Dead Can Dance- Spleen And IdealLabel: 4AD Reissued 2008, Originally released 1985 Dead Can Dances second album, Spleen And Ideal (1985), saw them experiment more with instrumentation, abandoning guitars in favour of cello, trombone and timpani. Widely acclaimed, there was now a richness of uni cation between voice and music, lyrics and structure, showing they had a concrete sense of the aural ideal they were striving towards. Its title was taken from Spleen et Idal, a collection of

and the words of a poet who all too well knows the cold loneliness of the dark

"Bunnies plus food and drink equals good time

Outta Here

With vocals by the wildly entertaining David Lee Roth

The album was a commercial success

Label: Quiet Pterodactyl

The deluxe edition includes 4 previously unreleased songs recorded during the Elk-Lake era: "The Show"

Grease Paint and Monkey Brains

Alexis Krauss performed in the teen pop group Ruby Blue

MAJOR LAZAR) and Max Martin (KATY PERRY

Future Shock

A Million Reasons Why