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David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan. His subsequent solo work is described by critic Jason Ankeny as "a far-ranging and esoteric career that encompassed not only solo projects but also a series of fascinating collaborative efforts." Sylvian's solo work has been influenced by a variety of musical styles and genres, including jazz, avant-garde, ambient, electronic, and progressive rock.
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A Victim of Stars: 1982-2012 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Ghosts | 3:45 |
Forbidden Colours | 5:53 |
Red Guitar | 5:11 |
The Ink in the Well | 4:32 |
Pulling Punches | 5:03 |
Taking the Veil | 4:41 |
Silver Moon | 6:10 |
Let the Happiness In | 5:38 |
Orpheus | 4:51 |
Waterfront | 3:25 |
Blackwater | 4:21 |
Every Colour You Are | 4:46 |
Jean the Birdman | 4:14 |
Alphabet Angel | 2:06 |
I Surrender | 9:28 |
Darkest Dreaming | 4:02 |
A Fire in the Forest | 4:08 |
Wonderful World | 6:03 |
Snow White in Appalachia | 6:06 |
Small Metal Gods | 5:09 |
Manafon | 4:04 |
Balearic Prog [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Taking the Veil | 4:41 |
100 Hits: The New Romantics [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 4:31 |
Red Guitar | 5:10 |
Died in the Wool (Manafon Variations) [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Small Metal Gods | 5:09 |
Random Acts of Senseless Violence | 4:21 |
Snow White in Appalachia | 0:55 |
Emily Dickinson | 2:12 |
The Greatest Living Englishman (Coda) | 2:24 |
Manafon | 2:42 |
Died in the Wool: Manafon Variations [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Small Metal Gods | 5:09 |
Random Acts of Senseless Violence | 6:25 |
Snow White in Appalachia | 5:59 |
Emily Dickinson | 3:35 |
The Greatest Living Englishman | 3:06 |
Manafon | 4:05 |
Anthems: Electronic '80s, Vol. 2 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 4:38 |
Body Language Vol.9 (Mixed By DJ Hell) [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colors |
Sleepwalkers [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Pure Genius | 4:01 |
Wonderful World | 5:59 |
Manafon [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Small Metal Gods | 5:49 |
The Rabbit Skinner | 4:42 |
Random Acts of Senseless Violence | 7:06 |
The Greatest Living Englishman | 10:55 |
125 Spheres | 0:29 |
Snow White in Appalachia | 6:36 |
Emily Dickinson | 6:25 |
The Department of Dead Letters | 2:25 |
Manafon | 5:23 |
The Edge of the 80's [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Red Guitar | 5:03 |
This Is 1981 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Visions of China | 3:38 |
Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague [2007]
Song | Duration |
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A Fire in the Forest | 4:05 |
LateNightTales [2007]
Song | Duration |
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A Fire in the Forest | 3:42 |
Money for All [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Serotonin |
Babilonia [2005]
Song | Duration |
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A Fire in the Forest | 5:05 |
Best of Chillout Moods [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colors |
Blossom [2005]
Song | Duration |
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When Poets Dreamed of Angels | 4:39 |
Fernanda Relax [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Silver Moon |
LateNightTales [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Ghosts | 4:37 |
Snow Borne Sorrow [Bonus Track] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Darkest Birds | |
History of Holes | |
Serotonin |
The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter: The Blemish Remixes [2005]
Song | Duration |
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A Fire in the Forest | 5:05 |
2 A.M. Wakeup Call [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Pure Genius | 3:51 |
Blemish [2003]
Song | Duration |
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A Fire In The Forest | 4:15 |
Blemish [Japan Bonus Track] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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A Fire in the Forest | 4:07 |
Camphor [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Wave | 3:59 |
Wave (Version) | |
Mother and Child | 4:04 |
Mother and Child (Remixed by Jan Bang & Erik Honore) | |
