| Dead Bees on a Cake | ||||
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| Released | 29 March 1999 – 9 April 1999 (Japan) | |||
| Recorded | Right Track Studios, New York – Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire – Sound House Studio, Seattle – Atma Sound, Minneapolis – Seedy Underbelly, Minneapolis – Synergy Studio, Napa | |||
| Genre | Art rock, jazz fusion, world music | |||
| Length | 69:46 (CD) 83:42 (vinyl) | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | David Sylvian | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
| NME | 8/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[5] |
Dead Bees on a Cake is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter David Sylvian, released in March 1999 on Virgin Records. It was his first solo album in 12 years since Secrets of the Beehive. The album peaked at no. 31 in the UK Albums Chart at release and contained his last UK Top 40 single to date in "I Surrender" (no. 40).[6]
In 2018, the album was released on double vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day. This pressing included four songs originally intended for the album (and previously released as part of Everything and Nothing), and a restructured track order.[7]
- ^ Dead Bees on a Cake at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
- ^ "Dead Bees on a Cake". Ew.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "NME.COM – David Sylvian – Dead Bees On A Cake – 30 March 1999". NME. 17 August 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "David Sylvian: Dead Bees on a Cake". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "DAVID SYLVIAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ Snapes, Laura (6 March 2018). "David Bowie, Prince and Courtney Barnett among Record Store Day exclusive releases". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.