release date: Nov. 7, 1987
format: vinyl (VL 2471) / cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,08]
producer: Steve Nye
label: Virgin Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "September" (4 / 5) - 2. "The Boy With the Gun" (3,5 / 5) - 3. "Maria" (5 / 5) - 4. "Orpheus" (4 / 5) - 5. "The Devil's Own" (3,5 / 5) - 6. "When Poets Dreamed of Angels" (4 / 5) (live) - 7. "Mother and Child" (3 / 5) - 8. "Let the Happiness In" (5 / 5) - 9. "Waterfront" (4 / 5)
4th solo studio album by David Sylvian, former vocalist of Japan. The album has a beautiful atmospheric sound, and is produced by Steve Nye, who has been in the production seat for Sylvian before as a solo artist and with Japan. This was the first album I bought with Sylvian after having listened to his brilliant solo debut Brilliant Trees (1984). Sometimes I can't decide which of these two albums, I prefer, as they're both great and among his three best ever, but mostly I would choose this as his greatest effort ever. This is Sylvian when he is most mainstream. He has experimented with styles and expressions ever since and he has never tried to please record buyers, record labels, nor the critics. His music is always art pop, mostly experimental and sometimes synth pop or electronic. He is always interesting, and never releases the expected, and then he has an ear for spacious sound that require the attention of a listener's ear. Introvert? Nah, just meaningful and delightful music.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5 stars ]
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