Feelings by David Byrne
$7.00 - $14.00
Personnel: David Byrne (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, loops); Carlos Baptiste (violin); Pierre La Roux (fiddle); Juliet Haffner (viola); Nicholas Holland (cello); Ed Calle (saxophone); Dana Teboe (trombone); Hahn Rowe, Mark Saunders (keyboards); Mark Mothersbaugh (synthesizer, sampler); Jerry Casale (bass instrument, background vocals); Greg Cohen (acoustic bass guitar); Paula Cole, Betty Wright (background vocals). David Byrne's years of sponging up various musical styles and his sharp, eccentric, occasionally bleak sense of humor make for an outrageously eclectic album, with several producers, and collaborators as diverse as Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale of Devo (lending their uniquely mechanical, robotic sound to "Wicked Little Doll"), trip-hoppers Morcheeba, and pop siren Paula Cole. FEELINGS is a splendid patchwork of an album. "Gates of Paradise" takes a country & western song and mixes in a huge helping of trip hop, a dash of jungle music, and a pinch of punk. "Daddy Go Down" has a ...
Warner Alliance ( June 17, 1997 ), Genre: Rock & Pop
David Byrne Born in Dumbarton, Scotland David Byrne is most well known for his work with the musical group Talking Heads who were hatched out of the New York art scene circa 1976, ceased in 1988 and were inducted into the Rock...
Reviewed by robertburkej
The most fascinating thing about David Byrne, besides, of course, his music, is that he goes through fairly distinct conceptual changes from album to album. Almost without exception, his albums each follow a specific style of writing where a theme...
Reviewed by paul_lipp
David Byrne, former frontman of Talking Heads and one of the world's foremost spokespeople for the absurd and ironic, hit big with his third solo pop album, Feelings. Infused with his Talking Heads-style new wave sensibilities as well as some of the...
Reviewed by intlfunboy
If you are looking for current music that is totally different and original, look no further than David Byrne. He used to be the lead singer for the Talking Heads, a band in the eighties. After a decade without new work, he released this album, which...
Reviewed by Benjamin
This is an absolutely fantastic piece of art. David Byrne is a wizard of perfection in terms of musical timing and brilliant mixing of rhythm, original sound, and an eclectic melding of all types of music. But, one must listen to all of his CD's to...
Reviewed by zare
David Byrne is like a kaleidoscope. The same elements are always involved, but it's a different picture every time you look. This is what makes his music so enjoyable. Feelings is a great first album to buy by David Byrne. If you haven't heard it, go...
Reviewed by robinmichele
