David SylvianGone To Earth

Label:

Virgin – CDVDLR 1

Format:

2 x CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Ambient

Tracklist

1-1 Taking The Veil
Acoustic GuitarPhil Palmer
BassIan Maidman
Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
Guitar [Guitars]Robert Fripp
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Electronics [Radio]David Sylvian
4:40
1-2 Laughter And Forgetting
FlugelhornKenny Wheeler
PianoJohn Taylor (2)
Vocals, Electronics [Atmospherics]David Sylvian
3:18
1-3 Before The Bullfight
Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
Electric Guitar [Solo Electric], Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars]Bill Nelson
Electronics [Atmospherics]Richard Barbieri
FlugelhornKenny Wheeler
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
9:20
1-4 Gone To Earth
Guitar [Guitars], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Vocals, GuitarDavid Sylvian
Written-BySylvian / Fripp*
3:06
1-5 Wave
Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
Electronics [Atmospherics]Richard Barbieri
FlugelhornHarry Beckett
GuitarBill Nelson
Guitar [Solo Guitars], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Vocals, KeyboardsDavid Sylvian
9:11
1-6 River Man
Bass [Bass Harmonics]Ian Maidman
Guitar [Sky Saw], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Percussion, Sampler [Sampled Bass]Steve Jansen
Soprano SaxophoneMel Collins
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
4:54
1-7 Silver Moon
BassIan Maidman
DrumsSteve Jansen
Guitar [Guitars]Bill Nelson
Guitar [Solo Guitar], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Pedal Steel GuitarB.J. Cole*
Soprano SaxophoneMel Collins
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
6:19
1-8 River Man (Remix)
Bass [Bass Harmonics]Ian Maidman
Guitar [Sky Saw], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
Percussion, Sampler [Sampled Bass]Steve Jansen
RemixRichard Moakes
Soprano SaxophoneMel Collins
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars]David Sylvian
4:24
1-9 Gone To Earth (Remix)
Guitar [Guitars], Electronics [Frippertronics]Robert Fripp
RemixRichard Moakes
Vocals, GuitarDavid Sylvian
Written-BySylvian / Fripp*
1:56
1-10 Camp Fire: Coyote Country (Remix)
Guitar [Solo Guitar]Robert Fripp
RemixRichard Moakes
Written-BySylvian / Fripp*
3:46
2-1 The Healing Place
Guitar [Solo Guitar]Bill Nelson
5:34
2-2 Answered Prayers
Acoustic GuitarBill Nelson
Written-BySylvian*
3:10
2-3 Where The Railroad Meets The Sea
PianoSteve Nye
2:52
2-4 The Wooden Cross 5:04
2-5 Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples
Pedal Steel GuitarB.J. Cole*
2:22
2-6 Camp Fire: Coyote Country
Guitar [Solo Guitar]Robert Fripp
Written-BySylvian / Fripp*
3:51
2-7 A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky 3:16
2-8 Home 4:33
2-9 Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees
Guitar [Solo Guitar]Bill Nelson
Written-BySylvian / Fripp*
3:02
2-10 Upon This Earth
Guitar [Solo Guitar]Robert Fripp
Written-BySylvian / Fripp*
6:30

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed ByEMI
  • Distributed ByEMI
  • Produced ForKlangfarben Productions
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Mastered AtMetropolis Mastering
  • Glass Mastered AtEMI Uden
  • Pressed ByMediamotion

Credits

  • Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator, Assisted By]Catherine Wilson
  • Coordinator [Recording Co-ordinator]Richard Chadwick (2)
  • Design [Original Art & Design]Russell Mills
  • Engineer [Assisted By]Noel Haris (2)
  • Engineer [Engineered By]Steve Nye
  • Mixed By [Assisted By]David Sylvian
  • Photography By [Cover Art]David Buckland
  • Producer [Produced By]Steve Nye
  • Remastered ByTony Cousins
  • Written-BySylvian* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-8, 2-1 to 2-5, 2-7 to 2-9)

Notes

The voice of J.G. Bennett by kind permission of Mrs. E. Bennett. The voice of Joseph Beuys by kind permission of Audio Arts.

Recorded in London & Oxfordshire 1985-86 for Klangfarben Productions.

Digitally remastered at Metropolis Mastering, London.

Special Thanks to Yuka Fujii

℗ 2003 Virgin Records Ltd
© 2006 Virgin Records Ltd
This label copy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. © 2006 Virgin Records Ltd.

CD Discs: Made in the EU
CD Cover: Printed in the EU
UK: CDVDLR 1
F: [no price code]

Issued in a '2 CD' standard width jewel case with a clear hinged tray. Includes a 4 page booklet with a tracklist and credits.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 94636 30732 9
  • Barcode: 094636307329
  • Label Code: LC 3098
  • Other (CD1 catalogue #): 0946 3 63074 2 8
  • Other (CD2 catalogue #): 0946 3 63075 2 7
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 1): EMI UDEN 5914112 @ 2 020105-NL
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, variant 1): IFPI L047
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 1): IFPI AAH52
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, variant 1): EMI UDEN 5914122 @ 1 010111-NL
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, variant 1): IFPI L047
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 1): IFPI AAHF6
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 2): EMI UDEN 5914112 @ 2 020106
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, variant 2): IFPI L047
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 2): IFPI AAHZ0
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, variant 2): EMI UDEN 5914112 @ 1 010112
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, variant 2): IFPI L047
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 2): IFPI AAHY2
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 3): EMI UDEN 5914112 @ 2 020105-NL
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, variant 3): IFPI L047
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 3): ifpi AAH55
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, variant 3): EMI UDEN 5914122 @ 1 010111-NL
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, variant 3): IFPI L047
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 3): ifpi AAH55

Other Versions (5 of 76)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Virgin 302 803, 302 803-420 Europe 1986
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Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album) Virgin VDL1, VDLI UK 1986
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Gone To Earth (Cassette, Album) Virgin 502 803, 502 803-121 Europe 1986
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Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album) Virgin VD2393 Canada 1986
Gone To Earth (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) Virgin VDLI Italy 1986

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Reviews

  • mibink's avatar
    mibink
    Edited 5 months ago
    Dividing critical opinion at the time of release in 1986, this has aged rather gracefully and has gathered force since it first appeared. The album contains several David Sylvian classics (Taking the Veil, Laughter and Forgetting, Before the Bullfight and Wave) and is essential on the strength of these alone.

    The second disc restores all of the instrumental music that had been cut on the first CD issue of this album and is obviously the better for it.

    Unfortunately the 2003/2006 remaster/reissue adds 3 remixes to the first disc that should have been left off (they had to somehow justify splitting the album back up into two discs as it was intended) and the intro of Before the Bullfight shortened by approximately 25 seconds should have been left alone.

    Perhaps not the flat out classics that Brilliant Trees and Secrets of the Beehive are, don't overlook it; you'd be making a grave mistake!

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