Album
Weatherbox
1989 · Electronic, Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Weatherbox is a Rock album by David Sylvian, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
- 1-1Pulling Punches5:01
- 1-2Ink In The Well4:29
- 1-3Nostalgia5:39
- 1-4Red Guitar5:07
- 1-5Weathered Wall5:40
- 1-6Backwaters4:49
- 1-7Brilliant Trees8:35
- 2-4The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin)8:28
- 2-5A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce3:28
- 2-6Steel Cathedrals18:52
- 3-1Taking The Veil4:40
- 3-2Laughter And Forgetting2:40
- 3-3Before The Bullfight9:45
- 3-4Gone To Earth3:01
- 3-5Wave9:13
- 3-6River Man4:53
- 3-7Silver Moon6:07
- 4-1The Healing Place5:27
- 4-2Answered Prayers3:09
- 4-3Where The Railroad Meets The Sea2:51
- 4-4The Wooden Cross4:59
- 4-5Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples2:21
- 4-6Camp Fire: Coyote Country3:50
- 4-7A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky3:15
- 4-8Home4:30
- 4-9Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees2:59
- 4-10Upon This Earth6:24
- 5-1September1:17
- 5-2The Boy With The Gun5:18
- 5-3Maria2:50
- 5-4Orpheus4:48
- 5-5The Devil's Own3:11
- 5-6When Poets Dreamed Of Angels4:45
- 5-7Mother And Child3:12
- 5-8Let The Happiness In5:33
- 5-9Waterfront3:22
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- sparse
- brooding
- cerebral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
"Words With The Shaman" recorded in London 1985.
"The Stigma Of Childhood (Kin)" is an excerpt from the score of "Kin", a show devised by Gaby Agis and Kate Blacker, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, 8th September 1987.
"A Brief Conversation Ending In Divorce" recorded in London, June 1989. Originally cut at the Townhouse, re-mastered at Tape.
"Steel Cathedrals" is the soundtrack to the short film by David Sylvian and Yasuyuki Yamaguchi, recorded in Tokyo & London 1984/85.
"Gone To Earth" & "Gone To Earth Instrumental" recorded in London and Oxfordshire 1985/86.
"Secrets Of The Beehive" recorded in London and Bath; Chateau Miraval, Le Val; Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum.
The duration of Disc 2, Track 6, "Steel Cathedrals," is erroneously listed as 3:28 on the rear insert of Disc 2.
Box includes a 60-page booklet in card sleeve, a fold-out catalogue poster and individual custom printed jewel cases.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- David SylvianKEYBOARDS, GUITAR, TAPE ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ORGAN, SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS
- Jon HassellTRUMPET
- Percy JonesFRETLESS BASS
- Steve JansenDRUMS, PERCUSSION, KEYBOARDS DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Bill NelsonACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- BJ ColePEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Brian GascoigneARRANGED BY
- Danny CummingsPERCUSSION
- Danny ThompsonDOUBLE BASS
- David TornACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Holger CzukayELECTRONICS , FRENCH HORN ELECTRONICS , GUITAR
- Ian MaidmanBASS
- John TaylorKEYBOARDS PIANO
- Mark IshamTRUMPET TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Masami TsuchiyaGUITAR
- Mel CollinsSOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Phil PalmerACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR SLIDE GUITAR
- Richard BarbieriSYNTHESIZER
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