Brilliant Trees

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Brilliant Trees
Brilliant Trees cover
Studio album by David Sylvian
Released 1984
Recorded 1983-1984
Genre Rock
Length 44:34
Label Virgin
Producer(s) David Sylvian, Steve Nye
Professional reviews
David Sylvian chronology
Brilliant Trees
(1984)
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
(1985)


Alternate cover
1991 edition with Words with the Shaman
1991 edition with Words with the Shaman

Brilliant Trees is David Sylvian's first solo album, released in 1984. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian.

In 1991, the album was reissued as Brilliant Trees / Words with the Shaman, containing all Brilliant Trees tracks plus the three parts of Words with the Shaman from the 1985 album Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Pulling Punches" (David Sylvian) – 5:02
  2. "The Ink in the Well" (Sylvian) – 4:30
  3. "Nostalgia" (Sylvian) – 5:41
  4. "Red Guitar" (Sylvian) – 5:09
  5. "Weathered Wall" (Sylvian, Jon Hassell) – 5:44
  6. "Backwaters" (Sylvian) – 4:52
  7. "Brilliant Trees" (Sylvian, Hassell) – 8:39