The Burning Circle and Then Dust

The Burning Circle and Then Dust is the fourth studio album by the American dark wave band Lycia, released on April 3, 1995, by Projekt Records. It was remastered and edited to fit on a single disc and re-released by Silber Records in 2006.

The Burning Circle and Then Dust
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 1995 (1995-04-03)
RecordedApril – December 1994 (1994-12)
StudioBoiler Room, Tempe, AZ
GenreDark wave, ethereal wave
Length1:56:25
LabelProjekt
ProducerLycia
Lycia chronology
Vane
(1995)
The Burning Circle and Then Dust
(1995)
Cold
(1996)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars, praising it as being "a high point of American dark rock" and the band's greatest and most ambitious work.[1]

Accolades

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Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Ned Raggett United States The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties[2] 1999 124

Track listing

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All songs composed by Lycia.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."A Presence in the Woods"4:09
2."Wandering Soul"4:47
3."The Dust Settles" (part 1)1:52
4."Sleepless"3:27
5."The Dust Settles" (part 2)1:29
6."The Return of Nothing"4:43
7."The Dust Settles" (part 3)2:54
8."Pray"5:20
9."The Better Things to Come"4:32
10."On the Horizon"3:10
11."Where Has All the Time Gone"3:13
12."Silence and Distance"3:31
13."Anywhere But Home"3:57
14."In the Fire and Flames"2:12
15."Slip Away"6:17
16."The Last Day"4:27
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."August" (part 1)4:39
2."Nine Hours Later"4:46
3."Nimble"3:43
4."August" (part 2)6:13
5."The Facade Fades"4:10
6."Resigned"6:36
7."Surrender"4:28
8."These Memories Pass"9:18
9."The Burning Circle"6:24
10."The New Day"5:57
2006 Remastered Edition
No.TitleLength
1."A Presence in the Woods"4:11
2."Wandering Soul"4:45
3."The Dust Settles (Part 1)"1:54
4."Sleepless"3:20
5."The Dust Settles (Part 2)"1:24
6."The Return of Nothing"4:46
7."The Dust Settles (Part 3)"2:57
8."Pray"5:19
9."On the Horizon"3:02
10."Where Has All the Time Gone"3:16
11."Silence and Distance"3:34
12."Anywhere But Home"3:54
13."Slip Away"6:20
14."The Last Day"4:17
15."Nine Hours Later"4:48
16."Nimble"3:40
17."Resigned"6:36
18."Surrender"4:18

Personnel

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Adapted from The Burning Circle and Then Dust liner notes.[3]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 Projekt CD PRO55
2006 Silber silber 048

References

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  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Lycia: The Burning Circle and Then Dust [2 CD] > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties". Ned Raggett. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  3. ^ The Burning Circle and Then Dust (booklet). Lycia. Brooklyn, New York: Projekt Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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