Words with the Shaman
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| Single by David Sylvian | ||||
| from the album Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities | ||||
| Released | December 1985 | |||
| Format | 12", CD | |||
| Recorded | 1985, London | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 14:06 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Sylvian, Jon Hassell, Steve Jansen | |||
| Producer(s) | David Sylvian, Nigel Walker | |||
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| Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities track listing | ||||
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Words with the Shaman is a three-part instrumental suite by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It was recorded in London in 1985 and released as an EP the same year on Virgin Records. It peaked at #72 in the UK single charts.
As Sylvian described in a liner note, Words with the Shaman was "conceived as musical footnotes of themes started earlier on the album Brilliant Trees and [...] developed as a collaborative group effort."
Words with the Shaman was subsequently re-released with two additional instrumental tracks on Sylvian's compilation album Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities. In 1989, the suite appeared on the second of four CDs in the Weatherbox set. The 1991 US-reissue of Sylvian's Brilliant Trees album also contained Words with the Shaman.
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