Secrets of the Beehive


Secrets of the Beehive is a solo album by British singer-songwriter David Sylvian and was released in 1987. Reportedly written in one sitting over a couple of weeks Secrets was his most intimate to date and used more acoustic instruments than ever before. By many regarded as his finest solo work.
Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian, the album features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others. The album peaked at no.37 in the UK album chart..
In 2003, a remastered limited digipak version of Secrets.. was released with the bonus track from the Japanese version Promise replacing the original CD bonus track Forbidden Colours , which was a re-recorded version of the Sakamoto/Sylvian collaboration originally intended for Brilliant Trees, but eventually released as b-side to the Red Guitar single. In 2006 it was reissued in a standard jewel-case.
In February 2019, as part of a redesigned monochrome sleeved vinyl reissue batch of his 80's albums, Secrets.. was released in a gatefold sleeve with different type fonts, but otherwise maintaining the original artwork.

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