David Byrne - Grown Backwards
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Artist: David ByrneEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-03-16
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Glass, Concrete and Stone
- The Man Who Loved Beer
- Au Fond du Temple Saint
- Empire
- Tiny Apocalypse
- She Only Sleeps
- Dialog Box
- The Other Side of This Life
- Why
- Pirates
- Civilization
Free Music Notes for Grown Backwards
Free Music Review: The Ever-Evolving David Byrne.
Hit: 4 Stars
It is hard to avoid measuring this album against David Byrne's previous solo work (which includes his work in 1987 on Bertolucci's The Last Emperor), and earlier contributions to the Talking Heads. Byrne is constantly evolving in his music. These are the songs of a musical prodigy now in his middle years. What they lack in the darker, edgier stylings of Fear of Music, they make up for in maturity. After establishing himself as a musical genius in the genres of punk, new wave, pop, funk, world music, and art rock while fronting the Talking Heads, he went on to explore Latino musical styles (Afro-Cuban, Afro-Hispanic, and Brazilian) on Rei Momo, an album I highly recommend. In Grown Backwards (2004), 52-year-old Byrne demonstrates his savoir fair with orchestral string arrangements (and two operatic arias), infusing his with his trademark witty, esoteric lyrics. Album tracks include:
1. Glass, Concrete and Stone
2. The Man Who Loved Beer
3. Au Fond du Temple Saint
4. Empire
5. Tiny Apocalypse
6. She Only Sleeps
7. Dialog Box
8. The Other Side of This Life
9. Why
10. Pirates
11. Civilization
12 Astronaut
13 Glad
14 Un di Felice, Eterea
15 Lazy
G. Merritt
Grown Backwards Poster
With 2003's Once In A Lifetime box set stirring old feelings for the Talking Heads' intelligent and angular pop music, this album could not arrive at a more appropriate time. After years of experimenting with salsa and strings, David Byrne returns with a cohesive record that catches him at his incohesive best: the stream-of-consciousness lyrics, the sly rhythms, the unexpected bursts of melody. Like recent works by Elvis Costello and David Bowie, Grown Backwards represents a return to form, particularly on leftfield songs like "Tiny Apocalypse" and "Dialog Box," which could have easily fit alongside the classics on his former band's retrospective. Meawhile, a duet with Rufus Wainwright on a cover of Bizet's "Au Fond du Temple Saint" points the way forward. --Aidin VaziriAlternative Rock Music CDs
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