Dead Can Dance’s second album, Spleen And Ideal (1985), was released on November 25, 1985. Included are the songs “The Cardinal Sin" “Enigma of the Absolute" “Advent" and "Avatar". The album spearheaded the group's sonic transition from their post-punk and gothic rock-influenced roots towards a neoclassical dark wave style. They experiment more with instrumentation, abandoning guitars in favour of cello, trombone and timpani. Widely acclaimed, there was now a richness of uni cation between voice and music, lyrics and structure, showing they had a concrete sense of the aural ideal they were striving towards. It’s title was taken from Spleen et Idéal, a collection of poems by 18th century French poet Charles Baudelaire.