Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps)
| type = studio
| artist = Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows
| cover = Sopor-aeternus-poetica.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2013
| recorded = 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Darkwave
| length = 79:05
| label = Apocalyptic Vision
| producer = Sopor Æternus
| prev_title = Have You Seen This Ghost?
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Mitternacht - The Dark Night of the Soul
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Poetica.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Vinyl cover by Natalie Shau
}}
}}{{italic title|all=yes|noerror}}
Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps) is the eleventh album by Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows. The album consists of musical adaptations of Poe's poems, some of them already made by Cantodea in previous albums: "Dreamland" is found on Todeswunsch under the title of "Die Bruderschaft des Schmerzes"; "Alone" on Voyager: The Jugglers of Jusa; "The Sleeper" on Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One); and "The Conqueror Worm" on Flowers in Formaldehyde. However, all the musical arrangements were redone in the new versions.[http://soporaeternus.de/Interview_OBSKURE.html Soporaeternus.de 1]
The album was released in September 2013 in two different formats:[http://soporaeternus.de/POETICA_album_2013.html Soporaeternus.de 2] in compact disc format with an opulent hardcover photo book of 156 pages (28 x 28 cm), and an exclusive T-shirt (limited to 1999 copies); and on 12-inch vinyl with two posters, exclusive artwork by Natalie Shau and Keith Thompson, and a different T-shirt (limited to 890 copies.) Both editions were signed and numbered by Anna-Varney Cantodea herself. Additionally, the album was released via Bandcamp for digital download.
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_music = Cantodea
| all_lyrics = Anna-Varney Cantodea and Edgar Allan Poe
| title1 = The Oblong Box
| length1 = 1:21
| title2 = Dreamland
| length2 = 14:24
| title3 = Eldorado
| length3 = 5:33
| title4 = The Sleeper
| length4 = 11:01
| title5 = Alone
| length5 = 5:05
| title6 = The Conqueror Worm
| length6 = 5:50
| title7 = Alone (2)
| length7 = 7:16
| title8 = The City in the Sea
| length8 = 10:45
| title9 = The Oblong Box (2)
| length9 = 1:16
| title10 = The Haunted Palace
| length10 = 10:16
| title11 = A Dream Within a Dream
| length11 = 6:12
}}
Personnel
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