- art pop
- 85 min
- 18 tracks
- UMC
Dead Bees on a Cake is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter David Sylvian, released in March 1999 on Virgin Records. It was his first solo album in 12 years since Secrets of the Beehive. The album peaked at no. 31 in the UK Albums Chart at release and contained his last UK Top 40 single to date in "I Surrender".
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Character-led, prestige, grave and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1I Surrender9:26
- 2The Scent of Magnolia5:36
- 3Dobro #11:30
- 4Midnight Sun4:13
- 5Cover Me With Flowers6:33
- 6Krishna Blue8:10
- 7Albuquerque (Dobro #6)1:21
- 8Thalheim6:09
- 9Alphabet Angel2:06
- 10God Man4:03
- 11Café Europa6:59
- 12Aparna and Nimisha (Dobro #5)0:56
- 13Pollen Path3:43
- 14The Shining of Things3:10
- 15Wanderlust6:43
- 16All of My Mother’s Names (Summers with Amma)6:12
- 17Praise (Pratah Smarami)4:02
- 18Darkest Dreaming4:01
18 tracks, 85 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- David Sylvian
- Label
- UMC
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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