Secrets of the Beehive

Secrets of the Beehive
Studio album by David Sylvian
Released	November 7, 1987
Recorded	1987, London and Bath, England; Chateau Miraval, Le Val, France; Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland
Genre	Jazz rock, avant-garde
Length	34:30 original LP 40:31 CD reissue 43:59 Japanese CD
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Nye
David Sylvian chronology
Gone to Earth (1986) Secrets of the Beehive (1987) Plight & Premonition (1988)

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Secrets of the Beehive is the fourth solo album by David Sylvian and was released in 1987. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian, the album features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others.

Track listing

All compositions by David Sylvian unless otherwise noted.

1. "September" – 1:17
2. "The Boy With the Gun" – 5:19
3. "Maria" – 2:49
4. "Orpheus" – 4:51
5. "The Devil's Own" – 3:12
6. "When Poets Dreamed of Angels" – 4:47
7. "Mother and Child" – 3:15
8. "Let the Happiness In" – 5:37
9. "Waterfront" – 3:23

CD bonus tracks

10. "Forbidden Colours" (music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, lyrics by Sylvian) - 6:01 (1984 b-side version from the "Red Guitar" single. Does not appear on 2003 Remaster.)
11. "Promise (The Cult of Eurydice)" - 3:28 (Japanese and 2003 Remaster bonus track)

Personnel

• David Sylvian – vocals, piano (1), treated piano (5), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 6), organ (2, 8), synths (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10), tapes (3, 5), assistant producer
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – string arrangement (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10), organ (2, 3, 5, 7, 8), synths (2, 4, 8), piano (4, 5, 7, 9, 10), treated piano (3), woodwind arrangement (5), brass arrangement (8)
• Steve Jansen – drums (4, 8, 10)
• David Torn - electric guitar (2, 7), guitar loop (3)
• Danny Thompson - double bass (2, 4, 7)
• Danny Cummings - percussion (2, 6, 7, 8)
• Phil Palmer - slide guitar (4), acoustic guitars (6)
• Mark Isham - flugelhorn (5,8), trumpet (6, 8)
• Brian Gascoigne - orchestral arrangement (4), string arrangement (8)
• Ann O'Dell - string arrangement (10)

Technical personnel

• Nigel Grierson - still life photography
• Vaughan Oliver - design, typography
• Yuka Fujii - portrait photography
• Steve Nye - producer, mixing, Engineer
• Peter Williams - engineer (10)
• Richard Moakes - second engineer
• Steve Parker - second engineer
• John Timperley - second engineer
• Jean-Jacques Lemoine - assistant engineer
• Roland Prent - assistant engineer
• Steve Williams - assistant engineer
• Richard Chadwick - recording co-ordinating
• Catherine Wilson - assistant in recording