Secrets of the Beehive

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Secrets of the Beehive
Secrets of the Beehive cover
Studio album by David Sylvian
Released 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Rock
Length 40:32
Label EMI/Virgin
Producer(s) Steve Nye
Professional reviews
David Sylvian chronology
Gone to Earth
(1986)
Secrets of the Beehive
(1987)
Plight and Premonition
(1988)


David Sylvian's third solo album. Released in 1987. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian. Features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others. While not his bestselling album, Sylvian fans believe it to demonstrate his versatility as a musican perhaps more than any other album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "September"
  2. "The Boy with the Gun"
  3. "Maria"
  4. "Orpheus"
  5. "The Devil's Own"
  6. "When Poets Dreamed of Angels"
  7. "Mother and Child"
  8. "Let the Happiness In"
  9. "Waterfront"
  10. "Forbidden Colours"
  • The 2003 remastered edition of the album has the song Promise (The Cult of Eurydice) replacing Forbidden Colours.