''Grown Backwards'' is the seventh studio album by 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 on March 16, 2004.

Reception

. In 2010, Byrne claimed in his book ''

How Music Works ''How Music Works'' is a non-fiction book by David Byrne, a musician, composer, and writer best known for his work with the group Talking Heads. He discusses the form and influence of music in a non-linear narrative fashion, using a variety of ex ...

'' it has sold 127,000 physical albums, 8,000 digital albums and 53,000 digital singles (overall 140,000 units sold of albums). The album peaked at #178 and #88 in the US and UK respectively. The album was released on vinyl for the first time on March 15, 2019.

Track listing

All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.

Personnel

David Byrne Live at the Hollywood Bowl, 6-26-05

;Performing musicians * David Byrne - Lead vocals, guitars, dobro, Rhodes, keyboards, synth programming, drum programming *

Rufus Wainwright Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded 10 studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set ...

Patrick Dillett Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...

- Backing vocals *

Barry Burns Barry Burns is a Scottish musician best known for his work with post-rock band Mogwai. Early life Burns went to Cardinal Newman High School in Bellshill before enrolling with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, taking ...

- Spacey guitar, Rhodes * Paul Frazier,

Steve Swallow Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ...

, Una McGlone, Andy Waterworth,

John Patitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...

- Bass * Jon Vercesi - Rhodes *

Karen Mantler Karen Mantler (born 25 April 1966, in New York City, New York (state), New York, United States) is an American jazz pianist, singer, and composer. She is the daughter of Carla Bley and Michael Mantler. Career Her musical debut consisted of contri ...

- Organ * Stephen Barber - Prepared piano * Paul Godfrey - Sequencing * Ross Godfrey, Jon Spurney - Keyboards * Mark Nuccio - Clarinet * John Mills - Clarinet, bass clarinet, flute * Mike Maddox,

John Linnell John Sidney Linnell ( ; born June 12, 1959) is an American musician, known primarily as one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwri ...

- Accordion * Johnny Quinn, Steve Williams,

Kenny Wollesen Kenny Wollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist. Wollesen has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, John Lurie, Myra Melford, Steven Bernstein, and John Zorn. He is a foun ...

- Drums * David Hilliard - Hi-hat * Joe Cooper, Steve Williams - Percussion *

Mauro Refosco Mauro Refosco is a Brazilian percussionist. He is best known for working with singer David Byrne and as the former touring and session percussionist for the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is a member of the experimental supergroup A ...

- Marimba, percussion, samples, kitchen implements * Tom Burritt - Marimba, tympani * Greg Lawson, Lisa Aferiat, Fiona Stephen, Katherine Fong, Soo Hyun Kwon, Sandra Park, Sharon Yamada - Violin * Georgia Boyd, David Creswell, Dawn Hannay - Viola *

Jane Scarpantoni Jane Scarpantoni (born 1960)https://www.myheritage.com/names/jane_scarpantoni is a classically trained American cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums. She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-1 ...

, Donald Gillan,

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, Alan Stepansky, Jeremy Turner - Cello * The Tosca Strings (Ames Asbell, Jamie Desautels, Douglas Harvey, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Nelson ,Tracy Seeger) - violin and cello * Elaine Barber - Harp * Earl Gardner,

Lew Soloff Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. Biography From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard Sc ...

- Trumpet * Freddie Mendoza - Trombone, euphonium * Ray Anderson, Keith O'Quinn, Jon Blondell - Trombone * Bob Stewart - Tuba * Bob Routch, Philip Myers - French horn * Shelly Woodworth - Oboe, English horn * Alex Foster - Tenor saxophone *

Vincent Herring Vincent Dwayne Herring (born November 19, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and educator. Known for his fiery and soulful playing in the bands of Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, and Nat Adderley in the earlier stages of h ...

- Alto saxophone *

Gary Smulyan Gary Smulyan (born April 4, 1956) is a jazz musician who plays baritone saxophone. He studied at Hofstra University before working with Woody Herman. He leads a trio with bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Kenny Washington (musician), Kenny Washi ...

, John Mills - Baritone saxophone *

Pamelia Kurstin Pamelia Stickney (formerly known as Pamelia Kurstin) is an American theremin player. She has performed and recorded with many artists including David Byrne, Yoko Ono, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, David Garland, Seb Rochford, Otto Lechner and ...

- Theremin * Alan Ford - Vacuum cleaner ;Recording studios * "Glass, Concrete & Stone" recorded at Loveshack Studio * "The Man Who Loved Beer", "Dialog Box" and "The Other Side of This Life" recorded at

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* "''Au Fond du Temple Saint''" and "Empire" recorded at RPM Studio * "Tiny Apocalypse" recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops * "She Only Sleeps" recorded at Cheeba Central * Horns for "Dialog Box", "Pirates" and "Glad" recorded at Congress House Studio * Drums for "Why", "Pirates" and "Civilisation" recorded at Skyline * "''Un di Felice, Eterea''" recorded at

Sound on Sound ''Sound on Sound'' is an independently owned monthly music technology magazine published by SOS Publications Group, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The magazine includes product tests of electronic musical performance and recording devices, a ...

References

External links

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Press release from Nonesuch on the vinyl re-release
* * {{Authority control 2004 albums Albums produced by David Byrne Albums produced by Pat Dillett David Byrne albums French-language albums Italian-language albums Nonesuch Records albums Warner Records albums