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 and documents the disintegration of his relationship with Ingrid Chavez.

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

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