The Serpent's Egg is the fourth album recorded by Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance are an ethereal neoclassical duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981, by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The band relocated to London in May 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Their 1996 album Spiritchaser reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums Chart...

, which comprises Lisa Gerrard

Lisa Gerrard

Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer, and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....

 and Brendan Perry

Brendan Perry

Brendan Michael Perry is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the male half of the duo Dead Can Dance with Lisa Gerrard.-Early life:...

. It was released in October 1988, and featured the song "The Host of Seraphim" which was later used in the soundtrack of a number of films, including Baraka

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, Vexille: 2077 Japanese Isolation

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is a 2007 Japanese CGI anime film, written, directed, and edited by famed Ping Pong director Fumihiko Sori, and features the voices of Meisa Kuroki, Yasuko Matsuyuki, and Shosuke Tanihara....

, The Mist

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, and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

The album was the last produced while Perry and Gerrard were a romantic couple. A majority of the album was recorded in a multi-story apartment block in the Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is bounded on three sides by one of the largest meanders in the River Thames.-Etymology:...

, London.

Track listing

1. "The Host of Seraphim" – 6:18
2. "Orbis de Ignis" – 1:35
3. "Severance" – 3:22
4. "The Writing on My Father's Hand" – 3:50
5. "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings" – 4:12
6. "Chant of the Paladin" – 3:48
7. "Song of Sophia" – 1:24
8. "Echolalia
   Echolalia
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   " – 1:17
9. "Mother Tongue" – 5:16
10. "Ullyses" – 5:09

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

Personnel

• Lisa Gerrard
  Lisa Gerrard
  Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer, and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
  
   – vocals
• Brendan Perry
  Brendan Perry
  Brendan Michael Perry is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the male half of the duo Dead Can Dance with Lisa Gerrard.-Early life:...
  
   – vocals, hurdy gurdy
  Hurdy gurdy
  The hurdy gurdy or hurdy-gurdy is a stringed musical instrument that produces sound by a crank-turned rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to a violin...
  
  
• Andrew Beesley – viola
• Sarah Buckley – viola
• Tony Gamage – cello
• Alison Harling – violin
• Rebecca Jackson – violin
• David Navarro Sust – vocals
• John A. Rivers – co-production (tracks 1, 2, 7, 10)
• Vaughan Oliver
  Vaughan Oliver
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   – sleeve design (with Brendan Perry)

Release history

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External links

• The Serpent's Egg at Dead-Can-Dance.com
• The Serpent's Egg Lyrics at Dead-Can-Dance.com