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Garden of the Arcane Delights
Garden of the Arcane Delights
EP by Dead Can Dance
Released	August 1984
Genre	Gothic rock ; post-punk; ethereal wave;
Length	14:59
Label	4AD
Producer	Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry
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Garden of the Arcane Delights is the first EP by Australian band Dead Can Dance. It was released in August 1984 on record label 4AD. The tracks were later added to Dead Can Dance's self-titled debut album when it was re-released on CD.

Background

The cover art is a sketch done by Brendan Perry and represents the themes of the song "The Arcane". As Perry explains:

The naked blindfolded figure, representing primal man deprived of perception, stands, within the confines of a garden (the world) containing a fountain and trees laden with fruit. His left arm stretches out – the grasping for knowledge – towards a fruit bearing tree, its trunk encircled by a snake. In the garden wall – the wall between freedom and confinement – are two gateways: the dualistic notion of choice. It is a Blakean universe in which mankind can only redeem itself, can only rid itself of blindness, through the correct interpretation of signs and events that permeate the fabric of nature's laws.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

AllMusic retrospectively described the EP as "the clear transition between the group's competent but derivative goth start and something much, much more special."^[2]

Track listing

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

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Carnival of Light"	3:31
2.	"In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated"	4:11

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Arcane"	3:49
2.	"Flowers of the Sea"	3:28

References

^ Martin Aston. "Anywhere Out Of The World: The Unique Vision of Dead Can Dance". 4AD.
^ ^a ^b Raggett, Ned. "Garden of the Arcane Delights – Dead Can Dance : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

External links

Garden of the Arcane Delights at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Martin Aston. "Anywhere Out Of The World: The Unique Vision of Dead Can Dance". 4AD.

[AllMusic-2] Raggett, Ned. "Garden of the Arcane Delights – Dead Can Dance : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

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+'''''Garden of the Arcane Delights''''' is the first [[extended play|EP]] by Australian band [[Dead Can Dance]]. It was released in August 1984 on record label [[4AD]]. The tracks were later added to [[Dead Can Dance (album)|Dead Can Dance's self-titled debut album]] when it was re-released on [[Compact Disc|CD]].
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+<blockquote>The naked blindfolded figure, representing primal man deprived of perception, stands, within the confines of a garden (the world) containing a fountain and trees laden with fruit. His left arm stretches out – the grasping for knowledge – towards a fruit bearing tree, its trunk encircled by a snake. In the garden wall – the wall between freedom and confinement – are two gateways: the dualistic notion of choice. It is a [[William Blake|Blakean]] universe in which mankind can only redeem itself, can only rid itself of blindness, through the correct interpretation of signs and events that permeate the fabric of nature's laws.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anywhere Out Of The World: The Unique Vision of Dead Can Dance|author=Martin Aston|url=http://4ad.com/forewords/dcd/|website=4AD}}</ref></blockquote>
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-* [http://www.dead-can-dance.com/disco/dcd/garden/garden.htm ''Garden of the Arcane Delights'' on the band's official website]
 {{Dead Can Dance}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Dead Can Dance albums]]

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 Garden of the Arcane Delights - The John Peel Sessions
Live albums	Toward the Within In Concert
Extended plays	Garden of the Arcane Delights
Related articles	Discography