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


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Label: Sire Records Company
Catalog#: SRK 6093
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country:US
Released:Feb 1981
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Rock
Style: Avantgarde, Experimental, Funk
Credits: Artwork By [Cover] - Brian Eno
Artwork By [Typography] - Peter Saville
Engineer - Dave Jerden , Eddie Korvin , John Potoker , Neal Teeman , Stacy Baird
Engineer [Assistant] - Don Mack , George Sloane , Howard Johnston , Hugh Dwyer , Michael Ewasko
Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Found Objects, Producer - Brian Eno , David Byrne
Mastered By - Greg Calbi
Notes:Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

Voices:
A1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
A2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
A3. Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer (from 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
A4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
A5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
B1. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran (same source as A3).
B2. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (from 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
B3. Dunya Yusin (see A3).
B4. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer (from 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
B5. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

On later editions of this album the track "Qu'ran" was omitted for religious reasons.
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Tracklisting:

A1   America Is Waiting (3:36)
    Arranged By - Brian Eno , David Byrne , David Van Tieghem , Tim Wright (2)
  Bass - Bill Laswell
  Bass [Click] - Tim Wright (2)
  Drums, Percussion - David Van Tieghem
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
A2   Mea Culpa (3:35)
    Drums [Bodhran] - Dennis Keeley
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
A3   Regiment (3:56)
    Arranged By - Brian Eno , Busta Jones , Chris Frantz , David Byrne , Robert Fripp
  Bass - Busta Jones
  Drums - Chris Frantz , David Van Tieghem
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer. (From 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131)
  Percussion - David Van Tieghem
A4   Help Me Somebody (4:18)
    Congas, Percussion [Metals] - Steve Scales
  Drums - John Cooksey
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
A5   The Jezebel Spirit (4:55)
    Drums [Bass Drum], Percussion [Can] - Prairie Prince
  Drums [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] - Mingo Lewis
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
B1   Qu'Ran (3:46)
    Drums - John Cooksey
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as A3)
B2   Moonlight In Glory (4:19)
    Congas, Percussion [Agong-gong] - Jose Rossy
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia. (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folways FS 3841).
B3   The Carrier (3:30)
    Drums [Bass Drum], Percussion [Can] - Prairie Prince
  Drums [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] - Mingo Lewis
  Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Dunya Yusin. (See A3)
B4   A Secret Life (2:30)
    Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records)
B5   Come With Us (2:38)
    Other [Vocal Sample Source] - Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.
B6   Mountain Of Needles (2:35)
User Reviews:
bikefridaywalter, Feb 09, 2007

The best thing Byrnes ever done, in my opinion. Talking Heads and his solo stuff is great but this is very much ahead of its time. For Eno, this is certainly one of his best, but hes has so many fabulous albums, Id be hard pressed to say this was the best thing he ever did. Regardless, this is an amazingly interesting experimental theme album and the experiment was a definite succcess. To this day, this still sounds fresh.

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