David Byrne - Grown Backwards

Tracklist

1	Glass, Concrete & Stone	4:13
2	The Man Who Loved Beer	2:41
3	Au Fond Du Temple Saint	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 Di Felice, Eterea	2:51
15	Lazy	9:35

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nonesuch Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Nonesuch Records Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
• Recorded At – Kampo Studios
• Mixed At – Kampo Studios
• Recorded At – Loveshack Studio
• Mixed At – Loveshack Studio
• Recorded At – Avatar Studios
• Recorded At – Tequila Mockingbird
• Recorded At – RPM Studios
• Recorded At – Cava Studios
• Recorded At – Cheeba Central
• Recorded At – Congress House Studio
• Recorded At – Skyline Studios
• Recorded At – Sound On Sound, New York
• Mixed At – Sound On Sound, New York
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Manufactured By – Cinram GmbH

Credits

• Accordion – John Linnell (tracks: 11), Mike Maddox* (tracks: 2, 3)
• Acoustic Guitar – David Byrne (tracks: 10, 11)
• Alto Saxophone – Vincent Herring (tracks: 4)
• Arranged By – Stephen Barber (tracks: 1 to 13, 15), Anthony Finno* (tracks: 14)
• Arranged By [Horns] – John Mills (tracks: 7), Stephen Barber (tracks: 7)
• Backing Vocals – Patrick Dillett (tracks: 15)
• Baritone Saxophone – Gary Smulyan (tracks: 4), John Mills (tracks: 7, 10)
• Bass – Andy Waterworth (tracks: 6), John Patitucci (tracks: 14), Paul Frazier (tracks: 2, 7 to 13, 15), Steve Swallow (tracks: 4), Una McGlone (tracks: 5)
• Bass Clarinet – John Mills (tracks: 2, 3, 13)
• Cello – Alan Stepansky (tracks: 14), Donald Gillian* (tracks: 5), Jane Scarpantoni (tracks: 1), Jeremy Turner (tracks: 14), Robert Irvine (tracks: 5)
• Clarinet – John Mills (tracks: 2, 3, 13), Mark Nuccio (tracks: 14)
• Coordinator [Album Coordination] – Jess Frost, Kara Finlay
• Cowbell – Steve Williams (tracks: 8, 9)
• Design – Danielle Spencer , DB*
• Drum Programming – David Byrne (tracks: 15)
• Drums – Johnny Quinn (tracks: 5), Kenny Wollesen (tracks: 10, 11), Steve Williams (tracks: 7 to 9)
• Drums [Drum Triggers] – Steve Williams (tracks: 15)
• Electric Guitar – David Byrne (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15)
• Electric Piano [Rhodes] – David Byrne (tracks: 5), Jon Vercesi (tracks: 14)
• Engineer – Pete Norris (tracks: 6)
• Euphonium – Freddie Mendoza (tracks: 2, 3)
• Flute – John Mills (tracks: 2, 3)
• French Horn – Philip Myers (tracks: 14)
• French Horn [Solo] – Bob Routch* (tracks: 4)
• Guitar [Nylon-string] – David Byrne (tracks: 1, 8, 13)
• Guitar [Spacey] – Barry Burns (tracks: 5)
• Harp – Elaine Barber (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 9)
• Hihat – David Hilliard (tracks: 1)
• Illustration [Drawings] – DB*
• Keyboards – David Byrne (tracks: 15), Jon Spurney (tracks: 9), Ross Godfrey (tracks: 6)
• Marimba – Mauro Refosco (tracks: 1), Tom Burritt* (tracks: 3)
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Mixed By – Kevin Killen (tracks: 14), Mark Saunders (tracks: 16), Patrick Dillett (tracks: 2 to 5, 7 to 13, 15)
• Oboe, English Horn – Shelley Woodworth* (tracks: 14)
• Organ – Karen Mantler (tracks: 4)
• Percussion – Joe Cooper (tracks: 6), Mauro Refosco (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 12, 15), Steve Williams (tracks: 12)
• Percussion [Spaghetti Percussion] – Steve Williams (tracks: 13)
• Performer [Kitchen Implements] – Mauro Refosco (tracks: 8)
• Performer [Vacuum Cleaner] – Alan Ford (tracks: 11)
• Piano [Prepared Piano] – Stephen Barber (tracks: 3)
• Producer – David Byrne, Morcheeba Productions (tracks: 6), Patrick Dillett
• Programmed By [Programming] – David Byrne (tracks: 9)
• Recorded By – Kevin Killen (tracks: 14), Mark Saunders (tracks: 1), Patrick Dillett (tracks: 2, 3, 7 to 13, 15), Tom Mark (tracks: 4), Tony Doogan (tracks: 5)
• Resonator Guitar [Dobro] – David Byrne (tracks: 4)
• Sampler [Samples] – Mauro Refosco (tracks: 8)
• Sequenced By [Sequencing] – Paul Godfrey (tracks: 6)
• Slit Drum – Kenny Wollesen (tracks: 11)
• Strings – The Tosca Strings (tracks: 2, 3, 8 to 10, 13, 15)
• Tenor Saxophone – Alex Foster (tracks: 4)
• Theremin – Pamelia Kurstin (tracks: 3, 12)
• Timpani [Tympani] – Tom Burritt* (tracks: 3)
• Trombone – Freddie Mendoza (tracks: 2, 3), Jon Blondell (tracks: 7, 10, 13), Keith O'Quinn (tracks: 4), Ray Anderson (tracks: 4)
• Trumpet – Earl Gardner (tracks: 4), Lew Soloff (tracks: 4)
• Tuba – Bob Stewart (tracks: 4)
• Viola – David Creswell (tracks: 14), Dawn Hannay (tracks: 14), Georgia Boyd (tracks: 5)
• Violin – Fiona Stephen (tracks: 5), Greg Lawson (tracks: 5), Katherine Fong (tracks: 14), Lisa Aferiat* (tracks: 5), Sandra Park (tracks: 14), Sharon Yamada (tracks: 14), Soo Hyun Kwon (tracks: 14)
• Vocals – David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright (tracks: 3)
• Written-By – David Byrne (tracks: 1, 4 to 13, 15), Donald Charles Book (tracks: 2), Georges Bizet (tracks: 3), Giuseppe Verdi (tracks: 14), Kurt Wagner (tracks: 2), X-Press 2 (tracks: 15)

