Spleen and Ideal

Spleen and Ideal
Studio album by
Released25 November 1985
RecordedSeptember–November 1985
StudioWoodbine (Warwickshire, England)
Genre
Length38:11
Label4AD
Producer
  • Dead Can Dance
  • John A. Rivers
Dead Can Dance chronology
Garden of the Arcane Delights
(1984)
Spleen and Ideal
(1985)
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
(1987)

Spleen and Ideal is the second studio album by Australian band Dead Can Dance. It was released on 25 November 1985 by 4AD. The album spearheaded the group's sonic transition from their post-punk and gothic rock-influenced roots towards a neoclassical dark wave style.