Dead Bees on a Cake
Dead Bees on a Cake is the fifth solo album by David Sylvian, released in March 1999. It was his first solo album since 1987's Secrets of the Beehive. The album peaked at no. 31 in the UK Albums Chart at release and contained his last UK Top 40 hit single to date in "I Surrender".
In 2018, the album was released on double vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day. This pressing included four songs originally intended for the album, and a restructured track order.Track listing
;CD pressing
;2018 vinyl pressingPersonnel
- David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming, samples, string arrangements
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fender Rhodes, orchestrations and string arrangements, brass arrangements, sampled guitar and bansuri, insects
- Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes
- Marc Ribot – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
- Bill Frisell – dobro, acoustic guitar
- Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
- Lawrence Feldman – flute
- Deepak Ram – bansuri
- John Giblin – bass
- Chris Minh Doky – double bass
- Steve Jansen – percussion, loops, cymbals
- Ged Lynch – original drum track, drums
- Skoota Warner – original drum track, drums
- Talvin Singh – tabla and percussion
- Steve Tibbetts – gong
- Ingrid Chavez – vocals
- Shree Maa – vocals
Production
- David Sylvian – producer, additional engineer, sound mixing
- Dave Kent – sound engineer and mixing, studio maintenance
- Jacquie Turner – assistant engineer
- Matt Curry – assistant engineer
- Scott Crane – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – audio mastering
Art work
- David Sylvian – art director
- Yuka Fujii – art director, artwork co-ordinator
- Shinya Fujiwara – drawings
- Anton Corbijn – photography
- Ingrid Chavez – inlay portrait
- Russell Mills – design
- Michael Webster – design assistance
