Grown Backwards
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Grown Backwards is the seventh studio album by the American musician David Byrne, released on March 16, 2004.
Reception
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In 2010, Byrne wrote in his book How Music Works it has sold 127,000 physical albums, 8,000 digital albums and 53,000 digital singles (overall 140,000 units sold of albums).<ref name="hmw" /> The album peaked at #178 and #88 in the US and UK respectively.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="chartgb" /> The album was released on vinyl for the first time on March 15, 2019.<ref name="vinyl" />
Track listing
All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.
- "Glass, Concrete & Stone" – 4:13
- "The Man Who Loved Beer" (Donald Charles Book and Kurt Wagner of Lambchop) – 2:41
- "Template:Lang" (From Template:Lang) – 4:49
- "Empire" – 4:12
- "Tiny Apocalypse" – 4:03
- "She Only Sleeps" – 2:57
- "Dialog Box" – 3:30
- "The Other Side of this Life" – 4:00
- "Why" – 2:54
- "Pirates" – 3:52
- "Civilization" – 3:17
- "Astronaut" – 2:55
- "Glad" – 1:58
- "Template:Lang" (Giuseppe Verdi, from Template:Lang) – 2:51
- "Lazy" (bonus track) (Byrne/X-Press 2) – 9:35
Personnel
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- David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
- David Hilliard – hi-hat
- Mauro Refosco – marimba, percussion
- Jane Scarpantoni – cello
Recorded at Loveshack Studio, New York City
"The Man Who Loved Beer"
- Elaine Barber – harp
- David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass guitar
- Mike Maddox – accordion
- Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
- John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- The Tosca Strings:
- Ames Asbell – viola
- Jamie Desautels – violin
- Douglas Harvey – cello
- Leigh Mahoney – violin
- Sara Nelson – cello
- Tracy Seeger – violin
Recorded at Avatar, New York City
- Elaine Barber – harp
- Stephen Barber – prepared piano
- Tom Burritt – marimba, tympani
- David Byrne – vocals
- Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
- Mike Maddox – accordion
- Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
- John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
- The Tosca Strings
- Rufus Wainwright – vocals
"Empire"
- Ray Anderson – trombone
- David Byrne – vocals, dobro
- Alex Foster – tenor saxophone
- Earl Gardner – trumpet
- Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
- Karen Mantler – organ
- Keith O'Quinn – trombone
- Bob Routch – French horn
- Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone
- Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Bob Stewart – tuba
- Steve Swallow – bass guitar
Recorded RPM Studio, New York City
"Tiny Apocalypse"
- Lisa Aferiat – violin
- Georgia Boyd – viola
- Barry Burns – spacey guitar, Rhodes
- David Byrne – vocals, Rhodes
- Donald Gillan – cello
- Robert Irvine – cello
- Greg Lawson – violin
- Una McGlone – bass
- Johnny Quinn – drum kit
- Fiona Stephen – violin
Recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow
"She Only Sleeps"
- David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
- Joe Cooper – percussion
- Paul Godfrey – sequencing
- Ross Godfrey – keyboards
- Andy Waterworth – bass guitar
Recorded at Cheeba Central, London Produced by Morcheeba Productions
"Dialog Box"
- Jon Blondell – trombone
- David Byrne – vocals, electric guitars
- Paul Frazier – bass guitar
- John Mills – baritone sax
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- Steve Williams – drum kit
Recorded at Avatar, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas
"The Other Side of This Life"
- Elaine Barber – harp
- David Byrne – vocals, semi-nylon guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass guitar
- Mauro Refosco – percussion, samples, kitchen implements
- The Tosca Strings
- Steve Williams – drum kit, cowbell
Recorded at Avatar, New York City
"Why"
- David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, programming
- Paul Frazier – bass guitar
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- Jon Spurney – keyboards
- The Tosca Strings
- Kenny Wollesen – drum kit
Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City
"Pirates"
- Jon Blondell – trombone
- David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass
- John Mills – baritone sax
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- The Tosca Strings
- Kenny Wollesen – drum kit
Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio
"Civilization"
- David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass
- Alan Ford – vacuum cleaner
- John Linnell – accordion
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- Kenny Wollesen – drum kit, slit drum
Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City
"Astronaut"
- David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass guitar
- Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- Steve Williams – percussion
"Glad"
- Jon Blondell – trombone
- David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
- Paul Frazier – bass
- John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- The Tosca Strings
- Steve Williams – spaghetti percussion
Horns recorded at Congress House Studio
- David Byrne – vocals
- David Creswell – viola
- Katherine Fong – violin
- Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
- Dawn Hannay – viola
- Philip Myers – French horn
- Mark Nuccio – clarinet
- Sandra Park – violin
- John Patitucci – bass guitar
- Alan Stepansky – cellos
- Jeremy Turner – cellos
- Jon Vercesi – Rhodes
- Shelly Woodworth – oboe, English horn
- Sharon Yamada – violin
Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York City
"Lazy"
- David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, drum programming
- Patrick Dillett – background vocals
- Paul Frazier – bass
- Mauro Refosco – percussion
- The Tosca Strings
- Steve Williams – drum triggers