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Gone to Earth 1986

ambient pop, art pop 81 min 17 tracks Virgin

Gone to Earth is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter David Sylvian, released on 1 September 1986 on Virgin Records. A double album, Gone to Earth is the follow-up to his debut record, Brilliant Trees, and peaked at No. 24 in the UK Albums Chart.

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Character

Character-led, grave, contemplative and intimate.

character-ledplot-driven
gravecomic
contemplativerelentless
intimate

Tracks

A1Taking the Veil4:40
A2Laughter & Forgetting2:40
A3Before the Bullfight9:55
A4Gone to Earth3:00
B1Wave9:13
B2River Man4:50
B3Silver Moon6:05
C1The Healing Place5:30
C2Answered Prayers3:10
C3Where the Railroad Meets the Sea2:55
C4The Wooden Cross5:00
C5Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples2:25
D1Camp Fire: Coyote Country3:45
D4A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky3:20
D3Home4:35
D4Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees3:00
D5Upon This Earth6:30

17 tracks, 81 minutes.

About the album

Artist: David Sylvian
Label: Virgin
Released: 1986
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: JP

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