Blemish (album)

Blemish
Studio album by David Sylvian
Released	May 2003
Recorded	February - March 2003, Samadhi Sound Studio
Genre	Alternative rock, ambient, electronic, avant-garde
Length	43:41
Label	Samadhisound
Producer	David Sylvian
David Sylvian chronology
Camphor (2002) Blemish (2003) The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) (2005)

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Blemish is the sixth solo album by David Sylvian. It is experimental in its use of electronics and sound. It features Derek Bailey, an avant-garde guitarist, and Fennesz, a guitarist and electronic music musician. It was released in 2003. It is one of the most painful listening experiences Sylvian has committed to record. It documents the disintegration of his relationship with Ingrid Chavez. Akin, somewhat to Here My Dear by Marvin Gaye or Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan but much less fun

Track listing

All songs written by David Sylvian, except where noted.

1. "Blemish" – 13:42
2. "The Good Son" (Derek Bailey, Sylvian) – 5:25
3. "The Only Daughter" – 5:28
4. "The Heart Knows Better" – 7:51
5. "She Is Not" (Bailey, Sylvian) – 0:45
6. "Late Night Shopping" – 2:54
7. "How Little We Need to Be Happy" (Bailey, Sylvian) – 3:22
8. "A Fire in the Forest" (Sylvian, Christian Fennesz) – 4:14

Japanese edition bonus track

9. "Trauma" – 5:42 (an instrumental remix of "Blemish")

Personnel

• David Sylvian – vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Derek Bailey – guitar
• Christian Fennesz – arranger, electronics
• Toby Hrycek-Robinson – engineer
• Yuka Fujii – art direction, design
• Atsushi Fukui – artwork, cover art