Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	(A-) 15 October 1993 p.76
Q	November 1993 p.116
Melody Maker	18 September 1993 p.40 (favorable)
NME	11 September 1993 p.37(favorable)
Time	24 January 1994 (favorable)
Robert Christgau	(D) link

Into the Labyrinth is the sixth album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. It marked a strong shift from the previous albums, putting ethnic music influences at the forefront as would be the case in the later albums. It was their first album completed on their own without the aid of guest musicians, and their first album to have a major-label release in the U.S., thanks to a distribution deal that 4AD had with Warner Bros. Records. It featured the single "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove".

Into the Labyrinth was a marked change on many fronts from the previous album Aion of three years prior:

The title of Into the Labyrinth alludes to the classic legend of Greek mythology about Theseus going into the Labyrinth against the Minotaur. This is echoed in song titles such as the following:

While not a concept album, this link adds some conceptual cohesion to the album. See also track information.

The vocals' languages are as follows:

Tracks 3 and 10 were performed a cappella.

Tracks written by Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry), except track 3 (words and music by Dr Robert Dwyer Joyce, traditional, arranged by Dead Can Dance) and track 11 (words by Bertolt Brecht, English translation by John Willett).

The 1993 (DAD 3013), 2008 and 2010 limited-edition double-vinyl LP releases had / 1–3 / 4–7 // "Bird" 8–9 / "Spirit" 10–11 / adding the following:

The 2016 double-vinyl reissue (DAD 3621) features the CD's track list over sides A, B and C; "Bird" and "Spirit" make up side D of this release.

They were the two earlier bonus tracks from the 1991 compilation A Passage in Time, and they were collected again on Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) (2001).

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