Tracklist

1	God's Monkey	4:58
2	Jean The Birdman	4:09
3	Firepower	10:25
4	Brightness Falls	6:05
5	20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)	11:50
6	Darshan (The Road To Graceland)	17:17
7	Bringing Down The Light	8:31

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
• Published By – Crimson Music
• Published By – Real World Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Dreamland Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Kingsway Studios, New Orleans
• Produced At – Applehead
• Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios

Credits

• Chapman Stick [Grand And Tenor Sticks], Vocals – Trey Gunn
• Coordinator [Recording Co-ordination Assisted By] – Natasha White
• Coordinator [Recording Co-ordination] – Richard Chadwick
• Design [Design By] – Dave Coppenhall, Vaughan Oliver
• Design [Design Co-ordination By] – Catherine McRae
• Drums, Percussion – Jerry Marotta
• Effects [Treatments], Sampler [Sampled Percussion], Programmed By [Computer Programming] – David Bottrill
• Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Dan McLoughlin, John Yates , Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker
• Engineer [Engineered By] – David Bottrill
• Guitar, Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp
• Guitar, Keyboards, Tape [Tapes], Vocals – David Sylvian
• Mixed By – Bottrill*, Sylvian*
• Percussion – Marc Anderson
• Photography By – Kevin Westenberg
• Producer [Produced By] – David Bottrill, David Sylvian
• Technician [Technical And Strategic Liaison] – John Sinks
• Vocals – Ingrid Chavez
• Written-By – Bottrill* (tracks: 1, 6), Sylvian* (tracks: 1 to 6), Fripp*, Gunn* (tracks: 1 to 6)

Notes

Japanese Edition CD Album + Obi.

℗ 1993 Virgin Records Ltd. © 1993 Virgin Records Ltd.
Made in Japan
Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI, Japan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4 988006 686588
• Barcode (Scanned): 4988006686588
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): VJCP-28178 2A1 TO
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): VJCP-28178 2A2 TO
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Japanese Catalogue #): VJCP-28178
• Other (Secondary Catalogue #): CDVX 2712

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V2712, 0777 7 88208 19	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(2xLP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	V2712, 0777 7 88208 19	UK & Europe	1993
DGM0522	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric	DGM0522	UK & Europe	2014
JPCD9808387	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Grammy	JPCD9808387	Russia	1998
JPCD9808387	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Grammy	JPCD9808387	Russia	1998
CDV 2712, 0777 7 88208 26	David Sylvian & Robert Fripp	The First Day ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2712, 0777 7 88208 26	Europe	Unknown

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