David Sylvian - Gone To Earth (1986) [double LP] (24-96 vinyl rip)

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.




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TRACKLIST

side1
1 Taking The Veil 4:40
2 Laughter & Forgetting 2:40
3 Before The Bullfight 9:55
4 Gone To Earth 3:00

side2
1 Wave 9:13
2 River Man 4:50
3 Silver Moon 6:05

side3
1 The Healing Place 5:30
2 Answered Prayers 3:10
3 Where The Railroad Meets The Sea 2:55
4 The Wooden Cross 5:00
5 Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples 2:25

side4
1 Camp Fire: Coyote Country 3:45
2 A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky 3:20
3 Home 4:35
4 Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees 3:00
5 Upon This Earth 6:30

ARTISTS

David Sylvian - lead vocals, keyboards (A1, A3, B1, B2, B3), guitar (A1, A3, A4, B2) electronics (A1, A2)
Robert Fripp - guitar (A1, A4, B1, B2, B3, D1, D5), Frippetronics (A4, B1, B2, B3)
Steve Jansen - drums (A1, A3, B1, B2, B3)
Phil Palmer - acoustic guitar (A1)
Ian Maidman - bass (A1, B2, B3)
Kenny Wheeler - flugelhorn (A2, A3)
John Taylor - piano (A2)
Bill Nelson - guitar (A3, B1, B3, C1, C2, D4)
Richard Barbieri - electronics (A3, B1)
Harry Beckett - flugelhorn (B1)
Mel Collins - sax (B2, B3)
B.J. Cole - pedal steel (B3, C5)