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Length
  
57:46

Release date
  
16 March 2004

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Opera

Artist
  
David Byrne

Label
  
Nonesuch Records Inc.

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Released
  
March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)

Recorded
  
Kampo Studios, New York City; strings recorded at Tequila Mockingbird, Austin, Texas and several other locations

Language
  
English, French ("Au fond du Temple Saint"), Italian ("Un Dì, Felice, Eterea")

Producer
  
David Byrne and Patrick Dillett

Grown Backwards (2004)
  
David Byrne Live at Union Chapel (2004)

Similar
  
David Byrne albums, Alternative rock albums

Grown Backwards is an album by David Byrne, released March 16, 2004.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.

  1. "Glass, Concrete & Stone" – 4:13
  2. "The Man Who Loved Beer" (Donald Charles Book and Kurt Wagner of Lambchop) – 2:41
  3. "Au fond du Temple Saint" (Georges Bizet, Eugène Cormon, Michel Carré, from Les pêcheurs de perles) - 4:49
  4. "Empire" – 4:12
  5. "Tiny Apocalypse" – 4:03
  6. "She Only Sleeps" – 2:57
  7. "Dialog Box" – 3:30
  8. "The Other Side of this Life" – 4:00
  9. "Why" – 2:54
  10. "Pirates" – 3:52
  11. "Civilization" – 3:17
  12. "Astronaut" – 2:55
  13. "Glad" – 1:58
  14. "Un Dì, Felice, Eterea" (Giuseppe Verdi, from La Traviata) – 2:51
  15. "Lazy" (bonus track) (Byrne/X-Press 2) – 9:35

Personnel

"Glass, Concrete & Stone"

  • David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
  • David Hilliard – hi-hat
  • Mauro Refosco – marimba, percussion
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Recorded at Loveshack Studio, New York City

    "The Man Who Loved Beer"

  • Elaine Barber – harp
  • David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Mike Maddox – accordion
  • Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
  • John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • The Tosca Strings:
  • Ames Asbell – viola
  • Jamie Desautels – violin
  • Douglas Harvey – cello
  • Leigh Mahoney – violin
  • Sara Nelson – cello
  • Tracy Seeger – violin
  • Recorded at Avatar, New York City

    "Au Fond du Temple Saint"

  • Elaine Barber – harp
  • Stephen Barber – prepared piano
  • Tom Burritt – marimba, tympani
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
  • Mike Maddox – accordion
  • Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
  • John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • The Tosca Strings
  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals
  • "Empire"

  • Ray Anderson – trombone
  • David Byrne – vocals, dobro
  • Alex Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Earl Gardner – trumpet
  • Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
  • Karen Mantler – organ
  • Keith O'Quinn – trombone
  • Bob Routch – French horn
  • Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Bob Stewart – tuba
  • Steve Swallow – bass guitar
  • Recorded RPM Studio, New York City

    "Tiny Apocalypse"

  • Lisa Aferiat – violin
  • Georgia Boyd – viola
  • Barry Burns – spacey guitar, Rhodes
  • David Byrne – vocals, Rhodes
  • Donald Gillan – cello
  • Robert Irvine – cello
  • Greg Lawson – violin
  • Una McGlone – bass
  • Johnny Quinn – drum kit
  • Fiona Stephen – violin
  • Recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow

    "She Only Sleeps"

  • David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
  • Joe Cooper – percussion
  • Paul Godfrey – sequencing
  • Ross Godfrey – keyboards
  • Andy Waterworth – bass guitar
  • Recorded at Cheeba Central, London Produced by Morcheeba Productions

    "Dialog Box"

  • Jon Blondell – trombone
  • David Byrne – vocals, electric guitars
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • John Mills – baritone sax
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Steve Williams – drum kit
  • Recorded at Avatar, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas

    "The Other Side of This Life"

  • Elaine Barber – harp
  • David Byrne – vocals, semi-nylon guitar
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion, samples, kitchen implements
  • The Tosca Strings
  • Steve Williams – drum kit, cowbell
  • Recorded at Avatar, New York City

    "Why"

  • David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, programming
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Jon Spurney – keyboards
  • The Tosca Strings
  • Kenny Wollesen – drum kit
  • Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City

    "Pirates"

  • Jon Blondell – trombone
  • David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Paul Frazier – bass
  • John Mills – baritone sax
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • The Tosca Strings
  • Kenny Wollesen – drum kit
  • Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio

    "Civilization"

  • David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Paul Frazier – bass
  • Alan Ford – vacuum cleaner
  • John Linnell – accordion
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Kenny Wollesen – drum kit, slit drum
  • Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City

    "Astronaut"

  • David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Steve Williams – percussion
  • "Glad"

  • Jon Blondell – trombone
  • David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
  • Paul Frazier – bass
  • John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • The Tosca Strings
  • Steve Williams – spaghetti percussion
  • Horns recorded at Congress House Studio

    "Un di Felice, Eterea"

  • David Byrne – vocals
  • David Creswell – viola
  • Katherine Fong – violin
  • Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
  • Dawn Hannay – viola
  • Philip Myers – French horn
  • Mark Nuccio – clarinet
  • Sandra Park – violin
  • John Patitucci – bass guitar
  • Alan Stepansky – cellos
  • Jeremy Turner – cellos
  • Jon Vercesi – Rhodes
  • Shelly Woodworth – oboe, English horn
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York City

    "Lazy"

  • David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, drum programming
  • Patrick Dillett – background vocals
  • Paul Frazier – bass
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • The Tosca Strings
  • Steve Williams – drum triggers
  • Songs

    1Glass - Concrete & Stone4:14
    2The Man Who Loved Beer2:41
    3Au Fond du Temple Saint4:50

    References

    Grown Backwards Wikipedia