David Byrne (album)

David Byrne
Studio album by David Byrne
Released	May 24, 1994 (1994-05-24) (See release history)
Recorded	November–December 1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	51:06
Label	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.
Producer	David Byrne and Susan Rogers
David Byrne chronology
Uh-Oh (1992) David Byrne (1994) Feelings (1997)

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Allmusic	[1]

David Byrne's self-titled album was released in 1994. "Angels" and "Back in the Box" were the two main singles released from the album. The first one entered the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, reaching #24.

The album spent six weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.^[2]

Part of the song "Lilies of the Valley" can be heard sampled on Talib Kweli 's "Right About Now", the leadoff track from his 2006 Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD.

Track listing

All tracks written by David Byrne.

1. "A Long Time Ago" – 3:27
2. "Angels" – 4:43
3. "Crash" – 4:28
4. "A Self-made Man" – 3:51
5. "Back in the Box" – 4:24
6. "Sad Song" – 3:03
7. "Nothing at All" – 4:51
8. "My Love Is You" – 2:01
9. "Lilies of the Valley" – 4:28
10. "You & Eye" – 5:08
11. "Strange Ritual" – 6:51
12. "Buck Naked" – 3:51

Personnel

• David Byrne – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, clavinet, bells, balafon, lap steel guitar
• Mark Edwards – drones
• Mitchell Froom – keyboards
• Bebel Gilberto – background vocals
• Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion, bongos, chimes, conga, shaker
• Arto Lindsay – guitar
• Dolette McDonald – background vocals
• John Medeski – organ, synthesizer, Farfisa
• Valerie Naranjo – drums, percussion, marimba, shaker, talking drum, percussion sampling
• Marcus Rojas – tuba
• Paul Socolow – bass
• Todd Turkisher – drums, percussion, surdo, sampling, doumbek, roto toms, frame drum, trash cans
• Bill Ware – marimba, vibraphone

Release history

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