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0000 compilation album by David Sylvian
A Victim of Stars 1982–2012 compilation album by David Sylvian . Released in 2012, the album features songs from his solo work, from Japan 's reformation Rain Tree Crow, his collaborations with other artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Robert Fripp , and from his more recent involvement in the band Nine Horses . It also features of a remix of Japan's "Ghosts ", released on Sylvian's 2000 compilation Everything and Nothing [6]
Despite not being mentioned anywhere on the album, "Forbidden Colours " is the re-recorded 1984 "Version" released as a B-side to "Red Guitar ". Also, the song "Manafon" is a remixed version of the song from the album of the same name , which featured on the 2011 remix album Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations [7]
Track listing [ edit ] All tracks are written by David Sylvian, except where noted
Disc 1 Title Writer(s) From the album: 1. "Ghosts " (2000 Remix) Everything and Nothing Tin Drum Japan 3:47 2. "Bamboo Houses " (Remix) (with Ryuichi Sakamoto ) Sakamoto, Sylvian Everything and Nothing single with Bamboo Music 5:21 3. "Bamboo Music" (with Sakamoto) Sakamoto, Sylvian double A-side non-album single with Bamboo Houses 5:40 4. "Forbidden Colours " (Version) (with Sakamoto) Sakamoto, Sylvian B-side single of Red Guitar , originally from Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Original Soundtrack 5:58 5. "Red Guitar " Brilliant Trees 5:09 6. "The Ink in the Well " Brilliant Trees 4:29 7. "Pulling Punches " Brilliant Trees 5:02 8. "Taking the Veil " Gone to Earth 4:40 9. "Silver Moon " Gone to Earth 6:19 10. "Let the Happiness In " Secrets of the Beehive 5:37 11. "Orpheus " Secrets of the Beehive 4:51 12. "Waterfront" Secrets of the Beehive 3:36 13. "Pop Song " non-album single 4:34 14. "Blackwater" (Rain Tree Crow ) Sylvian, Steve Jansen , Mick Karn , Richard Barbieri Rain Tree Crow 4:22 15. "Every Colour You Are" (Rain Tree Crow) Sylvian, Jansen, Karn, Barbieri Rain Tree Crow 4:46 16. "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II – Returning To The Womb) " (with Sakamoto featuring Ingrid Chavez ) Sakamoto, Sylvian, Arto Lindsay Heartbeat 5:17 Total length: 79:47
Disc 2 Title Writer(s) From the album: 1. "Jean the Birdman " (with Robert Fripp ) Sylvian, Fripp, Trey Gunn The First Day 4:16 2. "Alphabet Angel" Dead Bees on a Cake 2:06 3. "I Surrender" Dead Bees on a Cake 9:25 4. "Darkest Dreaming" Sylvian, Djivan Gasparyan Dead Bees on a Cake 4:01 5. "A Fire in the Forest" Sylvian, Christian Fennesz Blemish 4:41 6. "The Only Daughter" Blemish 5:57 7. "Late Night Shopping" Blemish 2:54 8. "Wonderful World" (Nine Horses ) Sylvian, Jansen Snow Borne Sorrow 6:02 9. "The Banality of Evil" (Nine Horses) Sylvian, Burnt Friedman Snow Borne Sorrow 8:02 10. "Darkest Birds" (Nine Horses) Sylvian, Jansen Snow Borne Sorrow 5:03 11. "Snow White in Appalachia" Sylvian, Christian Fennesz , Keith Rowe , Michael Moser, Werner Dafeldecker Manafon 5:59 12. "Small Metal Gods" (Remix) Sylvian, Fennesz, Moser, Dafeldecker, Burkhard Stangl Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations Manafon 5:09 13. "I Should Not Dare (for N.O.)" Sylvian, Fennesz, Jan Bang , Emily Dickinson Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations 3:24 14. "Manafon" (Remix) Sylvian, Fennesz, Rowe, Moser, Dafeldecker Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations , originally from Manafon 4:05 15. "Where's Your Gravity?" Sylvian, Bang, Eivind Aarset new song 5:20 Total length: 76:40
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