Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face Two) 2285036 193084404 2008-02-21T18:30:22Z Skinnydrifter 4944483 {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = "Dead Lovers' Sarabande" (Face Two) | Type = studio | Artist = [[Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows]] | Cover = Sopordls_facetwo.jpg | Released = 1999 | Recorded = ?? | Genre = [[Darkwave]] | Length = 59:35 | Label = Apocalyptic Vision | Producer = [[Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows|Anna-Varney]] | Reviews = | Last album = ''[[Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One)]]'' <br /> (1999)| This album = ''Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One)'' <br /> (1999) | Next album = ''[[Songs from the Inverted Womb]]''<br />(2000) |Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | Upper caption = 2004 re-release cover | Type = studio | Cover = Sopordls_facetwo2004.jpg | Lower caption = }} }} '''''"Dead Lovers' Sarabande" (Face Two)''''' is the title of [[Darkwave]] band [[Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows]]' sixth [[album]]. It was released in 1999. ''"Dead Lovers' Sarabande"'' as a whole is a transitory death suite dealing with euthanasia, homoerotic necrophilia, decay and loneliness. The storyline of ''(Face Two)'' is as scattered as that of ''(Face One)'', but seems to focus more on the mourning of the protagonist's lover and on being utterly alone, rather than spending time in dreams and in visions. The protagonist concludes by admitting that "it's easier to love the dead" and that s/he would truly be alone if [[love]] was everything, rather than [[death]] or loneliness. The music is a series of [[funeral]] [[dirge]]s and chamber pieces, with the instrumental focus on ''(Face Two)'' shifting from strings to brass. ''"Dead Lovers' Sarabande" (Face Two)'', like ''(Face One)'', was released in multiple formats. A double-[[LP (format)|LP]] edition (with double-picture-vinyl records) of 500 copies was released, along with an [[ISO 216|A5-sized]] CD box edition of 3000 copies. In 2004, ''"Dead Lovers' Sarabande" (Face Two)'' was re-released on CD with newly packaged artwork, including a slightly altered cover. ==Track listing== # "Abschied ([[Nico]] Cover)" – 7:01 # "The Dog Burial" – 1:15 # "The House is empty now" – 2:54 # "No-one is there" – 6:41 # "Procession/Funeral March" – 6:44 # "Va(r)nitas, vanitas... (...omnia vanitas)" – 9:05 # "The Hourglass" – 2:22 # "Transfiguration" – 5:20 # "Has he come to test me?" – 2:09 # "If Loneliness was all" – 8:40 # "Daffodils" – 7:22 [[Category:1999 albums|Dead Lovers Sarabande Face Two]] [[Category:Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows albums|Dead Lovers Sarabande Face Two]] [[Category:Sopor Aeternus]]