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Rufus Wainwright: Folkocracy

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On June 2, 2023, “BMG” label released “Folkocracy”, the eleventh Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Val McCallum – guitar
  • Madison Cunningham – guitar
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, guitar, mandolin
  • Patrick Sauber – banjo
  • Chaim Tannenbaum – banjo
  • Richard Parks – mandolin
  • Steve Amedée – tambourine
  • Patrick Warren – organ
  • Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
  • Jacob Mann – piano
  • Mitchell Froom – harpsichord, Mellotron, piano, electric piano 
  • Anna McGarrigle – accordion
  • David Piltch – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Ted Poor – percussion
  • Andrew Bird – violin
  • Madison Cunningham
  • John Legend
  • Susanna Hoffs
  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • Van Dyke Parks
  • Chris Stills
  • Brandi Carlile
  • Anna McGarrigle 
  • Chaim Tannenbaum
  • Lily Lanken
  • Martha Wainwright
  • Lucy Wainwright Roche
  • Anohni
  • David Byrne
  • Chaka Khan
  • Andrew Bird
  • Chris Stills
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Rob Moose – strings, arrangement
  • David Boucher – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Alone – Edwan MacColl
  2. Heading for Home – Peggy Seeger
  3. Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John E. A Phillips
  4. Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
  5. Shenandoah – traditional
  6. Nacht und Träume – Franz Schubert, Matthäus von Collin
  7. Harvest – Neil Young
  8. Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright
  9. High on a Rocky Ledge – Louis Hardin
  10. Kaulana Nā Pua – Ellen Keho’ohiwaokalani Wright Prendergast
  11. Hush Little Baby – traditional
  12. Black Gold – Van Dyke Parks
  13. Cotton Eyed Joe – traditional
  14. Arthur McBride – traditional
  15. Wild Mountain Thyme – traditional

Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go

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On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Barry Reynolds – guitars
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
  •  Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
  • Brian Mitchell – piano
  • Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Jim White – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Art Baron – bass recorder, trombone
  • Doug Wieselman – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Ken Peplowski – bass clarinet
  • Marty Ehrlich – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, sarrusophone, double bass
  • Steven Bernstein – glockenspiel, mellophone, alto brass, trumpet
  • Maxin Moston, Rob Moose – violin
  • Warren Ellis – violin, electric violin
  • Michael Nicholas – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Chan Marshall – vocals
  • Nick Cave – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals
  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Cat Power – backing vocals
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino– art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. Down from Dover – Dolly Parton
  2. Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
  3. Solitude – Duke Ellington
  4. The Crane Wife 3 – The Decemberists
  5. Easy Come, Easy Go – Bessie Smith
  6. Children of Stone – Espers
  7. How Many Worlds – Brian Eno
  8. In Germany Before the War – Randy Newman
  9. Ooh Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson
  10. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  11. Salvation – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  12. Black Coffee – Sarah Vaughan
  13. The Phoenix – Judee Sill
  14. Dear God Please Help Me – Morrissey
  15. Kimbie – Jackson C. Frank
  16. Many a Mile to Freedom – Traffic
  17. Somewhere (A Place for Us) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  18. Flandyke Shore – traditional

The Hidden Cameras: Home On Native Land

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On October 28, 2016, “Outside Music” label released “Home on Native Land”, the seventh Hidden Cameras (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rooster Recording Studio”, and was produced by Joel Gibb. 

Personnel:

  • Joel Gibb – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, drums, additional recording
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Sam Gleason – guitar
  • Stew Crookes – pedal steel guitar, additional recording, mixing
  • Tim Bovaconti – lap steel guitar
  • Ron Sexsmith – piano, vocal
  • Laura Barrett – piano
  • Paul Mathew – double bass
  • Jon Hynes – bass
  • Don Kerr – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • John Power – drums
  • Lex Vaughn – drums
  • Aisslin Hosky – violin
  • Jamie McCarthy – violin
  • Andrew Eng – violin
  • Lief Mosbauh – viola
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Amy Laing – cello
  • Mike Olsen – cello
  • Ivan Turkalj – cello
  • Carly Stasko – handclaps
  • Trevor Norris – handclaps
  • Courtney Harrell – vocal
  • Sandy Mack – vocal
  • Jessica Joi – vocal
  • Danniel Gesundheit – vocal
  • Faye Allen – vocal
  • Allie X, Craig White, Reg Vermue, Jan Klesse, Jens Schärdel, Jordan Hunt, Tom Wu, Verity Susman – choir
  • Neil Tennant – backing vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Mary Margaret O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Leslie Feist – backing vocals
  • Courtney Harrell, Sandy Mack – backing vocals
  • Coco Morier – backing vocals, additional recording
  • Chris Lowe – additional recording
  • Andrew Rosriguez – additional recording
  • James Butnon – additional recording
  • Nicolas Sierig – additional recording
  • Dan Misha Goldman – additional recording
  • Robbie Lackritz – additional recording, mixing
  • Shepemod – mixing
  • Jeff Carroll – mastering
  • Raymond Larabie – design
  • Jeff Harris – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Gibb, excepted where noted.

