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''Tao of the Dead'' (pronounced ) is the seventh studio album by Texas rock band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. The first single, "Summer of All Dead Souls", was posted on Spin.com on November 11, 2010, and later on Soundcloud. The digital single released officially on November 29.〔 The album released on CD digipak format, including a limited edition two-disc booklet with 30 minutes of bonus music. ==Background and recording== ''Tao of the Dead'' was recorded in ten days. The band stripped down to its core four-piece lineup for the record, deviating from the past two records that featured a filled-out six-piece band. This resulted in a stripped-down record with heavy emphasis on guitar. It is a two-part record, each side with a specific musical tuning; ''Part I'' in D and ''Part II'' in F.〔 The album can be listened to as 16 different movements or two lengthy tracks. Part I, "Tao of the Dead," is split into eleven tracks, whereas Part II, "Strange News From Another Planet," is five songs combined into one. Conrad Keely, in an interview with Spin.com, described the album's composition. "It's the way I listened to albums when I was a kid, seeing as some of my favorite records were Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon'', Yes's ''Relayer'' and ''Close to the Edge''... I always liked listening to records that were just a continuous piece, like an orchestra or a symphony."〔 Cover art and packaging was revealed over a six-day period in December on www.taoofthedead.com, designed by Conrad Keely. When asked in an interview about the title, Jason Reece responded, "It's kind of an impolite joke. We had a ''Tao Te Ching'' at the studio and used it as a lyrical reference tool. I said, 'Why don't we call the record "Tao of the Dead"?' It sounds like we're a bunch of pompous assholes. 'Oh yes, we're going to give you the meaning of life here.' Which is really not true at all...We're not Taoists by any means but it's really nice to use some of the text as daily inspirational things to live by. But we read everything. So the "Tao" is just as meaningful as Henry Miller's ''Tropic of Cancer,'' which is probably just as Taoist, just with a little more sex." The first 11 tracks on Disc 2 of the Deluxe Edition are each longer than their correspondent on the standard version, some more significant than others. The songs are mainly the same but have longer fade outs, or extra effects at the end, and sometimes extended intros as well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tao of the Dead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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