Gone to Earth

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Gone to Earth
Studio album by David Sylvian
Released	1986
Genre	Electronic Music, Ambient music
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Nye, David Sylvian
Professional reviews
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David Sylvian chronology
Brilliant Trees (1984) Gone to Earth (1986) Secrets of the Beehive (1987)

Gone to Earth was the second full-length solo album by David Sylvian and was released in 1986. It was an ambitious two-record set, which flouted convention (and perhaps commercial wisdom) by featuring one record of vocal tracks and one consisting entirely of Ambient music tracks. Guest artists included Robert Fripp (who co-wrote several tracks) and Bill Nelson.

Note: early single-disc CD re-releases omit three tracks: "Camp Fire: Coyote Country", "A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky" and "Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees".

[edit] Track listings

Original album

Side A:

1. "Taking the Veil" (Sylvian) - 4:40
2. "Laughter & Forgetting" (Sylvian) - 3:18
3. "Before the Bullfight" (Sylvian) - 9:20
4. "Gone to Earth" (Fripp/Sylvian) - 3:06

Side B:

1. "Wave" (Sylvian) - 9:11
2. "River Man" (Sylvian) - 4:54
3. "Silver Moon" (Sylvian) - 6:19

Side C:

1. "The Healing Place" (Sylvian) - 5:34
2. "Answered Prayers" (Nelson/Sylvian) - 3:10
3. "Where the Railroad Meets the Sea" (Sylvian) - 2:52
4. "The Wooden Cross" (Sylvian) - 5:04
5. "Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples" (Sylvian) - 2:22

Side D:

1. "Camp Fire: Coyote Country" (Fripp/Sylvian) - 3:51
2. "A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky" (Sylvian) - 3:16
3. "Home" (Sylvian) - 4:33
4. "Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees" (Sylvian) - 3:02
5. "Upon This Earth" (Fripp/Sylvian) - 6:30

2003 remastered two-disc edition

Disc one

1. "Taking The Veil" - 4:40
2. "Laughter And Forgetting" - 3:18
3. "Before The Bullfight" - 9:20
4. "Gone To Earth" - 3:06
5. "Wave" - 9:11
6. "River Man" - 4:54
7. "Silver Moon" - 6:19
8. "River Man" (Remix) - 4:24
9. "Gone To Earth" (Remix) - 1:56
10. "Camp Fire: Coyote Country" (Remix) - 3:46

Disc two

1. "The Healing Place" - 5:34
2. "Answered Prayers" - 3:10
3. "Where The Railroad Meets The Sea" - 2:52
4. "The Wooden Cross" - 5:04
5. "Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples" - 2:22
6. "Camp Fire: Coyote Country" - 3:51
7. "A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky" - 3:16
8. "Home" - 4:33
9. "Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees" - 3:02
10. "Upon This Earth" - 6:30