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

Dionysus is the ninth 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 respectively.

Personnel

Dead Can Dance

Additional personnel

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 (OCC)[20] 31
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 59
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". 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 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 Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  24. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart 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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