The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes)
Remix album by David Sylvian
Released	7 February 2005
Genre	Alternative rock, ambient
Length	48:50
Label	Samadhisound
Producer	David Sylvian
David Sylvian chronology
Blemish (2003) The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) (2005) Snow Borne Sorrow (2005)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter (The Blemish Remixes) is a remix album by David Sylvian featuring his previous album Blemish. Despite the title, not all the pieces have been remixed; some songs have been re-recorded with new musicians.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Sylvian unless otherwise noted

1. "The Only Daughter" (remixed by Ryoji Ikeda) – 5:49
2. "Blemish" (Sylvian, Chisholm) (remixed by Burnt Friedman) – 4:50
3. "The Heart Knows Better" (remixed by Sweet Billy Pilgrim) – 5:29
4. "A Fire in the Forest" (remixed by Readymade FC) – 5:05
5. "The Good Son" (remixed by Yoshihiro Hanno) – 4:33
6. "Late Night Shopping" (Sylvian, Chisholm) (remixed by Burnt Friedman) – 2:51
7. "How Little We Need to be Happy" (remixed by Tatsuhiko Asano) – 4:35
8. "The Only Daughter" (remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré) – 5:28
9. "Blemish" (remixed by Akira Rabelais) – 10:10

Personnel

• David Sylvian – composer, vocals, art director
• Ryoji Ikeda – piano (1)
• Jean-Paul Zanutel – cello (1)
• Fabienne Dussenwart – flute (1)
• Pascal Moreau – French horn (1)
• Dominica Eyckmans – viola (1)
• Wilbert Aerts – violin (1)
• Hayden Chisholm – clarinet (2, 6)
• Alphonse Elsenburg – clarinet (3)
• Nils Petter Molvær – trumpet (8)

Additional personnel

• Chris Bigg – design
• Atsushi Fukui – cover artwork
• Yuka Fujii – artist Liaison

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