The Serpent’s Egg

Tracklist

• 1
  The Host of Seraphim
  6:18
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Orbis de Ignis
  1:35
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Severance
  3:22
  3.2 ★
• 4
  The Writing on My Father’s Hand
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 5
  In the Kingdom of the Blind the One‐Eyed Are Kings
  4:11
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Chant of the Paladin
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Song of Sophia
  1:24
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Echolalia
  1:17
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Mother Tongue
  5:16
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Ullyses
  5:09
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alison Harling
  violin, violin
• Andrew Beesley
  viola, viola
• Brendan Perry
  hurdy gurdy, lead vocals, hurdy gurdy, performer
• David Navarro Sust
  lead vocals, additional, background vocals
• Dead Can Dance
  producer
• John A. Rivers
  producer [1-2, 7, 10]
• Lisa Gerrard
  lead vocals, performer
• Rebecca Jackson
  violin, violin
• Sarah Buckley
  viola, viola
• Tony Gamage
  cello, cello

Issues

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  The Serpent's Egg

  Vinyl
  21 October 1988
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  The Serpent’s Egg

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  24 October 1988
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  The Serpent’s Egg

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  24 October 1988
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  The Serpent's Egg

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  October 1988
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  The Serpent's Egg

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  1988
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  The Serpent’s Egg

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  1988
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  The Serpent’s Egg

  CD
  15 February 1994
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  The Serpent’s Egg

  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) (audiophile edition)
  2 June 2008
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  The Serpent’s Egg

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  2 June 2008
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  The Serpent’s Egg

  CD
  30 June 2008
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  The Serpent’s Egg

  12" Vinyl
  17 March 2017
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