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| Released | 4 June 2008 | |||
| Genre | Experimental pop,[1] experimental rock[1] | |||
| Length | 41:00[2] | |||
| Label | Co-op Records[2] | |||
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| Cluas |    link |
| Drop-D | link[permanent dead link] |
| RTÉ |  link |
Ritual is the third studio album from electronic rock band Jape, released on Co-op Records in 2008. It won the Choice Music Prize for the 2008 Irish Album of the Year in March 2009.
A video for the song "Graveyard", which was filmed in an actual graveyard in Dublin,[3] was released in May 2008 prior to the release of the album.[4] The album features the singles "I Was a Man", "Strike Me Down" and "Phil Lynott", which was subject to an unsuccessful petition by fans to have it named the Christmas number one in Ireland in December 2008. When squinted at, the cover album art reveals a skull.
The Irish Independent's John Meagher named Ritual his twentieth best Irish album of the 2000s.[5]
- ^ a b "Albums". Irish Independent: 65. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Jape - Ritual". RTÉ. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "Jape: Ritual". thumped dot com. 4 June 2008. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "Video: Jape - Graveyard". State. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ John Meagher (11 December 2009). "Loaded: 11/12/2009". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 April 2010.