Secrets of the Beehive

Infobox Album |
Name = Secrets of the Beehive
Type = Album
Artist = David Sylvian


Released = 1987
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Jazz rock, Avantgarde
Length = 40:32
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Steve Nye
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mmmyxdgbjols link]
Last album = "Gone to Earth" (1986)
This album = "Secrets of the Beehive" (1987)
Next album = "Plight and Premonition" (1988)

"Secrets of the Beehive" is the third solo album of David Sylvian, which was released in 1987. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian, the album features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others.

Track listing

"All tracks composed by David Sylvian unless otherwise noted"
#"September" - 1:17
#"The Boy With the Gun" - 5:19
#"Maria" - 2:49
#"Orpheus" - 4:51
#"The Devil's Own" - 3:12
#"When Poets Dreamed of Angels" - 4:47
#"Mother and Child" - 3:15
#"Let the Happiness In" - 5:37
#"Waterfront" - 3:23
# "Forbidden Colours" (1984 version - bonus track on certain editions) (Sakamoto, Sylvian) - 6:01

* The 2003 remastered edition of the album has the song "Promise (The Cult of Eurydice)" replacing "Forbidden Colours".