Sylvian, David - Gone To Earth
Sylvian, David - Gone To Earth
RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON VIRGIN 1986.
Virgin 302 801 made in Germany in gatefold cover. Vinyl EX. Cover EX.
David Sylvian is a brilliant rock & roll guitarist and vocalist. He is also a great electronic minimalist. Sadly, he tries hard to do both together. Gone to Earth has moments of brilliant instrumental ambience with deep samples and misplaced vocals. The instrumental virtuosity grabs listeners immediately. Sylvian surrounds himself with some of the greats -- Bill Nelson, Robert Fripp, and Mel Collins among them. The sound is dynamic and gentle at the same time. There is an ambient version of Gone to Earth, which is a better disc but hard to find. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian
Tracklist.
1. Taking the Veil (4:39)
2. Laughter & Forgetting (2:40)
3. Before the Bullfight (9:45)
4. Gone to Earth (3:02)
5. Wave (9:11)
6. River Man (4:54)
7. Silver Moon (6:08)
8. The Healing Place (5:35)
9. Answered Prayers (3:11)
10. Where the Railroad Meets the Sea (2:53)
11.The Wooden Cross (5:01)
12. Silver moon over sleeping steeples (3:00)
13. Camp fire : Coyote country (3:41)
14. A bird of prey vanishes into a bright blue cloudless sky (3:00)
15. Home (4:31)
16. Sunlight seen through towering trees (3:00)
17. Upon This Earth (6:24)