Grown Backwards

Grown Backwards
Studio album by David Byrne
Released	March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)
Recorded	Kampo Studios, New York City; strings recorded at Tequila Mockingbird, Austin, Texas and several other locations
Genre	Alternative rock, opera
Length	57:46
Language	English, French ("Au fond du Temple Saint"), Italian ("Un Dì, Felice, Eterea")
Label	Nonesuch/Warner Bros.
Producer	David Byrne and Patrick Dillett
David Byrne chronology
Lead Us Not into Temptation (2003) Grown Backwards (2004) David Byrne Live at Union Chapel (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 link

Grown Backwards is an album by David Byrne, released March 16, 2004.

Track listing

All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.

1. "Glass, Concrete & Stone" – 4:13
2. "The Man Who Loved Beer" (Donald Charles Book and Kurt Wagner of Lambchop) – 2:41
3. "Au fond du Temple Saint" (Georges Bizet, Eugène Cormon, Michel Carré, from Les pêcheurs de perles) - 4:49
4. "Empire" – 4:12
5. "Tiny Apocalypse" – 4:03
6. "She Only Sleeps" – 2:57
7. "Dialog Box" – 3:30
8. "The Other Side of this Life" – 4:00
9. "Why" – 2:54
10. "Pirates" – 3:52
11. "Civilization" – 3:17
12. "Astronaut" – 2:55
13. "Glad" – 1:58
14. "Un Dì, Felice, Eterea" (Giuseppe Verdi, from La Traviata) – 2:51
15. "Lazy" (bonus track) (Byrne/X-Press 2) – 9:35

Pop culture

Several of the tracks from this album have appeared in feature films. "Glass, Concrete and Stone" was featured in the opening of Paul Weitz's 2004 film In Good Company and in Stephen Frears' 2002 film Dirty Pretty Things. "Tiny Apocalypse" appears in Isabel Coixet's 2005 film The Secret Life of Words.

Holly Miranda covered "Glass, Concrete & Stone" on her EP Choose to See;, which was included with the purchase of her 2010 album The Magician's Private Library.^[1]

Personnel

"Glass, Concrete & Stone"

• David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
• David Hilliard – hi-hat
• Mauro Refosco – marimba, percussion
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello

Recorded at Loveshack Studio, New York City

"The Man Who Loved Beer"

• Elaine Barber – harp
• David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
• Paul Frazier – bass guitar
• Mike Maddox – accordion
• Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
• John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• The Tosca Strings:

• Ames Asbell – viola
• Jamie Desautels – violin
• Douglas Harvey – cello
• Leigh Mahoney – violin
• Sara Nelson – cello
• Tracy Seeger – violin

Recorded at Avatar, New York City

"Au Fond du Temple Saint"

• Elaine Barber – harp
• Stephen Barber – prepared piano
• Tom Burritt – marimba, tympani
• David Byrne – vocals
• Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
• Mike Maddox – accordion
• Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
• John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
• The Tosca Strings
• Rufus Wainwright – vocals

"Empire"

• Ray Anderson – trombone
• David Byrne – vocals, dobro
• Alex Foster – tenor saxophone
• Earl Gardner – trumpet
• Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
• Karen Mantler – organ
• Keith O'Quinn – trombone
• Bob Routch – French horn
• Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone
• Lew Soloff – trumpet
• Bob Stewart – tuba
• Steve Swallow – bass guitar

Recorded RPM Studio, New York City

"Tiny Apocalypse"

• Lisa Aferiat – violin
• Georgia Boyd – viola
• Barry Burns – spacey guitar, Rhodes
• David Byrne – vocals, Rhodes
• Donald Gillan – cello
• Robert Irvine – cello
• Greg Lawson – violin
• Una McGlone – bass
• Johnny Quinn – drum kit
• Fiona Stephen – violin

Recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow

"She Only Sleeps"

• David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
• Joe Cooper – percussion
• Paul Godfrey – sequencing
• Ross Godfrey – keyboards
• Andy Waterworth – bass guitar

Recorded at Cheeba Central, London Produced by Morcheeba Productions

"Dialog Box"

• Jon Blondell – trombone
• David Byrne – vocals, electric guitars
• Paul Frazier – bass guitar
• John Mills – baritone sax
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• Steve Williams – drum kit

Recorded at Avatar, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas

"The Other Side of This Life"

• Elaine Barber – harp
• David Byrne – vocals, semi-nylon guitar
• Paul Frazier – bass guitar
• Mauro Refosco – percussion, samples, kitchen implements
• The Tosca Strings
• Steve Williams – drum kit, cowbell

Recorded at Avatar, New York City

"Why"

• David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, programming
• Paul Frazier – bass guitar
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• Jon Spurney – keyboards
• The Tosca Strings
• Kenny Wollesen – drum kit

Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City

"Pirates"

• Jon Blondell – trombone
• David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Paul Frazier – bass
• John Mills – baritone sax
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• The Tosca Strings
• Kenny Wollesen – drum kit

Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio

"Civilization"

• David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Paul Frazier – bass
• Alan Ford – vacuum cleaner
• John Linnell – accordion
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• Kenny Wollesen – drum kit, slit drum

Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City

"Astronaut"

• David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
• Paul Frazier – bass guitar
• Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• Steve Williams – percussion

"Glad"

• Jon Blondell – trombone
• David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
• Paul Frazier – bass
• John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• The Tosca Strings
• Steve Williams – spaghetti percussion

Horns recorded at Congress House Studio

"Un di Felice, Eterea"

• David Byrne – vocals
• David Creswell – viola
• Katherine Fong – violin
• Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
• Dawn Hannay – viola
• Philip Myers – French horn
• Mark Nuccio – clarinet
• Sandra Park – violin
• John Patitucci – bass guitar
• Alan Stepansky – cellos
• Jeremy Turner – cellos
• Jon Vercesi – Rhodes
• Shelly Woodworth – oboe, English horn
• Sharon Yamada – violin

Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York City

"Lazy"

• David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, drum programming
• Patrick Dillett – background vocals
• Paul Frazier – bass
• Mauro Refosco – percussion
• The Tosca Strings
• Steve Williams – drum triggers

References

External links

• DavidByrne.com on Grown Backwards