Length 90:06 Artists David Byrne, Fatboy Slim Show Here Lies Love | Language English Release date 5 April 2010 Label Nonesuch Records Inc. | |
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Released 5 April 2010 (2010-04-05) Recorded 2008–2009 at South Hell Studios, New York City, United States Producer David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Cagedbaby, Patrick Dillett and Los Amigos Invisibles Genres Disco, Big beat, Art rock, Alternative dance Similar Fatboy Slim albums, Art rock albums | ||
David byrne fatboy slim ft florence welch here lies love subtitulada en espa ol
Here Lies Love is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines. The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 5 April 2010, under Nonesuch Records and Todomundo in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book.
Contents
- David byrne fatboy slim ft florence welch here lies love subtitulada en espa ol
- Background
- Recording and release
- Live performances
- Songs
- References
The album was adapted as a rock musical that premiered in 2013 off-Broadway at The Public Theater and ran again at the Public in 2014–2015. It also played at the Royal National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre in 2014–2015.
Background
The title of the album is taken from a comment made by Imelda during a visit to her husband Ferdinand Marcos's embalmed body. Imelda expressed that she would like the phrase "Here Lies Love" to be inscribed on her tombstone.
David Byrne released the following statement regarding this album:
Recording and release
The studio album features mostly guest female singers, including Florence Welch, Allison Moorer, Nellie McKay, Cyndi Lauper, Tori Amos, Martha Wainwright, Natalie Merchant, Sia Furler, Santigold, Charmaine Clamor, Nicole Atkins, Sharon Jones and Kate Pierson among many others, alternately playing the roles of Imelda Marcos and Estrella Cumpas.
Byrne described Cyndi Lauper's performance on the album as "amazingly fine-tuned" and "very impressive." The only male vocalists are Steve Earle on "A Perfect Hand", and Byrne himself on "American Troglodyte" and "Seven Years", the latter being a duet with Shara Worden from My Brightest Diamond.
The first promotional single from Here Lies Love is "Please Don't" featuring Santigold on vocals. The single became available on Byrne's website as a free high-quality MP3 download on 19 January 2010.
Live performances
Here Lies Love was performed live four times before the album was released. It was first presented as a song cycle (with vocals by Byrne, Dana Diaz-Tutaan and Ganda Suthivarakom) at the Adelaide Festival of Arts under the artistic direction of Brett Sheehy in Adelaide, Australia, on 10 March 2006 with additional dates on 13 and 14 March, and was also performed live at the Carnegie Hall in New York City on 3 February 2007, as part of the Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series.
The album was adapted into a stage musical, directed by Alex Timbers, that premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York City in 2013. It starred Ruthie Ann Miles in the title role. The production played an extended run at the Public before closing in August 2013. It returned for an open-ended commercial run again at the Public in April 2014. The production closed at the Public on January 4, 2015. The production won five Lucille Lortel Awards in 2014.
The musical, directed once again by Timbers, opened at the Royal National Theatre in September 2014, and played a limited, sold out run through January 2015 at the Royal's newly renovated Dorfman Theatre. The London-based production was nominated for three Olivier Awards in 2015 (Best New Musical, Outstanding Achievement in Music, and Best Theatre Choreographer).
A revamped production from the original Off-Broadway creative team, with the intention of recreating the immersive elements in a proscenium theater, will be staged at the Seattle Repertory Theater from April 7 to May 28, 2017.
Songs
1Here Lies Love5:51
2Every Drop of Rain5:34
3You'll Be Taken Care Of3:19