  1. The Day I Left Home
  2. He is the Boss of Me
  3. Ode To an Ah
  4. Dark End of the Street – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
  5. You and Me Again
  6. Last Driver’s Waltz – Wade Hemsworth
  7. Be What I Want
  8. Counting Stars
  9. The Great Reward
  10. Big Blue
  11. Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
  12. Drunk Dancer’s Waltz
  13. Had a Feeling Bout You
  14. Twilight of the Season

Rufus Wainwright: Unfollow the Rules

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On July 20, 2020, “BMG” label released “Unfollow the Rules”, the tenth Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – lead and backing vocals
  • Randy Kerber – piano
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Adam Levy – guitar
  • George Deoring – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • George Deoring – mandoline
  • Mitchell Froom – keyboards, arranger
  • David Plitch – bass
  • Davey Faragher – bass
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Dan Higgins – clarinet, saxophone, flute
  • Laura Brenes – French Horn
  • Nick Daley – trombone
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Petra Haden – backing vocals
  • Jennifer Ellis Kampani – backing vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright.

  1. Trouble in Paradise
  2. Damsel in Distress
  3. Unfollow the Rules
  4. You Ain’t Big
  5. Romantical Man
  6. Peaceful Afternoon
  7. Only the People That Love
  8. This One’s for the Ladies (That Lunge!)
  9. My Little You
  10. Early Morning Madness
  11. Hatred
  12. Alone Time

Rufus Wainwright: Release the Stars

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On May 15, 2007, “Geffen” label released “Release the Stars”, the fifth Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Second Story” and “Legacy” in New York City, “Brooklyn Recording” in Brooklyn, “Saal 4” in Berlin, “Strongroom” and “Angel Recording Studio” in London, and was produced by Rufus Wainwright.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals, piano, acoustic and nylon guitar, percussion, string arrangement, piano arrangement, horn arrangement, orchestral arrangement
  • Neil Tennant – keyboards, synthesizer, loops, samples, vibes, breathing, backing vocals, executive producer
  • Kate McGarrigle – piano
  • John Medeski – piano
  • Jorg Sandnar – piano
  • Rob Burger – organ
  • Jason Hart – organ, backing vocals
  • Rachelle Garniez – claviola, accordion
  • Richard Thompson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jack Petruzzelli – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo,. backing vocals
  • Joan Wasser – electric guitar, violin, backing vocals
  • Smokey Hormel – guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Julianna Raye – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Brad Albetta – bass guitar
  • Tony Scherr – upright bass
  • Jeff Hill – electric bass, bass guitar, upright bass, backing vocals
  • Larry Mullins – shaker, triangle, timpani, cymbals, tambourine, vibes, piano percussion, bass drum, tabla, bongos, bells, cowbells, castanets, woodblock, fish, marimba, glockenspiel
  • Matt Johnson – drums, percussion, recorder, backing vocals
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Kenny Wollesen – drums
  • London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Gabriel Adorjan – violin
  • Rachel Rilling – violin
  • Raphael Sachs – viola
  • David Adorjan – cello
  • Ronith Mues – harp
  • Carl Albach – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet, conducting, horn arrangement
  • Ozan Cakar – French horn
  • John Chudoba – trumpet
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet
  • Dominic Derasse – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Dave Trigg – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Florian Dorpholz – trumpet
  • Raphael Mentzen – trumpet
  • Pirmin Grehl – flute
  • Paul Shapiro – tenor saxophone 
  • Briggan Krauss – baritone saxophone 
  • Dan Levine – trombone
  • Louis Schwadron – French horn
  • Siân Phillips – spoken word
  • Anna Prohaska – vocals
  • Lucy Roche – backing vocals
  • Teddy Thompson – backing vocals
  • Martha Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Lygia Forrest – backing vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals
  • Sharon Jones – backing vocals
  • Marius de Vries – programming, conducting, breathing
  • Jason Boshoff – programming
  • Tom Stephan – additional programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright.

