I also would like to mention one of my favourite voices of the eighties, David Sylvian. All his early albums are about to be reissued properly. Japan started as a pop wave band but David's voice lead and compositions got more and more refined. I still love his first two solo albums.

Virgin Rec.Japan : Oil on Canvas (UK, 1983)***°'

3 solo albums I have :

Virgin Rec.David Sylvian : Secrets of the Beehive (UK,1987)****°

Virgin Rec.David Sylvian : Brilliant Trees (UK,1984)****°

Virgin Rec.David Sylvian : Dead Beas on a cake (UK,1999)****

Two must-have-heard highlights from Japan / early Sylvian period :

David Sylvian: "Orpheus" (med/high) ; Japan: "Nightporter" (med/high).

Info : http://special.the-raft.com/japan/

REISSUES

review page 1

ALL REVIEWS FROM THIS PAGE MOVED TO SEPERATE PAGES :

Christmas, Keith ('69, '69-'71/'04,'74,'74-'76/'04)

Christy, Ann ('77/'05)

Hollier, Tim ('71)

Jones, Nigel Mazlyn ('76,'93)

Lawson, Juliet ('72)

Perhacs, Linda ('70)

Pomerance, Erica ('68)

Scott, Robin ('79)

Sill, Judee ('71,'73)

Sylvian, David ('84,'87,'99)

Trimble, Bobb ('82,'82,'83-'86)

next review page->

go back to the singer-songwriters index

or the psychedelicfolk pages

or go back to the general index