''David Byrne'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish-American musician

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

, 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''. The music video for "Angels" appeared in an episode of

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Track listing

All tracks written by

Personnel

*David Byrne – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, clavinet, bells, balafon, lap steel guitar *Mark Edwards – drones * Bebel Gilberto – background vocals *Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion * Bashiri Johnson – percussion, bongos, chimes, conga, shaker * Arto Lindsay – guitar * Dolette McDonald – background vocals * John Medeski – organ, synthesizer, Farfisa *

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– drums, percussion, marimba, shaker, talking drum, percussion sampling * Marcus Rojas – tuba *Paul Socolow – bass *Todd Turkisher – drums, percussion, surdo, sampling, doumbek, roto toms, frame drum, trash cans * Bill Ware – marimba, vibraphone

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums Albums produced by David Byrne David Byrne albums Luaka Bop albums Sire Records albums Warner Records albums