Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

Tracklist

• 1
  Words With the Shaman, Part 1: Ancient Evening
  5:15
• 2
  Words With the Shaman, Part 2: Incantation
  3:29
• 3
  Words With the Shaman, Part 3: Awakening (Songs From the Treetops)
  5:18
• 4
  Preparations for a Journey
  3:40
• 5
  The Stigma of Childhood (Kin)
  8:30
• 6
  A Brief Conversation Ending in Divorce
  3:31
• 7
  Steel Cathedrals
  18:57

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Release credits

• David Sylvian
  co [6], guitar [1-3, 6], instrument [4-5], keyboard [1-3, 7], percussion [7], producer [5], synthesizer [6], tape [1-3, 7]
• Holger Czukay
  electronic instruments [1-3], tape [1-3, 7]
• John Taylor
  piano [6]
• Jon Hassell
  trumpet [1-3]
• Kenny Wheeler
  flugelhorn [7]
• Nigel Walker
  producer [1-3]
• Percy Jones
  fretless bass [1-3]
• Robert Fripp
  effects [7], guitar [7]
• Steve Jansen
  additional [1-3], drums (drum set) [1-3], keyboard [1-3], percussion [1-3, 7]
• Steve Nye
  co [6]
• 土屋昌巳
  guitar [7]
• 坂本龍一
  keyboard [7], piano [7]

Issues

• 

  A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  Cassette
  14 December 1985
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  A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  CD
  2 May 1991
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  A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  CD
  29 September 2003
• A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  CD (copy protected)
  29 September 2003
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  A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  CD
  29 May 2006
• A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  12" Vinyl
  22 February 2019
• A
  Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities

  CD