Dead Can Dance - Aion
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Based on 88 ratings
1990 Rank: #91
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic
The musical combination of softly plucked guitar and buried organ drone is striking enough, swathed in reverb, but when Perry steps in with his vocals, matched by more sparkling keyboards, the result is yet another high point for a band laden with them.
Felix_96
80

8/10

exceptional

Fav tracks: The Arrival and the Reunion, Saltarello, Mephisto, The Song of the Sibyl, Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book, As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins, Black Sun, The Promised Womb

JayCrackers
86

Dead Can Dance go full on Medieval Folk on this album and it is great.

Track Review

The Arrival and the Reunion 8.5/10.
Saltarello 9.5/10
Mephisto 8.5/10.
The Song of the Sibyl 9/10
Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book 9/10
As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins 8.5/10.
The End of Words 8.5/10.
Black Sun 9.5/10
Wilderness 7.5/10.
The Promised Womb 8/10
The Garden of Zephirus 8/10
Radharc 8.5/10.

Average: 8.6/10

Z.Younk
66

Sounds like the soundtrack to Sam & Frodo's honeymoon. A beautiful, touching score

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Added on: November 28, 2012