Favorite David Sylvian solo album?

From Brilliant Trees through Died In The Wool...

What is your favorite David Sylvian solo album?

Brilliant Trees
12
30%
Alchemy: an index of possibilities
0
No votes
Gone to Earth
8
20%
Secrets of the Beehive
14
35%
Dead Bees on a Cake
4
10%
Blemish
2
5%
The Good Son and the Only Daughter
0
No votes
 
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Favorite David Sylvian solo album?

Postby Silver Moon on Mon May 08, 2006 4:02 pm

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Postby proggrl on Tue May 09, 2006 9:10 pm

SotB. An album I can listen to all day long and not get sick of. I couldn't live without it. Having said that, there are many of his I couldn't live without. :-)
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Postby sonic_chronicler on Tue May 09, 2006 9:58 pm

Yeah Secrets is the album I normally put down as my favourite in the world ever, ever, ever.

Having said that, the others aren't far behind. Blemish is the one I have listened to most in the past few years, and as my avatar suggests, I have a soft spot for Alchemy

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Postby Silver Moon on Tue May 09, 2006 11:17 pm

Hi Sonic_Chronicler!

Welcome to the forum! I agree with you on your other post- It is so hard to pick a favorite! Secrets would probably be one of my favorites, But I love Alchemy too. I would say my favorite song on there is "Steel Cathedrals"

And yes Proggrl, I know what you mean about playing an album (or song) Over and over- I have been driving my friends and family up the wall with my music! But I could listen to it forever.

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Postby slender fungus on Wed May 10, 2006 1:24 am

I agree that Secrets is probably my favorite solo album...but all of them are amazing. I am also specially fond of his collaborations with Ryuchi.
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Postby proggrl on Wed May 10, 2006 11:23 am

Yes, favourites of this type are simply not fair. There's something about that voice. Most, if not all, of his releases, I could listen to straight through and not find a bum track on it. That's a rare thing to find these days. Of course, he could sing about razor blades getting caught in refrigerators and it'd be the most beautiful song you've ever heard!
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Postby lastgoldstar on Wed May 10, 2006 12:21 pm

I was stuck between Brilliant Trees, Gone to Earth, and SotB. I chose Brilliant Trees, mainly because it has two of my all-time favourites- The Ink in the Well and Nostalgia. And Gone to Earth was my first DS album, which started it all. And SotB is just wonderful.
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Postby Poisoned_Apathy on Wed May 10, 2006 3:09 pm

SotB. An album I can listen to all day long and not get sick of.


The same for me :D Though Gone to Earth and Brilliant trees are two of favs too...

Of course, he could sing about razor blades getting caught in refrigerators and it'd be the most beautiful song you've ever heard!


:smt042 Yeah!! I agree with you.
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Postby Orpheus on Wed May 10, 2006 6:15 pm

I picked Brilliant Trees, but Secrets otB is right there. It is a tossup for me....
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Postby sonic_chronicler on Thu May 11, 2006 12:51 am

proggrl wrote: Of course, he could sing about razor blades getting caught in refrigerators and it'd be the most beautiful song you've ever heard!


You mean you haven't heard it? Where have you been :lol:
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Postby proggrl on Thu May 11, 2006 6:58 am

sonic_chronicler wrote:
proggrl wrote: Of course, he could sing about razor blades getting caught in refrigerators and it'd be the most beautiful song you've ever heard!


You mean you haven't heard it? Where have you been :lol:


Living under this rock here, apparently. :roll:
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Postby wearethedead on Fri May 12, 2006 11:59 pm

Brilliant Trees. The emotion of that album still gets me some years later.
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Postby proggrl on Sat May 13, 2006 9:00 am

wearethedead wrote:Brilliant Trees. The emotion of that album still gets me some years later.


Agreed, but there's not an album of his I couldn't say that about! :P
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Postby MoodyB on Sun May 14, 2006 9:05 pm

Brilliant Trees is still my favourite album, it still touches me and moves me in the same way after all these years.
This album allowed me to really open up and start asking important questions about myself and life.
Nostalgia still manages to to send chills down my spine!
This album has a wonderful blend of sound and feeling, it's both ethereal and earthy at the same time...
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Postby sylvian girl on Fri May 19, 2006 12:23 pm

I went for Secrets Of The Beehive, but Brilliant Trees was a very close second - some of the songs on that album mean an awful lot to me but SotB was the first solo album i bought (of his) and is what made me fall in love with Davids solo work.
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