Gone To Earth
by David Sylvian
David Sylvian bestography
Gone To Earth is ranked 3rd best out of 15 albums by David Sylvian on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Sylvian is Secrets Of The Beehive which is ranked number 1339 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,270.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 02/14/2026 18:15 | JamesMowbray | 5,392 | 69/100 | |
| 01/09/2026 07:15 | cicadelic | 12,243 | 73/100 | |
| 12/16/2025 00:29 | Btel74 | 726 | 76/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 23:34 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 | |
| 10/19/2025 03:14 | Proto | 4,109 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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I bought Gone To Earth by David Sylvian on 18/10/2013 from Amazon on CD2 for £5.96 The version I have is on the record label Virgin catalogue number It entered the UK charts on 13/09/1986 and got to number 24 spending a total of 5 weeks on the chart.
To me, this is one of the greatest albums of the entire 1980s decade, regardless of music genre. It is a journey in sound/sonics with just enough of a story line to engage the listener. And the second portion is some of the finest ambient music, ever. Fantastic guest musicians, including Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson, Kenny Wheeler, and many more. David, I have read, is not as fond of this album as he is of the follow-up, Secrets of the Beehive. For me, this one is the sentimental favorite.
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