Ark (Brendan Perry album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ark

| type = studio

| artist = Brendan Perry

| cover = BrendanPerry_Ark.jpg

| alt =

| released = (31 March 2010, concert sale)
7 June 2010 (world)

| recorded = Quivvy Studios, Ireland

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Ambient music, downtempo, neoclassical dark wave, world music

| length = {{Duration|m=55|s=04}}

| label = Cooking Vinyl

| producer = Brendan Perry

| prev_title = Eye of the Hunter

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

Ark is the second solo album by Brendan Perry, the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. It was Perry's first studio album in 11 years. It was first made available to the public as part of a limited 2,000-copy autographed pre-release offered at a concert in Prague on 31 March 2010 and subsequent shows. It was officially released worldwide by Cooking Vinyl on 7 June 2010.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ark-Brendan-Perry/dp/B003H52VI4 Ark] at Amazon.co.uk

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 55:04

| all_writing = Brendan Perry

| title1 = Babylon

| length1 = 6:08

| title2 = The Bogus Man

| length2 = 6:11

| title3 = Wintersun

| length3 = 6:02

| title4 = Utopia

| length4 = 5:56

| title5 = Inferno

| length5 = 6:38

| title6 = This Boy

| length6 = 6:59

| title7 = The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

| length7 = 7:35

| title8 = Crescent

| length8 = 9:35

}}

Personnel

;Musical

;Technical

  • Mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs

;Graphical

  • Sleeve design by Graham Wood
  • Photography (front cover) by Dan Van Winkle
  • Photography (inner cover) by Sophia Wood

Charts

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Chart (2010)

!Peak
position

Polish Albums Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|27{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=588&lang= |title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart |publisher=OLiS |date=20 June 2010 |accessdate=2012-01-14}}

References

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