via the lyrics, and not via the 'voice snippet' technique. The album peaked at no. 24 in the UK albums chart and has been certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. The original cover art by Russell Mills was largely inspired by Sylvian's then-current interest in Rosicrucianism and Gnosticism, particularly the writings of Robert Fludd. Original UK, US and Japanese CD pressings omit four of the instrumentals: "Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples", "Camp Fire: Coyote Country", "A Bird of Prey Vanishes into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky" and "Sunlight Seen Through Towering Trees". Later Japanese CD editions and the Weatherbox box set both included the complete album on two discs. In 2003, the album was re-released in a double-disc format that mirrors the original vinyl release, and included three bonus remixes, while shortening the intro to "Before the Bullfight". In February 2019, as part of a redesigned monochrome sleeved vinyl reissue batch of his 1980s material, Gone To Earth was released as a double album with a black-and-white picture of Sylvian replacing the original artwork. No new mastering was done for this; the 2003 remaster was used. Critical reception Gone to Earth was well received by the contemporary British music press. [[Sounds (magazine)|''Sounds]] Chris Roberts praised the album: "it's the perfect realisation of artist converting image to mood, subverting fantasy to super-reality. Delicate, but with the strength of legions, it's an Eighties masterpiece and conceivably his finest approximation of distilled beauty ever... [Gone to Earth] is almost as breathtaking as it is life giving." Track listing Original vinyl and Weatherbox CD pressings For Weatherbox, Disc 1 included sides A and B, while Disc 2 included sides C and D. Original CD pressing 2003 CD pressing PersonnelMusiciansDavid Sylvian – lead vocals, keyboards (A1, A3, B1, B2, B3), guitar (A1, A3, A4, B2) electronics (A1, A2) Robert Fripp – guitar (A1, A4, B1, B2, B3, D1, D5), Frippertronics (A4, B1, B2, B3) Steve Jansen – drums (A1, A3, B1, B2, B3) Phil Palmer – acoustic guitar (A1) Jennifer Maidman – bass (A1, B2, B3) Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn (A2, A3) John Taylor – piano (A2) Bill Nelson – guitar (A3, B1, B3, C1, C2, D4) Richard Barbieri – electronics (A3, B1) Harry Beckett – flugelhorn (B1) Mel Collins – soprano saxophone (B2, B3) B.J. Cole – pedal steel (B3, C5) Joseph Beuys – voice (C1)