Ark | ||||
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Released | (31 March 2010, concert sale) 7 June 2010 (world) | |||
Recorded | Quivvy Studios, Ireland | |||
Genre | Ambient music, downtempo, neoclassical dark wave, world music | |||
Length | 55:04 | |||
Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
Producer | Brendan Perry | |||
Brendan Perry chronology | ||||
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Ark is the second solo album by Brendan Perry, the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. It was Perry's first studio album in 11 years. It was first made available to the public as part of a limited 2,000-copy autographed pre-release offered at a concert in Prague on 31 March 2010 and subsequent shows. It was officially released worldwide by Cooking Vinyl on 7 June 2010. [1]
All tracks are written by Brendan Perry
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Babylon" | 6:08 |
2. | "The Bogus Man" | 6:11 |
3. | "Wintersun" | 6:02 |
4. | "Utopia" | 5:56 |
5. | "Inferno" | 6:38 |
6. | "This Boy" | 6:59 |
7. | "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" | 7:35 |
8. | "Crescent" | 9:35 |
Total length: | 55:04 |
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Polish Albums Chart | 27 [2] |
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