Brian Eno - David Byrne ‎– My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Label:

Sire Records Company – 9 45374-2, Warner Bros. Records – 9 45374-2

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

11 May 1993

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	America Is Waiting Bass, Written-By – Bill Laswell Drums [Click Bass], Written-by – Tim Wright (2) Drums, Percussion, Written-By – David Van Tieghem	3:36
2	Mea Culpa Drums [Bodhran] – Dennis Keeley	3:35
3	Regiment Bass, Written-By – Busta Jones Drums – Chris Frantz	3:56
4	Help Me Somebody Congas – Steve Scales Drums – John Cooksey	4:18
5	The Jezebel Spirit Drums [Bass] – Prairie Prince Percussion [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis	4:55
6	Very, Very Hungry	3:20
7	Moonlight In Glory Congas, Percussion [Agong-gong] – Jose Rossy	4:19
8	The Carrier Drums [Bass] – Prairie Prince Percussion [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis	3:30
9	A Secret Life	2:30
10	Come With Us	2:38
11	Mountain Of Needles	2:35

Credits

Artwork By – Brian Eno, Peter Saville
Producer – Brian Eno, David Byrne
Written-By – Brian Eno, David Byrne

Notes

Track 6 here is different from the vinyl version. (LP track is Qu'Ran)

Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

Voices:
1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
3.Dunya, Lebanese mountain singer (From 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
6. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as 3).
7. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
8. Dunya Yusin. (See 3).
9. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
10. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

On later editions of this album the track "Qu'ran" was omited because of religious reasons.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 9362-45374-2 7

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Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album)	Sire	SRK 6093	US	1981
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album)	Sire, Nippon Phonogram	25PP-13	Japan	1981
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album)	Polydor, EG	2302 100	France	1981
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album)	Polydor, Editions EG	2302 100	Netherlands	1981
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (CD, Album)	EG	EGCD 48	UK	1987

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Review by kelp7 Feb 05, 2003

A crazy and much-sampled by dance musicians album. Just listen to the production on the last track "Mountain Of Needles", it is incredible the amount of reverb at a couple of points in the track when there are slightly louder sounds. The sounds just seem to bound off into the distance somewhere (particularly noticeable if you're listening on headphones)