 | 122 | — | — | |
1996 | Spiritchaser
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— | — | 25 | 15 | — | 48 | 43 | 75 | 1 | — | |
2012 | Anastasis
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24 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
2018 | Dionysus
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55 | 44 | 25 | — | 8 | 40 | 59 | — | — | 7 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||
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BEL (Vl) |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
FRA [4] |
NLD [6] |
US [8] | ||||
1994 | Toward the Within
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— | — | — | 76 | 131 | ||
2012 | Live Happening 1–5
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2013 | In Concert
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61 | 60 | 68 | 78 | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Sales |
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FRA [4] | |||
1991 | A Passage in Time[nb 1]
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2001 | Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) | — | |
2003 | Wake – The Best of Dead Can Dance
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160 | |
2005 | Memento – The Very Best of Dead Can Dance
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Live performances
Contributions
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US Alt[12] | ||||||||||||||
1992 | "The Carnival Is Over"[A] | — | Into the Labyrinth | |||||||||||
1993 | "The Host of Seraphim" | — | The Serpent's Egg | |||||||||||
"The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" | 8 | Into the Labyrinth | ||||||||||||
"Yulunga (Spirit Dance)" | — | |||||||||||||
1994 | "American Dreaming"[B] | 79 | Toward the Within | |||||||||||
"Sanvean" | — | |||||||||||||
1996 | "Nierika" | — | Spiritchaser | |||||||||||
"The Snake and the Moon"[A] | — | |||||||||||||
"Sambatiki"[A] | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Dead Can Dance material has been used in films and on TV.