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Customer reviews

review by: Northern Muse date: 2007-12-04 rating:
Reminisce
I've just bought this haven't not heard DCD for a very long time but was very fond of In the Realm of a Dying Sun at the time (a companion piece to SPK's Songs of Byzantine Flowers). It stands up very well to the test of time and is also very of this time with the resurgence of "industrial folk" with Current 93 and Fovea Hex. I had a look though at the Lisa Gerrard "best of" and, although the Gladiator song is present and correct, her finest film moment (Gortoz a Ran, with Breton singer Denez Prigent, from Black Hawk Down) is not. C'est la vie but this is an excellent compilation - I get the point about Perry's voice from some reviewers but he is hardly Andrew Eldritch (whose music I love, by the way!) and it does provide some light and shade - Summoning of the Muse, in particular, bringing back some memorable times.

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review by: sawtooth12 date: 2004-07-29 rating:
Superb!
I must initially state that I disagree entirely with one reviewers opinion of Brendan Perry's voice. I am normally not inclined to favour male singers over female's, but I think his voice incredible. A deep and powerful delivery which is preferred over the higher pitch of Gerrard's (which could be delivered a few octaves lower at times, in my opinion). He really makes DCD stand out personally for me. When singing along to his delivery, I get the same resonance as my deep vocal exhalations in yoga! Heavy.pAnyway, I think the band incredible and normally would shy away entirely from a genre such as this. One reviewer commented that the sound 'deeply resonates with humaness, is enigmatic and powerful'. I cannot agree more. I listen to electronic music primarily but find this has a timeless and very human sound that defies any contemporary and narrowminded categorisation. The feel transcends intellectualism, which, for me, is a sign of good music!

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review by: date: 2004-06-24 rating:
Excellent overview from 4AD's best band
A very useful introduction to this distinguished band. A double CD of tracks taken from their recent 3 CD/DVD box set, this set offers an excellent overview from their back catalogue. pThough Lisa Gerrard has become well known for her recent soundtrack work, it was the coupling of Gerrard and Brendan Perry which created the magic that was Dead Can Dance. Though they started out as a Goth sounding band on their first EP and album, they quickly established their own distinctive style of orchestral based music, encompasing various influences such as early music, European folk and classical, Irish music as well as world music flavourings. The focus of their music has always been Lisa Gerrards remarkable voice. Powerful and evocative, once heard never forgotten. Brendan Perry brought a more contemporary, song-based edge to the band, with his Scott Walker croon and his songs more evocative of the folk tradition of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake. But they were at their best when the duo integrated their talents. At times this would result in something almost transcendent in its power and beauty as on "Cantara" or "Frontier" for instance. pEach album is a thing of wonder and it's recommended to purchase those. For me the best are, "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun" and "Toward the Within", though they are all excellent. For the curious, this collection is a good retrospective of one of the most beautiful and original of bands.

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review by: moriarty date: 2004-03-12 rating:
Excellent intoduction to DCD
This is an absolute bargain of a double CD with a brief but good biography and lyrics (where applicable!) included in the booklet. I would thoroughly recommend this album to anyone unfamiliar with DCD, the tracks included represent a very balanced sample of the incredible musical diversity explored by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard. Use this as a starting point and then buy the individual albums and solo works - you will not be disappointed...


review by: date: 2004-03-06 rating:
Brendan, please don't sing!
As a fan of Lisa Gerrard, I have long awaited a 'best of' collection of DCD. While this offers well over an hour of Lisa's ethereal vocals and some stand-out intrumentals, there are far too many featuring Brendan Perry's lugubrious and dubious vocal talents. It is clear that this selection was chosen by Perry, and hence the unneccesary and sometimes painful tracks sung by himself. Perry may be a gifted instrumentalist (not clearly lyricist, it is clear why Lisa Gerrard favours wordlessly singing, Perry's lyrics are pretensious and clumsy), but for him to insist on taking vocal duties when he has access to the divinely gifted Gerrard is just perverse. pThis still offers some gems and is worth buying for Gerrard fans, at least for the meantime. Hopefully eventually Lisa, or someone less biased will make a 'best of dcd' for Lisa Gerrad fans.

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