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Blemish (album)

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Released
  
May 2003

Artist
  
David Sylvian

Label
  
Samadhi Sound

Length
  
43:41

Release date
  
May 2003

Producer
  
David Sylvian

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Recorded
  
February - March 2003, Samadhi Sound Studio

Blemish (2003)
  
The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) (2005)

Genres
  
Ambient music, Alternative rock, Avant-garde music

Similar
  
Manafon, Brilliant Trees, Dead Bees on a Cake, Secrets of the Beehive, Gone to Earth

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Blemish is the sixth solo album by David Sylvian. It is experimental in its use of electronics and sound. It features avant-garde guitarist Derek Bailey, and Austrian guitarist and electronic musician Fennesz. The album was released in May 2003, and documents the disintegration of Sylvian's relationship with his wife, Ingrid Chavez.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by David Sylvian, except where noted.

  1. "Blemish" – 13:42
  2. "The Good Son" (Derek Bailey, Sylvian) – 5:25
  3. "The Only Daughter" – 5:28
  4. "The Heart Knows Better" – 7:51
  5. "She Is Not" (Bailey, Sylvian) – 0:45
  6. "Late Night Shopping" – 2:54
  7. "How Little We Need to Be Happy" (Bailey, Sylvian) – 3:22
  8. "A Fire in the Forest" (Sylvian, Christian Fennesz) – 4:14
Japanese edition bonus track
  1. "Trauma" – 5:42 (an instrumental remix of "Blemish")

Personnel

  • David Sylvian – vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
  • Derek Bailey – guitar
  • Christian Fennesz – arranger, electronics
  • Toby Hrycek-Robinson – engineer
  • Yuka Fujii – art direction, design
  • Atsushi Fukui – artwork, cover art
  • Songs

    1Blemish13:43
    2The Good Son5:25
    3The Only Daughter5:28

    References

    Blemish (album) Wikipedia