David Sylvian discography
This article is the discography of British musician/singer-songwriter David Sylvian as a solo artist. For information about the discography of Japan, see Japan discography and of Nine Horses, see Nine Horses § Discography.
| David Sylvian discography | |
|---|---|
 Sylvian in November 1982 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Singles | 15 |
| Collaborative albums | 9 |
| Remix albums | 2 |
| Box sets | 1 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
BE [2] |
GER [3] |
IT [4][5] |
JPN | NL [6] |
NOR [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| 1984 | Brilliant Trees |
|
96 | — | — | 23 | 16 | 7 | — | 37 | 33 | 4 |
| 1985 | Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | Gone to Earth |
|
94 | — | — | 22 | 52 | 6 | — | 46 | 30 | 24 |
| 1987 | Secrets of the Beehive |
|
91 | — | — | 19 | 61 | 31 | — | — | 46 | 37 |
| 1999 | Dead Bees on a Cake |
|
— | 44 | 64 | 20 | — | 66 | 21 | — | 52 | 31 |
| 2003 | Blemish |
|
— | — | — | 58 | 199 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | Manafon |
|
— | 63 | — | 51 | — | 93 | — | — | 50 | — |
| 2014 | There's a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | ||||||||||||
With Holger Czukay
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE [2] |
NL [6] |
UK [10] | |||
| 1988 | Plight & Premonition |
|
130[upper-alpha 1] | 171[upper-alpha 1] | 71 |
| 1989 | Flux + Mutability |
|
— | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||||
Notes
- Charted upon re-release by Grönland Records in 2018 as a repackaged 2-CD set[11]
With Russell Mills
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 1991 | Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||
With Robert Fripp
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| 1993 | The First Day |
|
34 | 21 |
| Darshan (The Road to Graceland) |
|
— | — | |
| 1994 | Damage: Live |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | ||||
With Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Arve Henriksen and Sidsel Endresen
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 2012 | Uncommon Deities |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||
With Stephan Mathieu
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 2013 | Wandermüde |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||
With Rhodri Davies and Mark Wastell
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 2017 | There Is No Love |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||
Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE [2] |
IT [5] |
NL [6] |
UK [10] | |||
| 1999 | Approaching Silence |
|
— | — | — | — |
| 2000 | Everything and Nothing |
|
— | 45 | — | 57 |
| 2002 | Camphor |
|
— | — | — | 99 |
| 2010 | Sleepwalkers |
|
89 | 87 | 76 | — |
| 2012 | A Victim of Stars 1982–2012 |
|
62 | 64 | 99 | 58 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | ||||||
Remix albums
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT [5] |
UK [10] | |||
| 2005 | The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter |
|
— | — |
| 2011 | Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations |
|
98 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | ||||
Box sets
| Year | Title | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Weatherbox |
|
The box set is a 5-CD limited edition release featuring Sylvian's 4 previously released studio albums plus an instrumental version of Gone to Earth. |
EPs
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK[10] | |||
| 1983 | Forbidden Colours / Nightporter |
|
— |
| 1985 | Words With the Shaman |
|
72 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) |
|
58 |
| 1999 | Godman |
|
— |
| 2003 | World Citizen (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) |
|
— |
| 2015 | Playing the Schoolhouse |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [14] |
FRA [15] |
ICE | JPN | IRE [16] |
UK [17] | ||
| 1982 | "Bamboo Houses" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) | — | — | — | 63 | — | 30 |
| 1983 | "Forbidden Colours" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) | 29 | 24 | 1[18] | 32 | 15 | 16 |
| 1984 | "Red Guitar" | — | — | — | — | 13 | 17 |
| "The Ink in the Well" | — | — | — | — | 28 | 36 | |
| "Pulling Punches" | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | |
| 1986 | "Taking the Veil" | — | — | — | — | 28 | 53 |
| "Silver Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | |
| 1987 | "Buoy" (Mick Karn featuring David Sylvian) | — | — | — | — | — | 63[19] |
| "Let The Happiness In" | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | |
| 1988 | "Orpheus" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | "Pop Song" | — | — | — | — | — | 83 |
| 1992 | "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) | — | — | — | — | — | 58 |
| 1993 | "Jean The Birdman" (with Robert Fripp) | — | — | — | — | — | 68 |
| 1999 | "I Surrender" | — | — | — | — | — | 40 |
| 2003 | "World Citizen" (with Ryuichi Sakamoto) | — | — | — | 34 | — | — |
