Anastasis | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 13 August 2012 14 August 2012 (US) | |||
Recorded | Recorded and produced at Quivvy Studios (Cavan, Ireland), mastered at Masterlabs (Dublin) | |||
Genre | World music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave | |||
Length | 56:06 | |||
Label | PIAS Recordings A55 (US) | |||
Producer | Brendan Perry Lisa Gerrard | |||
Dead Can Dance chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Consequence of Sound | [4] |
The Line of Best Fit | [5] |
musicOMH | [6] |
The NewReview | [7] |
Paste | 5.4/10 [8] |
Pitchfork | 8/10 [9] |
PopMatters | [10] |
Anastasis is a 2012 studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance. [11] It is the eighth studio album by the band and the first after Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard disbanded in 1998. It was officially released on 13 August 2012 by PIAS Recordings, 16 years after the group's last album, Spiritchaser . [12] [13] [14] [15] It is also the band's first album since it left 4AD. "Anastasis" is the Greek word for "resurrection". [16]
To date, Anastasis sold over 150,000 copies worldwide. [17]
In 2014, it was awarded a double gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 150,000 copies throughout Europe. [18]
Anastasis received generally favorable reviews based on 16 critics at Metacritic. [1]
All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard)
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Children of the Sun" | 7:33 |
2. | "Anabasis" | 6:50 |
3. | "Agape" | 6:54 |
4. | "Amnesia" | 6:36 |
5. | "Kiko" | 8:01 |
6. | "Opium" | 5:44 |
7. | "Return of the She-King" | 7:51 |
8. | "All in Good Time" | 6:37 |
Total length: | 56:06 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Children of the Sun" | 7:34 |
2. | "Anabasis" | 6:50 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Agape" | 6:53 |
2. | "Amnesia" | 6:36 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Kiko" | 8:03 |
2. | "Opium" | 5:42 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Return of the She-King" | 7:47 |
2. | "All in Good Time" | 6:34 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Poland (ZPAV) [41] | Gold | 10,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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