''Everything and Nothing'' is a compilation album by

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. Released in October 2000, the album contains previously released and unreleased, re-recorded, and alternate versions of tracks from Sylvian's twenty years with

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. The record peaked at no.57 in the UK albums chart. It was released in two versions. A standard 2CD

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(CDVD 2897) and (in the UK) as a limited edition 3CD

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(CDVDX 2897). In addition to tracks from Sylvian's solo career and earlier with the group Japan (" Ghosts"), the album also includes previously unreleased material ("Some Kind of Fool", "The Scent of Magnolia", "Ride" and "Cover Me with Flowers" among others) along with collaborations ("

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" and " Heartbeat" with

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and "Buoy" with

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). The songs "Come Morning" and "Golden Way" were taken from the 1995 album ''Marco Polo'' by the World music duo Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni, on which Sylvian provided vocals for three of the songs. "Thoroughly Lost to Logic", a piece written 1991, contained Sylvian reading a poem, which appeared on Sakamoto's composition "Salvation" from his work "Discord" released in 1998. This version was completed 2000. Four tracks on the album were recorded during the making of Sylvian's 1999 album ''

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'' but did not make the final cut on the album.

Track listing

Personnel

''This is a list of guest musicians exclusively about the unreleased tracks. For the other tracks, see respective albums.'' *"The Scent of Magnolia":

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(guitar),

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(vocals),

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(bass),

(string arrangement, sampler, piano), Andreas Allen (drum programming), Sebastian Morton (drum programming). *"Albuquerue (Dobro #6)": Bill Frisell ( dobro). *"Ride": Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano, string arrangement) Steve Jansen (drums),

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(double bass),

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(electric guitar),

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(trumpet),

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(acoustic guitar). *"The Golden Way": Damiano Puliti (cello), Nicola Alesini (soprano sax, keyboards, drum programming), Steve Jansen (drum programming), Pier Luigi Andreoni (keyboards). *"Pop Song": John Taylor (piano), Steve Jansen. *"Thoroughly Lost to Logic":

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(piano), Mark Sanders (drums) *"Cover Me with Flowers": Steve Jansen (percussion), Steve Tibbetts (guitars). *"Aparna and Nimisha (Dobro # 5)": Bill Frisell (dobro). *"Some Kind of Fool": Ingrid Chavez (vocals), Ann O'Dell (string and brass arrangement) Mick Karn (sax, brass arrangement),

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(guitar),

Richard Barbieri Richard Barbieri (born 30 November 1957) is an English musician, composer and sound designer. Originally a member of new wave band Japan (and their brief 1989–1991 reincarnation as Rain Tree Crow), more recently he is known as the keyboard ...

(piano), Steve Jansen (drums),

Simon House Simon House (born 29 August 1948 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British composer and classically trained violinist and keyboard player, perhaps best known for his work with space rock band Hawkwind. Career Before his time with Ha ...

(violin). *"Buoy": Steve Jansen (drums, vocals), Mick Karn (vocals, saxophones, keyboards) *"Come Morning": Arturo Stalteri (

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), Nicola Alesini (keyboards, clarinet, drum programming, sax), Pier Luigi Andreoni (keyboards, percussion) *"The Blinding Light of Heaven" (studio):

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, Marc Anderson,

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References

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