David Sylvian‘s ‘Brilliant Trees’ is his first solo album produced with Steve Nye and released on June 25, 1984 by Virgin.
Track Listing : 1.Pulling Punches (David Sylvian) – 05:02 . 2.The Ink In The Well (David Sylvian) – 04:30 . 3.Nostalgia (David Sylvian) – 05:41 . 4.Red Guitar (David Sylvian) – 05:09 . 5.Weathered Wall (David Sylviann, Jon Hassell) – 05:44 . 6.Backwaters (David Sylvian) – 04:52 . 7.Brilliant Trees” (David Sylvian, Jon Hassell) – 08:39
Musicians : David Sylvian – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano (Treated), Tapes, Synthesizer, Percussion Instruments . Steve Jansen – Drums, Synthesizer, Percussion . Holger Czukay – French Horn, Voice, Guitar, Dictaphone. . Wayne Braithwaite – Bass Guitar On (1 – 4) . Ronny Drayton – Guitar On (1 – 4) . Richard Barbieri – Synthesizer On (1 – 5) . Danny Thompson – Double Bass On (2 . Kenny Wheeler – Flugelhorn On (2 – 3) . Phil Palmer – Guitar On (2 – 3) . Steve Nye – Synthesizer On (3 – 4) . Ryuichi Sakamoto – Synthesizer, Piano On (4 – 5 – 7) . Mark Isham – Trumpet On (1 – 4) . Jon Hassell – Trumpet On (5 – 7)
Production : Produced By David Sylvian, Steve Nye . David Sylvian – Mixing Assistant . Steve Nye – Engineer, Mixing . P. Williams – Engineer, Mixing . Nigel Walker – Mixing
Package : Yuka Fujii – Photography
Recorded 1983–1984.
Released On June 25 1984 By Virgin.
Video Director(s) : Anton Corbijn for “Red Guitar” and “The Ink in the Well” . Unknown for “Pulling Punches” .
(Source David Sylvian – Brilliant Trees | { davidsylvian.com } the official David Sylvian website)
