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{{Infobox album
| name       = Immortal Memory
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Lisa Gerrard]] and [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]]
| cover      = Immortal_memory_-_gerrard_cassidy_-_front.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 26 January 2004
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[20th-century classical music|Modern classical]], [[World fusion music|world fusion]]
| length     = 56:58
| label      = [[4AD]]
| producer   = [[Lisa Gerrard]] and [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]]
| chronology = [[Lisa Gerrard]]
| prev_title = [[Duality (Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke album)|Duality]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[The Silver Tree]]
| next_year  = 2006
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]]
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title =
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = Immortal Memory
 | year       = 2004
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{{Music ratings
|rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r674320|pure_url=yes}} AMG review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1118595,00.html The Guardian review]</ref>
|rev3 = ''Prefix''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews.php?page=L&a=1&rt=cd&rf=LisaGerrard%20ImmortalMemory%20012004 Prefix review]</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Christianity Today]]''
|rev4score = (positive)<ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2004/immortalmemory.html Christianity Today review]</ref>

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''' ''Immortal Memory'' ''' is an album by [[Dead Can Dance]] member [[Lisa Gerrard]] and Irish classical composer [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]], released in 2004. It was Gerrard's first studio release since 1998's ''[[Duality (Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke album)|Duality]]'' with [[Pieter Bourke]].

==Overview==

Gerrard first met Cassidy in 2000 in Los Angeles (where he lives), when she came to work on the [[Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)|''Gladiator'' soundtrack]], and they planned to work together one day.<ref>[http://www.4ad.com/lisagerrard/news/~immortalmemory/ 4AD press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012952/http://www.4ad.com/lisagerrard/news/~immortalmemory/ |date=2007-09-30 }}.</ref> When they eventually found a shared two-month break, they joined at Gerrard's Australian studio for this record.<ref>''Prefix Magazine'' review, op. cit.</ref>

The [[W. B. Yeats]] poem "[[Sailing to Byzantium]]" inspired the track of the same name.

The lyrics utilise three ancient languages:

* Gaelic (ancient [[Irish language|Irish]]) in "The Song of [[Amergin Glúingel|Amergin]]" (based on the first song supposedly sung by a mortal on [[Ireland|Irish]] soil).
* [[Aramaic]] in "Maranatha" (meaning "come lord, come teacher"), and "Abwoon" (meaning "our father", a rendition of the "[[Lord's Prayer]]" in the language of [[Jesus]]).
* [[Latin]] in "Psallit in Aure Dei" (meaning "singing in the ear of God", a dirge for Patrick Cassidy's late father).

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Song of Amergin
| length1 = 5:27
| title2 = Maranatha (Come Lord)
| length2 = 3:43
| title3 = Amergin's Invocation
| length3 = 6:19
| title4 = Elegy
| length4 = 6:41
| title5 = Sailing to Byzantium
| length5 = 5:04
| title6 = Abwoon (Our Father)
| length6 = 4:12
| title7 = Immortal Memory
| length7 = 4:28
| title8 = Paradise Lost
| length8 = 7:03
| title9 = I Asked for Love
| length9 = 5:00
| title10 = Psallit in Aure Dei
| length10 = 9:01
}}

Music by Lisa Gerrard (tracks 1–9) and Patrick Cassidy (tracks 1–10).

==Personnel==

; Musical

* [[Lisa Gerrard]] – arranger, vocals
* [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]] – arranger, [[synthesizer|synthesized instruments]]

; Technical <!-- ALL UNLINKED WERE REDLINKS OR HOMONYMS AS OF JUNE 2007 -->

* Simon Bowley – mixing
* David Badrick – mixing assistance
* Don C. Tyler – mastering
* Chris Staley – mastering assistance
* Jacek Tuschewski – technical assistance

; Graphical <!-- ALL UNLINKED WERE REDLINKS OR HOMONYMS AS OF JUNE 2007 -->

* Jacek Tuschewski – sleeve design, paintings
* Chris Bigg – sleeve design
* Mark Magidson – sleeve photography ([[Uluru]] tree)
* Greg Barrett – sleeve photography (portraits)

==Notes==
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==References==
* [http://forum.lisagerrard.com/viewtopic.php?p=3801#3801 Track-by-track commentary by Lisa Gerrard] as reposted on the Lisa Gerrard Message Board (scroll down)

== External links ==
* {{MusicBrainz release group|id=b20c0a20-dcc8-3f6e-98af-29703756ae7a|name=Immortal Memory}}
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[[Category:2004 collaborative albums]]
[[Category:Lisa Gerrard albums]]
[[Category:Patrick Cassidy (composer) albums]]
[[Category:4AD albums]]