David Byrne

David Byrne

David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...

's self-titled album (styled "davidenryb") 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.

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

David Byrne

David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...

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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
  Mitchell Froom
  -Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
  
   - keyboards
• Bebel Gilberto
  Bebel Gilberto
  Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque...
  
   - background vocals
• Sue Hadjopoulos - percussion
• Bashiri Johnson - percussion, bongos, chimes, conga, shaker
• Arto Lindsay
  Arto Lindsay
  Arthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....
  
   - guitar
• Dolette McDonald - background vocals
• John Medeski
  John Medeski
  Anthony John Medeski is an American jazz keyboards player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood...
  
   - organ, synthesizer, Farfisa
• Valerie Naranjo - drums, percussion, marimba, shaker, talking drum, percussion sampling
• Marcus Rojas
  Marcus Rojas
  Marcus Rojas is a tubist from New York City, best known for his work in jazz.He is a graduate of New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and holds a B.M. degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.A longtime member of Spanish Fly, he has played...
  
   - tuba
• Paul Socolow - bass
• Todd Turkisher - drums, percussion, surdo, sampling, doumbek, roto toms, frame drum, trash cans
• Bill Ware
  Bill Ware
  Bill Ware III born William Anthony Ware III is an American jazz vibraphonist.Ware played bass and piano early in his career, playing at the Harlem Jazzmobile. After spending several years playing Latin jazz, he formed his own Latin Jazz group, AM Sleep...
  
   - marimba, vibraphone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	1994	Luaka Bop Luaka Bop Luaka Bop is a world music-oriented record label established by David Byrne, former guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer of the art rock/new wave band Talking Heads. It has been a wholly independent label since leaving V2 in 2006. Previous distribution relationships included Warner and Virgin... /Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...	CD	45558
			Cassette tape
			CD	45666
	1995			9362-45666
	2006	Sire Sire Records Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...		?