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David Byrne
Rock · 1994 · 12 tracks

David Byrne

David Byrne

Stripped-back, skeletal rock that trades polyrhythmic spectacle for bone-dry intimacy. Byrne at his most vulnerable, observational, and musically naked.

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It's David Byrne without the big suit and the backup dancers, just him and some very dry drums.

A stark, introspective meditation on the self that feels both intellectually sharp and emotionally exposed.

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Stripped Back+4.0σ

The production is built around stripped back than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
A Long Time Ago
3:24
02
Angels
4:41
03
Crash
4:27
04
A Self‐Made Man
3:58
05
Back in the Box
4:26
06
Sad Song
3:03
07
Nothing at All
4:52
08
My Love Is You
2:01
09
Lilies of the Valley
4:31
10
You & Eye
5:02
11
Strange Ritual
6:55
12
Buck Naked
3:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring, physical intimacy of the vocal on 'Nothing at All' where the artifice of the rock star completely dissolves.
The way 'A Long Time Ago' uses the closing of a discotheque as a crushing metaphor for the passage of time.
The skeletal, rhythmic tension of 'Strange Ritual' that feels like a private ceremony in a locked room.
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