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 Jazz Rock, Avantgarde
Length 40:32
Label Virgin Records
Producer Steve Nye
Professional reviews
David Sylvian chronology
Gone to Earth
(1986)
Secrets of the Beehive
(1987)
Plight and Premonition
(1988)

"Secrets of the Beehive" is the third solo album of David Sylvian, which 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.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed 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
  10. "Forbidden Colours" (1984 version - bonus track on certain editions) (Sakamoto, Sylvian) - 6:01
  • The 2003 remastered edition of the album has the song "Promise (The Cult of Eurydice)" replacing "Forbidden Colours".