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Anastasis is a 2012 studio album by the British-Australian band Dead Can Dance.[11] It is the eighth studio album by the band and the first after Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard disbanded in 1998. It was officially released on 13 August 2012 by PIAS Recordings, 16 years after the group's last album, Spiritchaser.[12][13][14][15] It is also the band's first album since it left 4AD. "Anastasis" is the Greek word for "resurrection".[16]

Anastasis

Studio album by

Dead Can Dance

Released

13 August 2012
14 August 2012 (US)

Recorded

Recorded and produced at Quivvy Studios (Cavan, Ireland), mastered at Masterlabs (Dublin)

Genre

World music, worldbeat, neoclassical dark wave

Length

56:06

Label

PIAS Recordings
A55 (US)

Producer

Brendan Perry
Lisa Gerrard

Dead Can Dance chronology

Spiritchaser
(1996)

Anastasis
(2012)

In Concert
(2013)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Consequence of Sound	[4]
The Line of Best Fit	[5]
musicOMH	[6]
The NewReview	[7]
Paste	5.4/10[8]
Pitchfork	8/10[9]
PopMatters	[10]

To date, Anastasis sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.[17]

In 2014, it was awarded a double gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 150,000 copies throughout Europe.[18]

Reception

Anastasis received generally favorable reviews based on 16 critics at Metacritic.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Children of the Sun"	7:33
2.	"Anabasis"	6:50
3.	"Agape"	6:54
4.	"Amnesia"	6:36
5.	"Kiko"	8:01
6.	"Opium"	5:44
7.	"Return of the She-King"	7:51
8.	"All in Good Time"	6:37
Total length:		56:06

LP track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Children of the Sun"	7:34
2.	"Anabasis"	6:50

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Agape"	6:53
2.	"Amnesia"	6:36

Side C
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kiko"	8:03
2.	"Opium"	5:42

Side D
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Return of the She-King"	7:47
2.	"All in Good Time"	6:34

Personnel

Dead Can Dance

Brendan Perry
Lisa Gerrard

Additional musician

David Kuckhermann – daf, pantam

Production

Dead Can Dance – producer
Aidan Foley – mastering
Zsolt Zsigmond – photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Top World Albums[19]	1
Swiss Albums (Romandie)[20]	1
Poland Albums Top 50	1
Dutch Albums Top 100	6
Germany Albums Top 50	7
Belgium Albums Top 50	11
France Albums Top 150	13
Italy Albums Top 100	13
Swiss Albums Top 100	15
Austria Albums Top 75	24
Ireland Albums Top 100	34
US Albums Top 100	46
UK Albums Top 75	68
Spain Albums Top 100	85

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[21]	Gold	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

"Anastasis". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Jurek, Thom. "Anastasis — Dead Can Dance". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Kot, Greg (13 August 2012). "Album review: Dead Can Dance, 'Anastasis'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Cohen, Jake (10 August 2012). "Album Review: Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". Consequence of Sound. consequenceofsound.net. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Haddrill, Matthew (10 August 2012). "Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". The Line of Best Fit. thelineofbestfit.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Wright, Mic. "Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
Lopez, Rhiis (30 July 2012). "Dead Can Dance – Anastasis". The NewReview. thenewreview.net. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Reed, Ryan (14 August 2012). "Dead Can Dance: Anastasis". Paste. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
Raggett, Ned (12 August 2012). "Dead Can Dance: Anastasis". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Pan, Arnold (15 August 2012). "Dead Can Dance: Anastasis". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
"Anastasis (2012)". deadcandance.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Dead Can Dance — Anastasis, Sputnikmusic, retrieved 1 November 2012
Murphy, Sarah (25 June 2012). "Dead Can Dance Title Upcoming Album, Release New Song". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"Dead Can Dance – Brand New Album – 'Anastasis' – Out 13th August". [PIAS]. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"New Release Information Pack No:29/12" (PDF). [PIAS] UK. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
Grow, Kory (29 August 2012). "Q&A: Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard on Her Band's "Resurrection" Album, Where Her Lyrics Come From And What She Likes About New York". Village Voice. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
"Anastasis Deluxe Editions". PIAS Recordings UK. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"IMPALA Awards for European Independent Acts Hit Record Levels". Impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
"Anastasis – Dead Can Dance – Billboard". Billboard. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
"Top albums". lescharts. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
"Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2012 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

External links

Anastasis samples at the band's official website
Anastasis at AllMusic
Anastasis at Discogs (list of releases)
Anastasis at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

v t e Dead Can Dance
Lisa Gerrard Brendan Perry Paul Erikson Simon Monroe James Pinker Scott Rodger Peter Ulrich
Studio albums	Dead Can Dance Spleen and Ideal Within the Realm of a Dying Sun The Serpent's Egg Aion Into the Labyrinth Spiritchaser Anastasis Dionysus
Compilations	A Passage in Time Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) Wake Memento
Live albums	Toward the Within In Concert
Extended plays	Garden of the Arcane Delights
Related articles	Discography

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Anastasis (греч. Возрождение, воскрешение) — восьмой студийный альбом группы Dead Can Dance, изданный в 2012 году. Это первый диск дуэта, изданный после шестнадцатилетнего перерыва.

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