The First Day (David Sylvian and Robert Fripp album)
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| Studio album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp | ||||
| Released | 5 July 1993 | |||
| Recorded | December 1992–March 1993 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, progressive rock, experimental rock, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 63:15 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | David Sylvian, David Bottrill | |||
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The First Day is the first of three collaborations between David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was released in July 1993 and was something of a departure from David Sylvian’s usual work. It is a combination of Sylvian’s deep, thoughtful lyricism and vocals with Fripp's atmospheric and idiosyncratic guitar work, along with overt elements of electronica (particularly downtempo), avant-garde, hard rock, and progressive rock.
It was released in two versions. A regular jewel case CD (CDV 2712) and as a limited box-set with eight photo prints (CDVX 2712).
Track listing
All songs by David Sylvian (music & lyrics), Robert Fripp (music), and Trey Gunn (music), except where noted.
- "God's Monkey" (David Bottrill, Fripp, Gunn, Sylvian) - 4:58
- "Jean the Birdman" - 4:09
- "Firepower" - 10:25
- "Brightness Falls" - 6:05
- "20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)" - 11:50
- "Darshan (The Road to Graceland)" (Bottrill, Fripp, Gunn, Sylvian) - 17:17
- "Bringing Down the Light" (Fripp) - 8:31
Personnel and production
- David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboard instruments, tapes
- Robert Fripp – guitar, frippertronics
- Trey Gunn – chapman stick, vocals
- Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion instruments
- Marc Anderson – percussion
- David Bottrill – treatments, sampled percussion, computer programming, engineer
- Ingrid Chavez – vocals
Additional personnel
- Richard Chadwick - recording co-ordination
- Natasha White - recording co-ordination assistant
- Dan McLoughlin, John Yates, Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker - assistant engineers
- Catherine McRae - design co-ordination
- Kevin Westenberg - photography
- Dave Coppenhall, Vaughan Oliver - design
- John Sinks - technical and strategic Liaison
References
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