Camphor (album)
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| Camphor | ||||
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| Released | 27 May 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, ambient, world music | |||
| Label | Venture/Virgin | |||
| Producer | David Sylvian | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Pitchfork | 6.6/10[3] |
Camphor is a David Sylvian compilation album released in 2002 as a companion to Everything and Nothing. The focus is on his instrumental work.[4]
Both "Camphor" and "The Song Which Gives the Key to Perfection" were originally released on the bonus CD included with Everything and Nothing tour book.[5]
In "The Song Which Gives the Key to Perfection" Sylvian sings a chapter from a Hindu holy text, sung in the original Sanskrit from the Chandi Path.
Various tracks appear either remixed[6] or in shortened versions: "Wave" has been cut to the last segment of the original song which omits the vocal parts. New original sounds orchestrated by Simon Jeffes were added. "Mother and Child (remix)" has the vocal part played instead by a trumpet and the music was sampled and remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. "Upon This Earth" is shorter. The first two minutes were cut, so Robert Frost poem "The Foreboding" is no longer heard and pitch is changed.[7]
It was released in two versions, a standard single disc jewel case (CDVE 962) and a limited edition 2CD digipak (CDVEX 962).