Upon This Earth | 4:14 |
Big Wheels in Shanty Town | 6:57 |
The Healing Place | 4:52 |
Camphor [Bonus CD] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Wave [Version] | 3:58 |
Mother and Child | 4:03 |
Upon This Earth | 4:14 |
Big Wheels in Shanty Town | 6:56 |
The Healing Place | 4:52 |
Camphor [Japan Bonus Track] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Wave [Version] | 3:58 |
Mother and Child | 4:04 |
Big Wheels in Shanty Town | 6:56 |
The Healing Place | 4:52 |
Cream Collect: Balearic [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 4:37 |
Damage [2002]
Song | Duration |
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God's Monkey | 6:39 |
Brightness Falls | 6:29 |
Every Color You Are | 5:44 |
Jean the Birdman | 4:03 |
Firepower | 7:09 |
Damage | 4:26 |
Gone to Earth | 2:29 |
20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) | 7:54 |
Wave | 6:17 |
Riverman | 4:58 |
Damage: Live [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Damage | 4:31 |
God's Monkey | 6:42 |
Brightness Falls | 6:29 |
Every Colour You Are | 5:40 |
Firepower | 7:02 |
Gone to Earth | 2:28 |
20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) | 8:03 |
Wave | 6:11 |
Riverman | 5:01 |
Recline: A Six Degrees Collection of Chilled Grooves [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Linoleum [Wamdue 2-Step Dub Experience] | 5:33 |
Linoleum | 5:33 |
V.I.P. Lounge, Vol. 2 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Linoleum [Wamdue Project 2 Step Dub Experience] | 5:22 |
Chillout Moods: Rain Dance [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Surrender | 9:16 |
The Attraction to All Things Uncertain [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Linoleum | 4:33 |
The Attraction to All Things Uncertain [Bonus Tracks] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Linoleum | 4:32 |
Cinemage [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden colours |
Everything and Nothing [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Blackwater | 4:23 |
Ride | 8:00 |
Ghosts | 3:47 |
Every Colour You Are | 4:47 |
Wanderlust | 6:47 |
God's Monkey | 5:02 |
Let the Happiness In | 5:36 |
I Surrender | 9:29 |
Jean the Birdman | 4:12 |
The Boy with the Gun | 5:15 |
Riverman | 4:57 |
Midnight Sun | 4:03 |
Orpheus | 4:49 |
Cries and Whispers | 2:34 |
Laughter and Forgetting | 2:34 |
Buoy | 5:16 |
Weathered Wall | 5:44 |
Everything and Nothing [2000]
Song | Duration |
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River Man | 4:57 |
Dead Bees on a Cake [1999]
Song | Duration |
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I Surrender | 9:24 |
Dobro #1 | 1:30 |
Midnight Sun | 4:03 |
Thalheim | 6:07 |
Alphabet Angel | 2:06 |
Krishna Blue | 8:08 |
The Shining of Things | 3:09 |
Cafe Europa | 6:58 |
Pollen Path | 3:25 |
Wanderlust | 6:43 |
Darkest Dreaming | 4:01 |
I Surrender [#1] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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I Surrender [Album Mix] |
Sony Music: Danke '99 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours |
The Chillout Album: Soft Mixed [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours |
Trackspotting [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours [Original Version Written for "Merry Christ | 5:53 |
A New Dream [1994]
Song | Duration |
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God's Monkey | 6:21 |
Brightness Falls | 6:23 |
Every Colour You Are | 5:46 |
Jean the Birdman | 3:57 |
Firepower | 7:15 |
Damage | 4:36 |
20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) | 8:43 |
Wave | 6:13 |
Riverman | 5:13 |
Ambient, Vol. 2: Imaginary Landscapes [1994]
Song | Duration |
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The Healing Place | 5:16 |
Visions of Sound [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 5:54 |
God's Monkey: Retrospective [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Blackwater | |
Orpheus | |
Let the Happiness In | |
Taking the Veil | |
The Ink in the Well | |
Weathered Wall | |
Forbidden Colours [Acoustic] | |
Ghosts |
The First Day [1993]
Song | Duration |
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God's Monkey | 5:01 |
Jean the Birdman | 4:10 |
Firepower | 10:27 |
Brightness Falls | 6:06 |
20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song) | 11:53 |
Heartbeat [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 5:56 |
