Dead Can Dance Aion original test press 1990 LP 4AD UK CAD 0007 VG Lisa Gerrard
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A rare test pressing of this LP on the influential 4AD label. Record and sleeves in VG condition. Kept vertically in a smoke free home since purchase at time of release in 1990.
Aion is the fifth studio album by Dead Can Dance, released in 1990. The first album Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry wrote after the end of their romantic partnership, it was recorded at Perry's new estate, Quivvy Church in Ireland, and at Woodbine Street Recording Studios in Leamington Spa.
The male soprano David Navarro Sust contributed vocals to tracks 1 and 7.
The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch's triptychThe Garden of Earthly Delights (specifically, its central "Earth" panel).
Track listing:
"The Arrival and the Reunion" – 1:38
"Saltarello" – 2:33
"Mephisto" – 0:54
"The Song of the Sibyl" – 3:45
"Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book" – 6:03"
As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins" – 5:16
"The End of Words" – 2:05
"Black Sun" – 4:56
"Wilderness" – 1:24
"The Promised Womb" – 3:22
"The Garden of Zephirus" – 1:20
"Radharc" – 2:48
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