| 2013 | "Do You Know Me Now?" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | |||||||
Contributions
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Good Night" | Akiko Yano | Ai Ga Nakucha Ne | Vocals[20] |
| "Kanashikute Yarikirenai" | Guitar | |||
| "Demain" | Pierre Barouh | Le Pollen | Spoken words | |
| "Le Pollen" | Spoken words in conversation[21] | |||
| "Living on the Front Line" | Sandii & the Sunsetz | Immigrants | Backing vocals, synthesizer, lyrics[21] | |
| "Where the Fire Still Burns" | Backing vocals, lyrics | |||
| "Illusion" | ||||
| 1983 | "Forbidden Colours" | David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto | Vocals, lyrics |
| 1985 | "p:Machinery" | Propaganda | A Secret Wish | Keyboard |
| 1986 | "This is Not Enough" | Sandii & The Sunsetz | La La La La Love~Banzai Baby | Backing vocals, keyboards, lyrics, music |
| "Some Small Hope" | Virginia Astley | Hope in a Darkened Heart | Vocals | |
| "Buoy" | Mick Karn featuring David Sylvian | Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters by Mick Karn | Vocals, lyrics | |
| "When Love Walks In" | Mick Karn | |||
| "Land" | Additional keyboards | |||
| 1987 | "Perfect Days" | Masami Tsuchiya | Life in Mirrors | Electric guitar, piano |
| 1992 | "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) – Returning to the Womb" | David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Ingrid Chavez | Heartbeat by Ryuichi Sakamoto | Vocals, lyrics, music |
| "Cloud #9" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Vocals, lyrics | ||
| "First Evening" | Hector Zazou | Sahara Blue | Guitar | |
| "Ophélie" | Music | |||
| "Youth" | Guitar | |||
| "Sahara Blue" | Walkie-talkie vocals | |||
| "To a Reason" | Vocals, guitar, lyrics; credited as Mr. X | |||
| "Victim of Stars" | Vocals, lyrics, music; credited as Mr. X | |||
| "Lettre au Directeur des Messageries Maritimes" | Ending vocals (as Mr. X), lyrics | |||
| 1995 | "Come Morning" | Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni | Marco Polo | Vocals, lyrics, music |
| "The Golden Way" | ||||
| "Maya" | ||||
| 1996 | "Ti Ho Aspettato (I Have Waited for You)" | Andrea Chimenti | L'Albero Pazzo | Vocals, lyrics |
| "How Safe Is Deep?" | Russell Mills | Undark: Strange Familiar | Vocals, lyrics, music | |
| 1997 | "Penguin Freud" | Mono | Formica Blues | Sample of "Answered Prayers" from Gone to Earth |
| 1998 | "Salvation" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Discord | Lyrics |
| "I Was Waving at You" | Ana Voog | Anavoog.com | Music | |
| 1999 | "Rooms of Sixteen Shimmers" | Russell Mills | Pearl and Umbra | Vocals, lyrics |
| "Forbidden Colours" (New Version) | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Cinemage | ||
| 2001 | "Zero Landmine" | N.M.L. (No More Landmine) (Ryuichi Sakamoto and others) | Zero Landmine | |
| "Zero Landmine – Short Version" | ||||
| "Sugarfuel" | Readymade FC | Bold | ||
| "Linoleum" | Tweaker featuring David Sylvian | The Attraction to All Things Uncertain by Tweaker | ||
| 2004 | "World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)" | Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian | Chasm by Ryuichi Sakamoto | |
| "Transit" | Fennesz | Venice | ||
| "Pure Genius" | Tweaker featuring David Sylvian | 2 a.m. Wakeup Call by Tweaker | ||
| "Exit / Delete" | Takagi Masakatsu featuring David Sylvian | Coieda by Takagi Masakatsu | ||
| "For the Love of Life" (Ending Theme Full Version) | Kuniaki Haishima | Monster Original Soundtrack | ||
| "Messenger" | Blonde Redhead | Equus | Vocals | |
| "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath" | Harold Budd | Avalon Sutra | Producer; also art director of album | |
| 2005 | "A Fire in the Forest" (Remix) | Readymade FC | Babilonia | Vocals, lyrics |
| "Matière Pensante" | Hector Zazou | Quadri + Chromies | Vocals | |
| 2006 | "The Librarian" | Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit featuring David Sylvian | Secret Rhythms 2 by Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit | Vocals, lyrics |
| "Angels" | Punkt | Crime Scenes | ||
| 2007 | "Playground Martyrs" | Steve Jansen | Slope | |
| "Ballad of a Deadman" | Vocals, lyrics, guitar | |||
| "Cancelled Pieces" | Guitar | |||
| 2008 | "Honor Wishes" | Joan As Police Woman featuring David Sylvian | To Survive by Joan As Police Woman | Vocals |
| "No Question" | ||||
| "Before and Afterlife" | Arve Henriksen | Cartography | Vocals, lyrics, sampling, programming | |
| "Thermal" | Vocals, lyrics | |||
| 2009 | "Jacqueline" | David Sylvian | The Believer (The 2009 Music Issue) by various artists | |
| 2010 | Little Girls With 99 Lives (EP) | Ingrid Chavez | Little Girls With 99 Lives (EP) | Lyrics, music, instruments, co-producer |
| 2012 | "Nothing Is Happening Everywhere" | Land | Night Within | Vocals, lyrics[22] |
| 2017 | "Life, Life" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | async | Vocals[23] |
| 2020 | "Like Planets [unreel]" | Mark Wastell | None | Field recordings, poetry fragments |
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