Everything and Nothing

by David Sylvian

Everything and Nothing cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:19:39
  • Community rating: 4.08/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An incredibly thoughtful, artist-curated retrospective covering two decades of the former Japan frontman's solo career. Eschewing a standard greatest-hits format, Sylvian actively remixed, re-recorded vocals, and completed unfinished tracks specifically for this compilation. The sprawling collection highlights his masterfully lush, introspective evolution from new wave pop into highly sophisticated ambient and art rock.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, ambient, literate, elegant, experimental

Tracklist

  1. The Scent Of Magnolia (5:36)
  2. Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) Returning To The Womb - Remix (5:17)
  3. Blackwater (4:22)
  4. Albuquerque (Dobro #6) (1:21)
  5. Ride (8:00)
  6. The Golden Way - Remix (6:01)
  7. Ghosts - Remix (3:47)
  8. Pop Song (4:34)
  9. Every Colour You Are (4:46)
  10. Wanderlust (6:47)
  11. God's Monkey (5:02)
  12. Let The Happiness In (5:35)
  13. I Surrender (9:28)
  14. Thoroughly Lost To Logic (1:17)
  15. Jean The Birdman (4:12)
  16. Cover Me With Flowers (6:33)
  17. The Boy With The Gun (5:15)
  18. River Man (4:56)
  19. Aparna And Nimisha (Dobro #5) (0:56)
  20. Midnight Sun (4:02)
  21. Orpheus (4:48)
  22. Some Kind Of Fool (7:31)
  23. Cries And Whispers (2:33)
  24. God Man (3:58)
  25. Laughter And Forgetting (2:33)
  26. Buoy - Remix (5:15)
  27. Weathered Wall - Remix (5:43)
  28. Bamboo Houses - Remix (5:21)
  29. Come Morning - Remix (3:56)

Credits

  • David Sylvian - primary artist, compilation producer, keyboards, sampler [samples], guitar, vocals, mixed by, producer [produced by], music by, remix [remixed by], guitar, synthesizer [additional synthesisers], vocals, words by, vocals [vocal], synthesizer [synthesisers], vocals [vocal], drum programming, synthesizer [synthesisers], sampler [samples], guitar, vocals, drum programming, synthesizer [synthesisers], guitar [guitars], vocals, guitar [guitars], electric piano, effects [shortwave radio], effects [treatments], vocals, guitar, keyboards, sampler [samples], vocals, guitar, keyboards, vocals, synthesizer [synthesisers], organ [organs], vocals [vocal], arranged by [string arrangement], loops [guitar loops], piano, synthesizer [synthesisers], sampler [samples], vocals [vocal], guitar, voice, guitar, keyboards, vocals [vocal], guitar [guitars], sampler [sampled guitars], keyboards, vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, synthesizer [synthesisers], vocals, guitar, synthesizer [synthesisers], piano [treated piano], vocals, synthesizer [synthesiser], vocals [vocal], keyboards, sampler [samples], acoustic guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizer [synthesisers], vocals, guitar [guitars], effects [treatments], vocals [vocal], drum programming, keyboards, guitar, bass, sampler [samples], vocals, synthesizer [synthesisers], piano, vocals [vocal]
  • Dave Kent - engineer, mixed by, remix [remixed by], engineer [engineered by], engineer [additional engineering]
  • Bob Ludwig - mastered by
  • John Giblin - bass
  • Andreas Allen - drum programming
  • Sebastian Arocha Morton - drum programming
  • Bill Frisell - guitar, dobro, music by
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - sampler [samples], arranged by [string arrangement], engineer [engineered by], music by, piano, synthesizer [synthesisers], sampler [samples], programmed by [computer programming], piano, synthesizer, arranged by [string arrangement], arranged by [brass arrangement], synthesizer [synthesisers], organ, electric piano [fender rhodes], orchestrated by, synthesizer [synthesisers], piano, producer [produced by], synthesizer [synthesisers], marimba, vocals [vocal]
  • Ingrid Chavez - voice, vocals
  • Lolly Grodner - engineer [engineered by]
  • Patrick Dillett - engineer [engineered by]
  • Arto Lindsay - music by
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - producer [produced by], words by
  • John Cage - voice [sampled]
  • Mick Karn - bass, music by, bass, saxophone [wah wah saxophone], arranged by [brass arrangement], bass, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards, suona [dida], vocals [vocal], producer [produced by]
  • Steve Jansen - drums, percussion, music by, drum programming, marimba, drums, loops [percussive loop], loops [dirty loop], producer [produced by]
  • Pat McCarthy - engineer [engineered by]
  • Bill Nelson - guitar
  • Steve Nye - mixed by, engineer [engineered by], producer [produced by]
  • Richard Barbieri - music by, synthesizer [synthesisers], synthesizer [synthesisers], piano
  • Rain Tree Crow - producer [produced by]
  • Phil Palmer - acoustic guitar, slide guitar
  • Danny Thompson - double bass
  • David Torn - electric guitar
  • Mark Isham - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Damiano Puliti - cello
  • Nicola Alesini - engineer [engineered by], music by, soprano saxophone, keyboards, drum programming, clarinet [clarinettino], soprano saxophone, keyboards, drum programming, engineer [backing track engineered by]
  • Pietro Mantovani - engineer [engineered by], engineer [additional engineering]
  • Pier Luigi Andreoni - keyboards, keyboards, percussion
  • Giampiero Bigazzi - producer [produced by]
  • Japan - producer [produced by]
  • Stuart Bruce - engineer [engineered by]
  • John Taylor - piano
  • Ged Lynch - drums
  • Tommy Barbarella - electric piano [fender rhodes], organ [hammond organ]
  • Trey Gunn - chapman stick [stick], music by
  • David Bottrill - drum programming, engineer [engineered by], mixed by, music by, producer [produced by]
  • Robert Fripp - guitar, music by, guitar [sky saw guitar], effects [frippertronics]
  • Marc Anderson - percussion
  • Brian Gascoigne - arranged by [string arrangement], arranged by [orchestral arrangement]
  • Danny Cummings - percussion
  • Kenny Wheeler - flugelhorn
  • Lawrence Feldman - flute
  • Marc Ribot - guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Seigen Ono - engineer [engineered by]
  • Keith Tippett - music by, piano
  • Mark Sanders - percussion
  • Jerry Marotta - drums
  • Steve Tibbetts - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Mel Collins - soprano saxophone
  • Charles Brown - music by
  • Eddie Williams - music by
  • Johnny Moore - music by
  • Ann Odell - arranged by [brass arrangement], arranged by [string arrangement]
  • Nigel Walker - engineer [engineered by], remix [remixed by]
  • Rob Dean - guitar
  • John Punter - producer [produced by]
  • Simon House - violin
  • Scooter Warner - drum programming [original drum track]
  • Femi Jiya - engineer [engineered by]

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