Dionysus (album)

Dionysus
Studio album by
Dead Can Dance
Released2 November 2018
StudiosKer Landelle Studios (Brittany, France)
GenresWorld music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave, pagan rock
Length36:06
LabelsPIAS Recordings
A55 (US)
Dead Can Dance chronology
In Concert
(2013)		 Dionysus
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Pitchfork7.3/10[3]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf star[4]
UncutStarStarStarStar[5]

Dionysus is the ninth and final studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance, officially released on 2 November 2018 by PIAS Recordings, six years after the group's last album, Anastasis.[6][7]

Artwork and title

The album cover's artwork features a skull mask made by the Huichol of Mexico.[8] Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine and religious ecstasy.

Critical reception

Dionysus was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 10 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 15 reviews.[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard).

No.TitleLength
1."Act I – Sea Borne"6:44
2."Act I – Liberator of Minds"5:20
3."Act I – Dance of the Bacchantes"4:35
4."Act II – The Mountain"5:34
5."Act II – The Invocation"4:56
6."Act II – The Forest"5:04
7."Act II – Psychopomp"3:53
Total length:36:06

All physical versions are indexed as just two tracks, acts 1 and 2, respectively.

Personnel

Dead Can Dance

Additional personnel

  • Geoff Pesche – mastering
  • DLT – layout

Charts

Chart performance for Dionysus
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]25
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[13]15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14]40
French Albums (SNEP)[15]53
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]8
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17]29
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[18]7
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[19]12
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[20]31
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[21]33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]27
UK Albums (Official Charts)[23]59
UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[24]6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25] 8
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[26] 64
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[27] 55

References

  1. 1 2 "Dionysus by Dead Can Dance". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Christopher Monger, James. "Dionysus – Dead Can Dance – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Cardew, Ben (5 November 2018). "Dead Can Dance: Dionysus". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Grow, Kory (8 November 2018). "Review: Dead Can Dance Interpret Pagan Fervor on 'Dionysus'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Jason (6 November 2018). "Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Uncut. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Kim, Michelle (6 September 2018). "Dead Can Dance Announce First New Album in 6 Years". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dionysus (2018)". Dead Can Dance. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "REVIEW – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Chicago Music Guide. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "ČNS IFPI – CZ Albums – Top 100 – 45. týden 2018" (in Czech). ČNS IFPI. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 9/11/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Dead Can Dance – Dionysus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 9/11/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  24. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart on 9/11/2018 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  25. ↑ "Independent Albums – Week of November 17, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  26. ↑ "Top Album Sales – Week of November 17, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  27. ↑ "Top Current Album Sales – Week of November 17, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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