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The First Day

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Day
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1993 Ratings: #45 / 416
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Based on 17 ratings
Liked by 5 people
August 10, 1993 / Release Date
LP / Format
Virgin / Label
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Doofy
71

The collaboration album 'The First Day' with Robert Fripp is obviously more guitar centred (otherwise why not just release another Sylvian solo album together?) and at the very least this affords this release some uniqueness.

Do David's vocals work as well when backed by more strident and loud guitar work? I would argue they lose some of their subtlety but for the most part they sound decent enough - here really the weakness isn't the style so much as the songs themselves. These arrangements ... read more

tha138
69

A strange collaboration that awakens both and produces a charming, progressive art-funk that maintains the significance of the first day.

Coiltrain
99

Тот самый неизвестный альбом King Crimson из которого родился великий Damage

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Track List

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  2. Jean The Birdman
  3. Brightness Falls
  4. Firepower
  5. Bringing Down The Light
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Added on: March 30, 2015