| Words with the Shaman | |
| Cover: | David Sylvian - Words With the Shaman.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | David Sylvian |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 1985, London |
| Genre: | Ambient |
| Length: | 14:06 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | David Sylvian, Nigel Walker |
| Prev Title: | Pulling Punches |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Taking the Veil |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
Words with the Shaman is a three-part instrumental suite by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It was recorded in London in 1985 and released as an EP the same year on Virgin Records. It peaked at #72 in the UK single charts.[2]
As Sylvian described in a liner note, Words with the Shaman was "conceived as musical footnotes of themes started earlier on the album Brilliant Trees and [...] developed as a collaborative group effort." Words with the Shaman was subsequently re-released with two additional instrumental tracks on Sylvian's compilation album, first only released on cassette . In 1989, the suite appeared on the second of four CDs in the Weatherbox set. The 1991 US-reissue of Sylvian's Brilliant Trees album also contained Words with the Shaman.