Synthesizer Greatest Gold [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Forbidden Colors | 4:42 |
Brilliant Trees/Words with the Shaman [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Pulling Punches | 5:01 |
The Ink in the Well | 4:29 |
Nostalgia | 5:39 |
Red Guitar | 5:07 |
Weathered Wall | 5:40 |
Backwaters | 4:49 |
Brilliant Trees | 8:35 |
Virgin Value Collector Series 3 [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Nostalgia |
Weatherbox [1989]
Dream Code [1988]
Song | Duration |
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The Healing Place | 5:26 |
Dream Code Sampler [1987]
Song | Duration |
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The Healing Place |
Secrets of the Beehive [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 6:01 |
Secrets of the Beehive [Reissue] [1987]
Song | Duration |
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September | 1:18 |
The Boy with the Gun | 5:18 |
Maria | 2:50 |
Orpheus | 4:51 |
The Devil's Own | 3:12 |
When Poets Dreamed of Angels | 4:47 |
Mother and Child | 3:15 |
Let the Happiness In | 5:37 |
Waterfront | 3:36 |
Secrets of the Beehive [Remastered 2003] [1987]
Song | Duration |
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September | 1:19 |
The Boy With the Gun | 5:19 |
Maria | 2:50 |
Orpheus | 4:52 |
The Devil's Own | 3:12 |
When Poets Dreamed of Angels | 4:47 |
Mother and Child | 3:15 |
Let the Happiness In | 5:37 |
Waterfront | 3:37 |
Gone to Earth [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Taking the Veil | 4:40 |
Laughter & Forgetting | 2:40 |
Laughter and Forgetting | 3:18 |
Before the Bullfight | 9:45 |
Gone to Earth | 3:06 |
Wave | 9:13 |
River Man | 4:55 |
Silver Moon | 6:19 |
The Healing Place | 5:35 |
Upon This Earth | 6:30 |
Gone to Earth [Reissue] [1986]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Taking the Veil | 4:40 |
Laughter and Forgetting | 3:18 |
Before the Bullfight | 9:20 |
Gone to Earth | 3:06 |
Wave | 9:11 |
River Man | 4:54 |
Silver Moon | 6:19 |
The Healing Place | 5:34 |
Upon This Earth | 6:30 |
Brilliant Trees [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Pulling Punches | 5:02 |
The Ink in the Well | 4:29 |
Nostalgia | 5:42 |
Red Guitar | 5:12 |
Weathered Wall | 5:44 |
Backwaters | 4:53 |
Brilliant Trees | 8:42 |
Brilliant Trees [Remastered 2003] [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Pulling Punches | 5:02 |
The Ink in the Well | 4:31 |
Nostalgia | 5:42 |
Red Guitar | 5:12 |
Weathered Wall | 5:44 |
Backwaters | 4:53 |
Brilliant Trees | 8:43 |
Forbidden Colours [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours | 4:41 |
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Japan] [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Forbidden Colours |
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Milan] [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Forbidden Colours (for the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence) | 4:42 |
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [Original Soundtrack] [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Forbidden Colors | 4:50 |
CMJ New Music, Vol. 102
Song | Duration |
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Jean the Birdman |
Grandes Canções Do Cinema
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Forbidden Colours |
Original Hits: Chillout
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Silver Moon [2003 Remastered Version] | 6:09 |
The Healing Place | 5:17 |
I Surrender | 9:28 |
Secrets of the Beehive
Song | Duration |
---|---|
September | 1:17 |
The Boy With the Gun | 5:19 |
Maria | 2:50 |
Orpheus | 4:51 |
The Devil's Own | 3:12 |
When Poets Dreamed of Angels | 4:47 |
Mother and Child | 3:15 |
Let the Happiness In | 5:37 |
Waterfront | 3:27 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Let the Happiness In | 5:37 |
God's Monkey | 4:58 |
Wanderlust | 6:43 |
Pure Genius | 3:51 |
Linoleum [Wamdue 2-Step Dub Experience] | 5:33 |
Forbidden Colours | |
Pollen Path | 3:25 |
Cafe Europa | 6:58 |
Thalheim | 6:07 |
Big Wheels in Shanty Town | 6:56 |
Gone to Earth | 3:02 |
River Man | 4:55 |
Red Guitar | 5:11 |
A Fire in the Forest | 5:05 |
Krishna Blue | 8:08 |
Forbidden Colors | 4:50 |
Every Colour You Are | |
Nostalgia | |
Amigo Bronco | 3:47 |
Dobro #1 | 1:30 |
For The Love Of Life |
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