Horror

David Sylvian - Gone to Earth

Taking the Veil

- We open with a simple instrumental. Kind of reminds me of tv show openers. Something from the 80's maybe. Now come the vocals. Very smooth and quiet. Some nice electric guitar. It's fitting. It works. I like the part of the song the most where it would maybe be the climax. The lyrics are provided for me. I'm wondering who this girl is. Is she someone who wants to be a bride? Thus, the constant mention of the veil. It strips down at the end in a good way. It's almost like beatnic poetry the way there isn't much of a vocal.
4.5 stars

Laughter and Forgetting

- Very ballad-like so far. Just some simple piano and vocals. Something I've
always been a fan of. I really love simple stripped down songs. Acoustics. It
does almost seem like an acoustic. His vocals are much more powerful this way
for certain. Oh, yes is that, sax? I know it has to be sax or trumpet and it
pairs so well with the piano. I wish this one was longer.
5 stars.

Before The Bullfight

- Something a little more, sexy feeling for sure. I can see a femme fatale
entering a room in nothing but, a red robe a glass of red wine in hand. She
is playing you though, she's a harlot after all. Just like this song she's
beautiful and mysterious. Soft but, dark. This is a rare time where I like
the music better than the vocals. They aren't bad but, I really like the
simple music. The part with the guitar picking and the sax is my favorite.
4 stars.

Gone to Earth

- The vocals aren't pairing well with the guitar for me. His vocals are nice
there's no question about that but, I really wish this was done with piano
instead. I feel it would be a lot more powerful. It's really interesting
that this is the title track. Maybe it's meant to connect the next one?
3 stars.

Wave

- Very somber. It seems like a very somber love song. Much like other tracks
on the record it has a nice band to pair it with. I like how it almost echos.
This guy, I think perhaps he is really heart broken. If not he has a very
melancholy attitude and way of singing. Not that I mind that at all. I like
how he really lets the music do it's own thing at times. It adds so much.
The almost broken record ending of this one really works for the idea.
4 stars.

Riverman

- Nice almost tribal type of drums and bass. So far, a little different. I do
like the harmony. The lyrics are my favorite so far. It's very much like the
rest of the album. That sort of daydream music. Something that is light and
misty. And of course some fantastic sax paired. I really wouldn't be mad if
every track had sax in it. It's such a masterful instrument.
4.5 stars.

Silver Moon

- This one seems more like a love song. The simple I'm not sure what it is,
one of those wooden things you hit to make a sound? and the piano work well
together. Yes, more sax. I think a good way to put this album is Sax/Sex.
It's basically that. I can only think it got a lot of people laid. Oddly I
feel like this would be a more successful title track.
4 stars.

The Healing Place

- Not sure what this vocal is but, it must have been something political for
the time this was released. That's my humble guess. Very haunting opening.
Simple, lingering. It's nice but, there isn't much to say about it so far.
3 stars.

Answered Prayers

- Dreamy opening. Are those, soft female vocals? I'm not sure. Sometimes you
can hear vocals from instruments but, that makes it all the more interesting.
I for one, hear a siren calling. It's just really like a mystical lullaby.
Simple but, good.
3.5 stars

Where The Railroad Meets The Sea

- Love the title. Honestly it made me thing of the Miyazaki movie Spirited
Away. Though, the track itself isn't anything similar. It's more adult. It's
a simple track, nice, floating. I have nothing bad to say about it.
3.5 stars

The Wooden Cross

- Violin? No, synth? Not at all what I expected from the title. I expected
that this track would have vocals for some reason. So far it doesn't. Another
worthy musical piece.
3 stars

Home

- Let me comment and say that I am a very that usually thrives on vocals. I'm
sure there are other people that think this record is a complete masterpiece
it's for sure wonder. I like Home more than I like the last couple tracks.
Could be because, I enjoy piano more than other things though.
4 stars

Upon This Earth

- There's more speaking here. This has been a strange journey. I like this
one a lot. It's again like the poetry in earlier tracks. Very performance
art type of stuff. Perfect to close out this whole things. Maybe if I sat
and thought about it, I could find much more meaning to these tracks. I can
see possible hidden messages and metaphors.
4.5 stars

All in all it was a great listen. Not really something I would usually listen
to other than the sax and piano. I like how it was a more dream pop take on
classical things. A very nice album. I'd listen to it again but, maybe not
so intently. I feel it's something that's emotional rather than something
that needs to be studied.


Over all I give the album a solid 4 stars it may not be MY favorite type of music but, it sure deserves merit.

(I can't fix the first paragraph please bare with the organization)