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American Utopia
Rock · 2018 · 10 tracks · 37m

American Utopia

David Byrne

Cerebral art-pop blending glitchy electronics with optimistic social observations. A bright, rhythmic inquiry into what it means to be human in the modern age.

March 9, 2018 · Nonesuch

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A bright, intellectually curious optimism that feels both clinical and deeply human.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 37m
01
I Dance Like This
3:34
02
Gasoline and Dirty Sheets
3:20
03
Every Day Is a Miracle
4:46
04
Dog’s Mind
2:30
05
This Is That
4:31
06
It’s Not Dark Up Here
4:11
07
Bullet
3:10
08
Doing the Right Thing
3:39
09
Everybody’s Coming to My House
3:30
10
Here
4:14
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition from the delicate piano melody to the distorted industrial crunch in I Dance Like This.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does American Utopia sound next to the rest of David Byrne's catalogue?

Hopeful+2.3σ

Hopeful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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