Notes

Packaged in a jewel box with a metallic cardboard slipcover. Track 15, "Lazy" is identified as a "bonus track"

All tracks recorded and mixed at Kampo Studios, NYC except:

Track 1 recorded and mixed at Loveshack Studio, NYC
Tracks 2, 8: basic tracks recorded at Avatar, NYC
Track 2 string & horns recorded at Tequila Mockingbird, Austin, TX
Track 3 recorded at Tequila Mockingbird, Austin, TX
Track 4 recorded at RPM Studio, NYC
Track 5 recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow, additional recording at Kampo, NYC
Track 6 recorded at Cheeba Central, London, mixed at Room with a View, NYC
Track 7 recorded at Avatar, NYC & Kampo NYC
Tracks 7, 10, 13: horns recorded at Congress House Studio, Austin TX
Track 8 string overdubs recorded at Tequila Mockingbird, Austin TX
Tracks 9, 10, 11: drums recorded at Skyline, NYC
Tracks 9, 10, 13, 15: strings recorded at Tequila Mockingbird, Austin TX
Track 14 recorded and mixed at Sound on Sound, NYC

Track 15 arrangements based on arrangements by Dan Foster, Steven Hussey and Anu Pillai for Freeform Five

"Au Fond du Temple Saint" from "Les Pêcheurs de Perles"
"Un di Felice, Eterea" from "La Traviata"

Rufus Wainwright appears courtesy of Dreamworks Records.

CD face for this European edition states: "Made in E.U., Near Alsdorf - a region known for mining and cookies" (!)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0-7559-79826-2 6
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, 2, 3): [W logo] 755979826-2 02/04 V01
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1, 2, 3): IFPI L011
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05F2
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 05A2
• Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 05N5
• Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
• Label Code: LC 00286

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
79826-2	David Byrne	Grown Backwards ‎(CD, Album)	Nonesuch	79826-2	US	2004
PRCD 301356	David Byrne	Grown Backwards ‎(CD, Promo)	Nonesuch	PRCD 301356	US	2004
7559-79826-2	David Byrne	Grown Backwards ‎(CD, Album)	Nonesuch	7559-79826-2	Argentina	2004
H1278 , HDCD-2077	David Byrne	Grown Backards ‎(CD, Album, HDC)	Sony Music, Sony Music	H1278 , HDCD-2077	Hong Kong	2004
79826-2	David Byrne	Grown Backwards ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Nonesuch	79826-2	US	2004

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