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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is an album by Dead Can Dance, released in 1987. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Anywhere Out of the World”, on 1 list with a best position of #702.
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, the third Dead Can Dance album, came out on 4AD on 27 July 1987, and it finds the band pared down to its core: Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, with Peter Ulrich still beside them. The pair had decided that guitar, bass and drums could no longer carry what they were hearing in their heads, and the record trades rock's furniture for something closer to requiem and ritual.
Perry produced it with John A. Rivers, and 4AD boss Ivo Watts-Russell reckoned the band's partnership with Rivers never ran better, naming it probably his own favourite of their records. Gerrard's voice takes over the second half, rising in mystical, honeyed arcs on "Cantara". Even the sleeve feels like a rite: a photograph of the Raspail family grave at Père-Lachaise in Paris. The Future Sound of London later sampled the vocals of "Dawn of the Iconoclast" for a 1991 single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Within the Realm of a Dying Sun on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anywhere Out of the World | 1 | #702 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.