David Byrne - Feelings

Attempting to inject some adventure into his multicultural, worldbeat-inflected avant-pop, David Byrne dabbled with trip-hop and drum'n'bass on Feelings. These tracks, including a collaboration with Morcheeba, are essentially window dressing, a way to distract attention from Byrne's lack of new ideas. The songs that work best on Feelings, like "Miss America," are reminiscent of the percolating, Latin-tinged Rei Momo; when Byrne tries to sound contemporary, he simply seems out of touch. Still, Feelings is stronger and more adventurous than David Byrne, even if it never quite fulfills its ambitions. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Akua Dixon Cello Alexander Balanescu Violin Andres Levin Guitar (Tremolo), Producer Andy Hess Bass Andy Waterworth Bass Ashley Horne Violin Ashley MacIsaac Fiddle Balanescu Quartet Engineer Betty Wright Vocals (Background) Black Cat Orchestra Producer Bob Casale Engineer Bob Power Mixing C-N-A Engineer, Programming Camilo Valencia Horn Arrangements, Horn Camus Mare Celli Producer Carlos Baptiste Violin, Violin Cesar Sogbe Engineer Clare Conners Violin Clare Connors Violin Dana Teboe Trombone David Byrne Audio Production, Guitar, Autoharp, Harmonium, Keyboards, Loop, Guitar (Synthesizer), Vocals, Dobro, Synthesizer, Loops, Producer Don Crevie French Horn Ed Calle Saxophone Ed Pias Shaker, Bongos El Fantasmo Choir, Chorus, Coros Gerald V. Casale Vocals (Background), Bass Greg Cohen Bass (Acoustic), Bass Hahn Rowe Keyboards, Audio Engineer, Engineer, Arp Omni, Producer It Jerez Trumpet Ite Jerez Trumpet Jack Hersca Assistant Engineer Jerry Casale Vocals (Background) Joe Cooper Percussion, Drums Joe Galdo Audio Production, Drums, Mixing, Producer, Percussion Jon Dryden Arranger, String Arrangements Joseph Zajonc Drums Juliet Haffner Viola Kat Egan Production Coordination Kip Beelman Assistant Engineer Kyle Hanson Accordion Lester Mendez Keyboards Marc Ramaer Mixing Mark Mothersbaugh Synthesizer, Sampling Mark Saunders Producer, Keyboards, Mixing Matthew Sperry Double Bass Morcheeba Audio Production Nicholas Holland Cello Nicky Holland Cello Paquito Hechavarria Piano Paul Godfrey Sampling, Scratching, Sequencing Paul Martin Viola Paula Cole Vocals (Background) Peter Norris Audio Engineer, Engineer Peter Scherer Keyboards, Farfisa Organ, Wurlitzer, ?, Organ Pierre La Roux Fiddle Ross Godfrey Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar, Synthesizer, Sitar, Keyboards Russ Meltzer Guitar Scott Granlund Sax (C-Melody) Skye Edwards Vocals (Background) Sterling Campbell Drums Steve Bentley-Klein Strings, Trumpet Ted Jensen Mastering Tom Schierlitz Photography Tony Concepcion Trumpet Veronica Gonzalez Production Coordination Vinicius Cantuaria Percussion William South Hammond Synth, Clavinet