On July 27, 1987, “4AD” label released “Within the Realm of a Dying Sun”, the third Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded April – May 1987, at “Woodbine Studios” in Warwickshire, England, and was produced by Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard and John A. Rivers. The album cover photograph was taken in Paris, at the family grave of François-Vincent Raspail at Père-Lachaise cemetery.

Personnel:

• Lisa Gerrard– vocals, various instruments
• Brendan Perry– vocals, various instruments, design
• Peter Ulrich– timpani, military snare
• Ruth Watson – oboe
• Mark Gerrard – trumpet
• John Singleton – trombone
• Richard Avison – trombone
• Andrew Claxton – bass trombone, tuba
• Alison Harling – violin
• Emlyn Singleton – violin
• Piero Gasparini – viola
• Gus Ferguson – cello
• Tony Gamage – cello
• John A. Rivers – engineer
• Francisco Cabeza – engineer
• Bernard Oudin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.

1. Anywhere Out of the World
2. Windfall
3. In the Wake of Adversity
4. Xavier
5. Dawn of the Iconoclast
6. Cantara
7. Summoning of the Muse
8. Persephone (The Gathering of Flowers)