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Brilliant Trees/Words with the Shaman [Original recording reissued] [Import]

~ David Sylvian
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (28 Jun 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Import
  • Label: Caroline
  • ASIN: B000000HZJ
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 336,258 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Pulling Punches
2. Ink in the Well
3. Nostalgia
4. Red Guitar
5. Weathered Wall
6. Backwaters
7. Brilliant Trees
8. Words With the Shaman, Pt. 1: Ancient Evening
9. Words With the Shaman, Pt. 2: Incantation
10. Words With the Shaman, Pt. 3: Awakening (Songs From the Tree Tops)

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4.0 out of 5 stars leaving Japan for bigger things, 2 Jun 2003
David's first album after Japan is one of the highlights of his solo career. This version also has bonus material, not quite up to the rest of Brilliant Trees, but worth a listen none the less.

Highlights of the 'original' album are, well virtually all of it. In nineteen years this album has not dated like much of the eighties music has; this is due to the use of humans and instruments, rather than an overdose of robots and technology.

The drums of Steve Jansen, as always, support his brother David admirably, and supple bass lines of Japan are developed by Wayne Braithwaite and Danny Thompson; the jazzy feel of Mark Isham, Jon Hassell and Kenny Wheeler on brass add to cocktail of glorious sounds.

All this would be pointless without good songs, and the seven original tracks are excellent. Pulling Punches and Red Guitar are the two lively singles, but there are some beautifully meditative moments in Nostalgia, Weathered Wall and Brilliant Trees.

The songs are engaging lyrically too - especially the Picasso biograph The Ink In The Well.

A recommend purchase for eighties music lovers.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Who am I and what am I doing here?, 27 Dec 2001
By Squerrimole (Addlestone, Surrey UK) - See all my reviews
The material on this CD hails from the period immediately after the break-up of Japan, when David Sylvian was desperate to find his own distinctive sound. As a result Brilliant Trees is an uneasy mixture of poppy melancholy, arthouse jazziness and synthesiser noodling which boasts moments of brilliance but doesn't cohere. Polish is leant by the contributions of the likes of Holger Czukay, Mark Isham and John Hassell and the lyrics are personal and heartfelt. The "bonus tracks", released originally as a cassette-only limited edition instrumental EP, possess a far more mesmeric, exotic sound, and are knitted together by a common style into an impressive whole. If you are a Japan/Sylvian completist who didn't catch Weatherbox you should definitely buy this, if you are tasting Sylvian for the first time you'd be better off with Everything And Nothing
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