Brilliant Trees

Brilliant Trees
Studio album by David Sylvian
Released 25 June 1984
Recorded 1983–1984, London, Berlin
Genre Art pop
Length 39:37
Label Virgin
Producer David Sylvian, Steve Nye
David Sylvian chronology
Brilliant Trees
(1984)		 Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
(1985)
Singles from Brilliant Trees
  1. "Red Guitar"
    Released: May 1984
  2. "The Ink in the Well"
    Released: August 1984
  3. "Pulling Punches"
    Released: October 1984
Alternative cover
2003 remastered edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Smash Hits[1]
Allmusic[2]

Brilliant Trees is the first solo album by the British singer-songwriter David Sylvian, released in 1984. The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

History

Produced by Sylvian with Steve Nye, it was his first full-length release after the break-up of his band Japan in late 1982 (though former Japan members Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri both appear on the album). The album peaked at no.4 in the UK, the highest chart position of Sylvian's career to date,[3] and contains his biggest solo hit, "Red Guitar", which reached no.17 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1994, ten years after its release, the album was certified Gold by the BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[4]

Additional musicians on the album included Danny Thompson on acoustic bass and Ryuichi Sakamoto on keyboards. Sylvian and Sakamoto had previously collaborated on the singles "Bamboo Houses" and "Forbidden Colours", and continued to collaborate at various points in their careers.

In 1991, the album was reissued in the US as Brilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman, which included the three part single "Words with the Shaman" as bonus tracks; these songs were also included on the cassette-only album Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities. In 2003, a remastered version of Brilliant Trees was released. The album cover was altered with a cropped photo of Sylvian for this release.

Track listing

All compositions by David Sylvian except where noted.

Side A
  1. "Pulling Punches" – 5:02
  2. "The Ink in the Well" – 4:30
  3. "Nostalgia" – 5:41
  4. "Red Guitar" – 5:09
Side B
  1. "Weathered Wall" (Sylvian, Jon Hassell) – 5:44
  2. "Backwaters" – 4:52
  3. "Brilliant Trees" (Sylvian, Hassell) – 8:39

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Rimmer, Dave (7 June 1984). "Album Reviews". Smash Hits. EMAP Metro. 6 (12): 19.
  2. ↑ Hayes, Kevin. Brilliant Trees at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. ↑ David Sylvian (Official Charts Company)
  4. ↑ British Phonographic Industry online database Archived 2013-02-06 at WebCite
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