CD Import

Grown Backwards

David Byrne

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Item Details

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Catalogue Number
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7559.79826
Number of Discs
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1
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Original Release Year
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2004
Format
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CD
Other
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Studio Recording,Import

Product Description

Personnel: David Byrne (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming); Rufus Wainwright (vocals); Elaine Barber (harp); Jane Scarpantoni (cello); Vincent Herring (alto saxophone); Alex Foster (tenor saxophone); Lew Soloff (trumpet); Ray Anderson (trombone); Ross Godfrey (keyboards); Steve Swallow (bass instrument); Kenny Wollesen (drums).
Liner Note Author: David Byrne.
Recording information: Kampo Studios, New York, New York.
Discounting David Byrne's 2003 soundtrack recording LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, GROWN BACKWARDS can be seen as the third installment in a trilogy that began with 1997's FEELINGS and found the former Talking Head moving away from his world-music obsession towards a kind of eclectic, intellectual chamber-pop. This '04 release is probably the least international-sounding of any of Byrne's solo albums, and while it contains elements of electronica, R&B, jazz, and rock, it's also his most unassuming recording in some time.
Elegant, artful string arrangements grace much of the material, and Byrne's previous polyrhythmic approach is supplanted by a more cerebral, European sensibility. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the inclusion of two honest-to-God opera tracks, Bizet's "Au Fond du Temple Saint" (with assistance from fellow opera buff Rufus Wainwright) and Verdi's "Un de Felice, Eterea." To his credit, Byrne manages to make these works his own, and along with a markedly more politicized lyrical approach on some of his own compositions, they mark the most significant changes to his artistic template.

Track List   

  • 01. "Glass, Concrete, Stone"
  • 02. "Man Who Loved Beer, The"
  • 03. Au Fond Du Temple Saint
  • 04. Empire
  • 05. Tiny Apocalypse
  • 06. She Only Sleeps
  • 07. Dialog Box
  • 08. "Other Side Of This Life, The"
  • 09. Why
  • 10. Pirates
  • 11. Civilization
  • 12. Astronaut
  • 13. Glad
  • 14. "Un Di Felice, Eterea"
  • 15. Lazy - (Bonus Track)

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初めて聴いた時、そのスカスカなアレンジに...

投稿日:2008/06/02 (月)

初めて聴いた時、そのスカスカなアレンジにとても驚きました。Remain in Lightなんてもう忘却の彼方なんでしょうが、Heads時代の暑苦しい曲を期待してしまう悪しきファンとしてはちと寂しいです。傑作ですが。

某 さん | さいたま市 | 不明

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あの震える武コがいい、弟のお気に入り、俺...

投稿日:2006/04/05 (水)

あの震える武コがいい、弟のお気に入り、俺も聴いてみた、知的だフ

ランブル さん | 福島県 | 不明

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今までの作品とは、ちょっと雰囲気がちがう...

投稿日:2005/10/22 (土)

今までの作品とは、ちょっと雰囲気がちがう、新たな路線ですね。ストリングスがみごとにアレンジされてます。Rey momoをはじめて聞いたときのような衝撃でした。

ちゅう さん | 兵庫県神戸市 | 不明

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