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David Byrne's Nonesuch Records debut album, Grown Backwards—which Pitchfork said "fits alongside the best of his career"—turned fifteen in March 2019 and made its vinyl debut then. We've put together a brief visual history of the album with archival audio, prototype album art, songwriting inspirations, and a timeline of milestone moments.
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True Stories, A Film by David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack is the comprehensive soundtrack from Byrne's sole foray into feature-film directing, with 23 songs, collected for the first time in one package, in film sequence. "I always imagined that the music written for True Stories should be heard as it is in the film," Byrne says. "It makes the most sense this way. Me singing the song that was written for John Goodman's character always felt weird to me. It was written for that character, not for me."
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Here is the video for "Everybody's Coming To My House," from David Byrne's American Utopia. The track was co-written with Brian Eno, and features contributions from TTY, Happa Isaiah Barr (Onyx Collective), Mercury Prize winner Sampha, and others. Video by Robert Edridge-Waks. Original artwork by Doug Henders.
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Students from the Detroit School of Arts Vocal Jazz Ensemble perform David Byrne's "Everybody's Coming To My House," from his new album, American Utopia. "This interpretation of 'Everybody's Coming To My House' is transformative," says Byrne. "To my eyes and ears it completely changes the meaning, heart and soul of the song. It is more welcoming and becomes more about inclusion and joy. We ARE all in the same house—if we want to be. I'm jealous, in some ways it's better than my own version."
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One of six videos on the deluxe edition of the David Byrne / Fatboy Slim album Here Lies Love, "Please Don't" features vocals by Santigold and, through news and archival footage, documents Marcos's use of "handbag diplomacy" with world leaders to promote Philippine interests abroad.
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Introducing a two-disc song cycle about former Filipino first lady Imelda Marcos performed by a who's who of singers is no simple task, but David Byrne has done it in this slideshow presentation, giving some insight into Here Lies Love, his unique collaboration with Fatboy Slim. There's also information on how to download a free track from the album sung by Santigold.
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