Gone to Earth

David Sylvian - Gone To Earth (1986) [2CD] {2003 Virgin Remaster, Japan Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 475 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 218 Mb
Full Artwork @ 400 dpi (jpg) -> 60 Mb
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Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock / Ambient

2003 remastered reissue of 1986 album features 20 tracks including 7 bonus tracks, 'River Man' (Remix), 'Gone To Earth' (Remix), 'Camp Fire-Coyote Country' (Remix), 'Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples' 'Camp Fire-Coyote Country', 'A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky' & 'Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees'. Guests include Bill Nelson, Robert Fripp, & Mel Collins. If there was only one album that I could take to a deserted island, "Gone to Earth" would be it. In my opinion, this piece of atmospheric pop-chique is the best Sylvian ever did. So when the remaster was released, I went and got it right away.

David Sylvian - Gone To Earth (1986) [2CDs] {2006 Virgin Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 470 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 218 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 169 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2003, 2006 Virgin Records / EMI | 0946 3 63073 2 9
Rock / Art Rock / Experimental Rock / Experimental Ambient

Digitally remastered reissue, in standard jewel case, of this 1986 album from the former vocalist of Japan. 20 tracks total including seven bonus tracks, 'River Man' (Remix), 'Gone To Earth' (Remix), 'Camp Fire-Coyote Country' (Remix), 'Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples' 'Camp Fire-Coyote Country', 'A Bird Of Prey Vanishes Into A Bright Blue Cloudless Sky' & 'Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees'. Guests include Bill Nelson, Robert Fripp, & Mel Collins.

Barclay James Harvest had streamlined their sound considerably after leaving the Harvest label, culminating (so many felt) in the mellifluous music of Gone to Earth. Their pretensions to progressive rock all but abandoned, BJH here invites comparison to contemporaries like Supertramp, REO Speedwagon, and Fleetwood Mac (some of whom were similarly tagged with the prog rock label early on)…

David Sylvian - Gone To Earth (1986)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 325 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 153 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 63 Mb
© 1986 Virgin Records | CDVDL 1 / 0 777 7 86003 2 9
Art Rock / Experimental Rock / Experimental Ambient

David Sylvian is a brilliant rock & roll guitarist and vocalist. He is also a great electronic minimalist. Sadly, he tries hard to do both together. Gone to Earth has moments of brilliant instrumental ambience with deep samples and misplaced vocals. The instrumental virtuosity grabs listeners immediately. Sylvian surrounds himself with some of the greats – Bill Nelson, Robert Fripp, and Mel Collins among them. The sound is dynamic and gentle at the same time. There is an ambient version of Gone to Earth, which is a better disc but hard to find.

Barclay James Harvest had streamlined their sound considerably after leaving the Harvest label, culminating (so many felt) in the mellifluous music of Gone to Earth. Their pretensions to progressive rock all but abandoned, BJH here invites comparison to contemporaries like Supertramp, REO Speedwagon, and Fleetwood Mac (some of whom were similarly tagged with the prog rock label early on). Even at their most ornate, songwriters John Lees and Les Holroyd were simple balladeers at heart, and the decision to unclutter their arrangements allows the material's intrinsic beauty to shine through with clarity. For this reason, Gone to Earth is regarded by many as the band's best album, and judged on a song-by-song basis, it's hard to argue against it…

For his second proper solo effort, the former Japan front man delves deeper into the experimental rock, tape loops, and soothing atmospherics he would perfect on Secrets of the Beehive. The first side of this haunting and moody double album features Robert Fripp and some of his former bandmates helping out, while the second is exclusively instrumentals recorded alone. For the uninitiated, Sylvian is a fearless and stylish artist with few peers and one whose wanderlust is as challenging as it is beautiful to behold.

Gone To Earth is an album by the English rock group Barclay James Harvest released in 1977. It reached #30 in the UK charts, but in Germany it peaked at #10 and stayed for 197 weeks in the German album charts. It is on rank #6 of the longest running albums in the German album charts. Only the My Fair Lady soundtrack and albums by Simon & Garfunkel (Greatest Hits), The Beatles (1962-1966), Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here), and Andrea Berg (Best Of) spend more weeks in the charts. It was the band's largest selling album, eventually selling more than a million copies worldwide. more…