Spleen and Ideal 1013628 224610787 2008-07-09T17:24:15Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Spleen and Ideal | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Dead Can Dance]] | Cover = Spleen_and_Ideal.jpg | Released = September 1, 1986 | Recorded = September - November 1985 | Genre = [[Darkwave]]<br />[[World music]]<br />[[Neoclassical (Dark Wave)|Neoclassical]] | Length = 38:11 | Label = [[4AD Records]] | Producer = [[Brendan Perry]], [[Lisa Gerrard]], [[John A. Rivers]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:r69ss35ba3bg link] | Last album = ''[[Dead Can Dance (album)|Dead Can Dance]]''<br />(1984) | This album = '''''Spleen and Ideal'''''<br />(1985) | Next album = ''[[Within the Realm of a Dying Sun]]''<br />(1987) }} '''''Spleen and Ideal''''' is the second album recorded by [[Dead Can Dance]], released in 1986. A rather etheral form of [[darkwave|darkwave music]], similar to the origins in their debut album, ''[[Dead Can Dance (album)|Dead Can Dance]]'', and followed a more [[world music]] and [[neoclassical (Dark Wave)|neoclassical]] oriented content, with lyrics based on the writings of [[Charles Baudelaire]] and [[Thomas de Quincey]]. ==Track listing== # "De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)" – 4:00 # "Ascension" – 3:05 # "Circumradiant Dawn" – 3:17 # "The Cardinal Sin" – 5:29 # "Mesmerism" – 3:53 # "Enigma of the Absolute" – 4:13 # "Advent" – 5:19 # "Avatar" – 4:35 # "Indoctrination (A Design for Living)" – 4:16 {{Dead Can Dance}} [[Category:Dead Can Dance albums]] [[Category:1985 albums]] [[Category:4AD albums]] [[cs:Spleen and Ideal]] [[fr:Spleen and Ideal]] [[pl:Spleen and Ideal]] [[pt:Spleen and Ideal]] [[ru:Spleen and Ideal]] [[sk:Spleen and Ideal]]