''Feelings'' is the fifth studio album by David Byrne, released on June 17, 1997. The album is noted for Byrne's collaboration with the British band

Morcheeba Morcheeba is an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regula ...

."Byrne collaboration"
Gil Kaufman ' David Byrne Collaborates With Morcheeba' MTV News (Addicted to Noise) December 3, 1996"CC interview"
Bob Gourley 'Morcheeba' interview with Ross Godfrey in Chaos Control magazine 1998 Cover art by

Stefan Sagmeister Stefan Sagmeister (born August 6, 1962) is an Austrian graphic designer, storytelling, storyteller, and typographer based in New York City. In 1993, Sagmeister founded his company, Sagmeister Inc., to create designs for the music industry. He has ...

. Initial 50,000 copies of Feelings have featured die cut packaging.

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne and produced by Morcheeba Productions and Byrne, except where noted.

Personnel

Musicians

* Carlos Baptiste – violin * Black Cat Orchestra –

Lori Goldston Lori Goldston is an American cellist and composer. Accomplished in a wide variety of styles, including classical, world music, rock and free improvisation, she came to prominence as the touring cellist for Nirvana from 1993–1994 and appears on ...

, Russ Meltzer, Don Crevie, Scott Granlund, Kyle Hanson, Matthew Sperry, Joseph Zajonc, Ed Pias *David Byrne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, loops *

Ed Calle Ed Calle (born ''Eduardo J. Calle'') is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Calle plays the saxophones, flutes, clarinets, EWI, and keyboards, engineers projects, and performs vocals. He also composes and arrange ...

– saxophone *

Lester Mendez Lester Mendez is a multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning record producer, songwriter and composer. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits with Shakira, Jewel, Nelly Furtado, Jessica Simpson, Enrique Iglesias, and ot ...

- Keyboards & Programming on "Miss America" *

Gerald Casale Gerald Vincent "Jerry" Casale ( ) ( ''né'' Pizzute; born July 28, 1948) is an American musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, co-lead vocalist, and bass player of the new wave band Devo, which released a top 20 hit i ...

– bass and background vocals on "Wicked Little Doll" *

Greg Cohen Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades. Career Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includin ...

– bass guitar *

Paula Cole Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, ''Harbinger'', which suffered from a la ...

– background vocals * Sterling Campbell - drums *Joe Galdo – drums, percussion * Juliet Haffner – viola * Nicholas Holland – cello * Ashley D. Horne – violin * Pierre La Roux – fiddle *

Skye Edwards Skye Edwards (born Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards; 27 May 1974), sometimes simply Skye, is a British singer-songwriter. Her career began in 1994 when she and the Godfrey brothers (Paul Godfrey, a DJ, and Ross Godfrey, a multi-instrumentalist ...

, Paul Godfrey, and Ross Godfrey *

Mark Mothersbaugh Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (; born May 18, 1950) is an American composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose " Whip It" was a top 20 ...

– synthesizer and samples on "Wicked Little Doll" *

Hahn Rowe Hahn Rowe is an American violinist, guitarist, composer, and engineer/producer, involved in a wide range of projects. He also performs using the stage name Somatic. Career Originally a violinist and guitarist with New York City dream-poppers H ...

– keyboards * Mark Saunders – keyboards *

Dana Teboe Dana may refer to: People Given name * Dana (given name) Surname * Dana (surname) * Dana family of Cambridge, Massachusetts ** James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation Dana Nickname or stage name * Dan ...

– trombone * Betty Wright – background vocals

Technicians

*Michael Daube & Adele Lutz – Doll clothing *Kat Egan & Veronica Gonzales – Production coordination *

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Biography T ...

– Mastering *

– Design *Tom Schierlitz – Photography *Yuji Yoshimoto – Model design and construction

Release history

References

External links

DavidByrne.com on ''Feelings''
1997 albums Albums produced by David Byrne Albums with cover art by Stefan Sagmeister David Byrne albums Luaka Bop albums Sire Records albums Warner Records albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub