| The Burning Circle and Then Dust | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 3, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | April – December 1994 | |||
| Studio | Boiler Room, Tempe, AZ | |||
| Genre | Dark wave, ethereal wave | |||
| Length | 1:56:25 | |||
| Label | Projekt | |||
| Producer | Lycia | |||
| Lycia chronology | ||||
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The Burning Circle and Then Dust is the fourth studio album by the American dark wave band Lycia, released on April 3, 1995, by Projekt Records. It was remastered and edited to fit on a single disc and re-released by Silber Records in 2006.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars, praising it as being "a high point of American dark rock" and the band's greatest and most ambitious work. [1]
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Raggett | United States | The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties [2] | 1999 | 124 |
All songs composed by Lycia.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Presence in the Woods" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Wandering Soul" | 4:47 |
| 3. | "The Dust Settles" (part 1) | 1:52 |
| 4. | "Sleepless" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "The Dust Settles" (part 2) | 1:29 |
| 6. | "The Return of Nothing" | 4:43 |
| 7. | "The Dust Settles" (part 3) | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Pray" | 5:20 |
| 9. | "The Better Things to Come" | 4:32 |
| 10. | "On the Horizon" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Where Has All the Time Gone" | 3:13 |
| 12. | "Silence and Distance" | 3:31 |
| 13. | "Anywhere But Home" | 3:57 |
| 14. | "In the Fire and Flames" | 2:12 |
| 15. | "Slip Away" | 6:17 |
| 16. | "The Last Day" | 4:27 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "August" (part 1) | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Nine Hours Later" | 4:46 |
| 3. | "Nimble" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "August" (part 2) | 6:13 |
| 5. | "The Facade Fades" | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Resigned" | 6:36 |
| 7. | "Surrender" | 4:28 |
| 8. | "These Memories Pass" | 9:18 |
| 9. | "The Burning Circle" | 6:24 |
| 10. | "The New Day" | 5:57 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Presence in the Woods" | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Wandering Soul" | 4:45 |
| 3. | "The Dust Settles (Part 1)" | 1:54 |
| 4. | "Sleepless" | 3:20 |
| 5. | "The Dust Settles (Part 2)" | 1:24 |
| 6. | "The Return of Nothing" | 4:46 |
| 7. | "The Dust Settles (Part 3)" | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Pray" | 5:19 |
| 9. | "On the Horizon" | 3:02 |
| 10. | "Where Has All the Time Gone" | 3:16 |
| 11. | "Silence and Distance" | 3:34 |
| 12. | "Anywhere But Home" | 3:54 |
| 13. | "Slip Away" | 6:20 |
| 14. | "The Last Day" | 4:17 |
| 15. | "Nine Hours Later" | 4:48 |
| 16. | "Nimble" | 3:40 |
| 17. | "Resigned" | 6:36 |
| 18. | "Surrender" | 4:18 |
Adapted from The Burning Circle and Then Dust liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1995 | Projekt | CD | PRO55 |
| 2006 | Silber | silber 048 |
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