Spiritchaser

Spiritchaser is the seventh studio album by Dead Can Dance, and would prove to be the last before the duo reunited fourteen years later for Anastasis. It expands on its exploration of world music, and like Into the Labyrinth, was recorded at Quivvy Church, Brendan Perry's personal studio in Ireland.

Spiritchaser
Studio album by
Released3 June 1996
RecordedQuivvy Church, Ireland
GenreWorldbeat, neoclassical dark wave
Length51:57
Label4AD
4AD/Warner Bros. Records
46230 (US)
ProducerBrendan Perry
Dead Can Dance chronology
Toward the Within
(1994)
Spiritchaser
(1996)
Dead Can Dance
(2001)

The album was dedicated to Lisa Gerrard's deceased brother, Mark Gerrard.

The track "Indus" contains a melody that is very similar to that of "Within You Without You", a Beatles song that George Harrison wrote and recorded with Indian musicians in 1967. Although their use of a similar melody was not deliberate, Perry and Gerrard were asked to contact Harrison for his permission to use it; he granted it, but the record company insisted that they give him partial songwriting credit on "Indus".

In 2020, Spiritchaser was named by Brazilian metal musician Max Cavalera as his favorite "non-metal" album ever.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyB+
Muzik
Pitchfork8.4/10
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