The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter

The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)
Remix album by David Sylvian
Released	7 February 2005
Genre	Alternative rock, ambient [ citation needed ]
Length	48:50
Label	Samadhisound
Producer	David Sylvian
David Sylvian chronology
Blemish (2003) The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) (2005) Snow Borne Sorrow (2005)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) is a remix album by David Sylvian featuring new versions of tracks from his previous album Blemish . ^[3] Despite the title, not all the pieces have been remixed; some songs have been re-recorded with new musicians. ^[4]

Background

In an interview with Pitchfork in 2005, Sylvian explained he wished to give the album a new dimension through the variety of sounds that the remixes offered: "It’s sort of stretched between the States, Europe, and Japan… what we’re listening to, what we’re watching, what we’re reading– it can have very little to do with one’s immediate cultural environment." ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Sylvian unless otherwise noted

1. "The Only Daughter" (remixed by Ryoji Ikeda) – 5:49
2. "Blemish" (Sylvian, Chisholm) (remixed by Burnt Friedman) – 4:50
3. "The Heart Knows Better" (remixed by Sweet Billy Pilgrim) – 5:29
4. "A Fire in the Forest" (remixed by Readymade FC) – 5:05
5. "The Good Son" (remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno) – 4:33
6. "Late Night Shopping" (Sylvian, Chisholm) (remixed by Burnt Friedman) – 2:51
7. "How Little We Need to be Happy" (remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano) – 4:35
8. "The Only Daughter" (remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré) – 5:28
9. "Blemish" (remixed by Akira Rabelais) – 10:10

Personnel

• David Sylvian – composer, vocals, art director
• Ryoji Ikeda – piano (1)
• Jean-Paul Zanutel – cello (1)
• Fabienne Dussenwart – flute (1)
• Pascal Moreau – French horn (1)
• Dominica Eyckmans – viola (1)
• Wilbert Aerts – violin (1)
• Hayden Chisholm – clarinet (2, 6)
• Alphonse Elsenburg – clarinet (3)
• Nils Petter Molvær – trumpet (8)

Additional personnel

• Chris Bigg – design
• Atsushi Fukui – cover artwork
• Yuka Fujii – artist Liaison

References

1. The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
3. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
4. "{ davidsylvian.com } David Sylvian - "The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter"". www.davidsylvian.com. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
5. Armstrong, Sam (5 December 2024). "Two David Sylvian Albums Get First-Time Vinyl Release". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 29 January 2025.