Beside Sylvian, "Fourth World" trumpeter Jon Hassell, Sylvians' brother and formally Japan's drummer Steve Jansen, German Ex-Can-member Holger Czukay tuning the radio, and Brand X-, respectively Soft Machine-bassist Percy Jones took part in the recordings, which were engineered by Nigel Walker, who also co-produced the album.
shaman | Shaman King | Shaman | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action | ...Famous Last Words... | These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero | You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth | Words Upon the Window Pane | Sixty Watt Shaman | Geordie dialect words | 3 Words | Wrap My Words Around You | words per minute | words | Songs Without Words | Seven dirty words | Good Words | Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | Away with Words | Words with the Shaman | Words Without Borders | Words per minute | Words of Radiance | Words from the Exit Wound | Words Are Not Enough/I Know Him So Well | Words Are Not Enough | Words and Rules | Verwey hall from the Grote Houtstraat looking north. The street level is in use by shops and a restaurant, and the upper levels are accessible from the entrance near the Vleeshal. Along the top of the facade are the words "Modern Art" and the more famous names in Haarlem Modern art | The Shaman's Last Raid | The New World of English Words |
The opening suite "Words with the Shaman" was simultaneously issued as a 12" single, while "Steel Cathedrals" was used in a short film by Sylvian and Yasayuki Yamaguchi, shot in Tokyo, Japan, and released on VHS.