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David Byrne
Grown Backwards

Album US 2004 on Nonesuch label
Rock (Art Rock, Indie Rock)

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 "Le Pêchuers de Perles" "Un di Felice, Eterea" from "La Travita" Rufus Wainwright appears courtesy of Dreamworks Records (p)&(c)2004 Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States.

Musicians

	David Byrne voc, g, *1952 US acoustic guitar, design, electric guitar, guitar, nylon-string, illustration, drawings, producer, vocals, written by, album by, resonator guitar, dobro, electric piano, rhodes, guitar, semi-nylon, programmed by, programming, keyboards, drum programming
	Michael Maddux acc, key, accordion
	Stephen Barber key, syn, *1952 US arranged by, piano, prepared, arranged by, horn arrangement
	John Mills ts, US baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, arranged by, horn arrangement
	Paul Frazier b, bass
	Kenny Wollesen dr, *1966 US drums, drums, slit drum
	Steve Williams dr, drums
	Elaine Barber , US harp
	Mauro Refosco perc, BR percussion, performer, kitchen implements, sampler, samples
	The Tosca Strings , strings
	Pamelia Kurstin g, p, *1976 AT theremin
	Jon Blondell tb, b, US trombone
	Freddie Mendoza tb, bs, perc, US trombone, euphonium
	Jane Scarpantoni vc, US cello
	David Hilliard , hihat
	Thomas Burritt , marimba, timpani, tympani
	Rufus Wainwright voc, p, *1973 US vocals
	Vincent Herring as, ss, *1964 US alto saxophone
	Carla Bley p, org, *1936 US arranged by
	Gary Smulyan bs, *1956 US baritone saxophone
	Steve Swallow b, eb, *1940 US bass
	Bobby Routch alp, US french horn, soloist
	Karen Mantler org, h, voc, *1966 US organ
	Alex Foster as, US tenor saxophone
	Keith O'Quinn tb, trombone
	Ray Anderson tb, *1952 US trombone
	Earl Gardner tr, *1950 US trumpet
	Lew Soloff tr, fh, 1944-2015 US trumpet
	Bob Stewart tu, *1945 US tuba
	Una McGlone , bass
	Donald Gillan vc, GB cello
	Robert Irvine vc, cello
	Johnny Quinn , drums
	Barry Burns p, voc, GB electric piano, rhodes, guitar, spacey
	Georgia Boyd vl, viola
	Fiona Stephen , violin
	Greg Lawson vn, GB violin
	Lise Aferiat vn, FR violin
	Andy Waterworth str, GB bass
	Ross Godfrey , *1976 GB keyboards
	Joe Cooper , percussion
	Paul Godfrey dr, bvoc, *1972 GB sequenced by, sequencing
	Steve Williams dr, *1980 cowbell, percussion, percussion, spaghetti, drums, drum triggers
	Jon Spurney , keyboards
	John Linnell voc, key, *1959 US accordion
	Alan Ford , performer, vacuum cleaner
	Tony Finno , US arranged by
	John Patitucci b, eb, *1959 US bass
	Alan Stepansky vc, US cello
	Jeremy Turner vc, *1975 US cello
	Mark Nuccio , US clarinet
	Jon Vercesi p, electric piano, rhodes
	Philip Myers frh, alp, FR french horn
	Shelly Woodworth , US oboe, english horn
	David Creswell vl, US viola
	Dawn Hannay , US viola
	Katherine Fong vn, US violin
	Sandra Park vn, US violin
	Sharon Yamada vn, US violin
	Soo Hyun Kwon vn, violin

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