  1. Do I Disappoint You
  2. Going to a Town
  3. Tiergarten
  4. Nobody’s Off the Hook
  5. Between My Legs
  6. Rules and Regulations
  7. Not Ready to Love
  8. Slideshadow
  9. Tulsa
  10. Leaving for Paris N° 2
  11. Sanssouci
  12. Release the Stars

Rufus Wainwright: Want Two

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On November 16, 2004, “Geffen” label released “Want Two”, the fourth Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Bearsville Studios” in Woodstock, NYC, and was produced by Marius de Vries and Rufus Wainwright.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocal, piano, additional vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements
  • Gerry Leonard– electric guitar, guitars
  • Charlie Sexton– electric guitar
  • Marius de Vries– keyboards, vibraphone, programming, orchestral arrangements
  • Rob Burger – Hammond organ
  • Roger Greenawalt – ukulele, banjo
  • Steven Wolf– djembe, tambourine, additional programming
  • Kate McGarrigle – banjo, additional vocals
  • Anna McGarrigle – accordion, additional vocals
  • Jeff Hill – bass, additional vocals
  • Brad Albetta – bass
  • Troy Rinker Jr – bass
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Matt Johnson – drums
  • Roberto Rodriguez – percussion
  • Alexandra Knoll – oboe
  • David Theodore – oboe
  • David Sapadin – clarinet
  • Daniel Shelly – bassoon
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor, horn contractor
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader
  • Maxim Moston – violin, concertmaster, orchestral arrangements
  • Van Dyke Parks– orchestral arrangements
  • Martha Wainwright– violin, additional vocals
  • Sophie Solomon – violin
  • Antoine Silverman – violin
  • Joan Wasser– violin, viola
  • Julianne Klopotic – violin
  • Vivienne Kim – violin
  • Fiona Murray – violin
  • Cenovia Cummins – violin
  • Christopher Cardona – violin
  • Danielle Farina – viola
  • Alison Gordon – viola
  • Eric Hammelman – viola
  • Kathryn Lockwood – viola
  • Anja Wood – cello
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Julia Kent – cello
  • Carlo Pellettieri – cello
  • Gina Gershon – Jew’s harp
  • Pit Hermans – cimbalom
  • Antony– voice
  • Teddy Thompson– additional vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals
  • Suzzy Roche– additional vocals
  • Leona Naess – additional vocals
  • Lily Lanken – recorder, additional vocals
  • Julianna Raye – additional vocals
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Jack McKeever – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright.

  1. Agnus Dei
  2. The One You Love
  3. Peach Trees
  4. Little Sister
  5. The Art Teacher
  6. Hometown Waltz
  7. This Love Affair
  8. Gay Messiah
  9. Memphis Skyline
  10. Waiting for a Dream
  11. Crumb by Crumb
  12. Old Whore’s Diet

Rufus Wainwright: Want One

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On September 23, 2003, “DreamWorks Records” label released “Want One”, the third Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “The Maid’s Room”; “Bearsville Studio A”; “Loho Studios”; “Looking Glass Studios” in New York City, and “The Strongroom” in London, and was produced by Marius de Vries.  The album won Wainwright “Outstanding Music Artist” award at the 15th “GLAAD Media Awards”; “Best New Recording”.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, recorders, acoustic guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements
  • Marius de Vries – piano, programming, vibraphone, orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements
  • Charlie Sexton – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmy Zhivago – acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jeff Hill – bass
  • Bernard O’Neill – bass
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Matt Johnson – drums
  • Sterling Campbell– drums
  • Simon C. Clarke – alto sax, baritone sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Adrian Hallowell – bass trombone
  • Nick Hitchens – tuba
  • Alexandra Knoll – oboe
  • Gerry Leonard – guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
  • The London Oratory Choir – choir
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kate McGarrigle– banjo, accordion
  • Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • David Sapadin – clarinet
  • Daniel Shelly – bassoon
  • Paul Spong – trumpet
  • Dave Stewart – bass trombone
  • Annie Whitehead– trombone
  • Joy Smith – harp
  • Maxim Moston – concertmaster, orchestral arrangements
  • Chris Elliott – orchestral arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • Linda Thompson– additional vocals
  • Teddy Thompson– additional vocals
  • Martha Wainwright– additional vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
  • John Holbrook, Bob Ebeling, Andy Bradfield, Marius de Vries – engineer
  • Jack McKeever – engineer assistant
  • Struan Oglanby, Ian Dowling, Bill Synan, Sean Gould, Tom Gloady – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright:

  1. Oh What a World
  2. I Don’t Know What It Is
  3. Vicious World
  4. Movies of Myself
  5. Pretty Things
  6. Go or Go Ahead
  7. Vibrate
  8. 14th Street
  9. Natasha
  10. Harvester of Hearts
  11. Beautiful Child
  12. Want
  13. 11:11
  14. Dinner at Eight

Rufus Wainwright: Poses

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Rufus Wainwright - Poses

On June 5, 2001, “DreamWorks” label released “Poses”, the second Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Pierre Marchand, Greg Wells, Alex Gifford, Ethan Johns and Damian LeGassick. In 2002, Wainwright won “Juno Award” for “Best Alternative Album”; at 2002 “GLAAD Media Awards” won “Outstanding Music Album” award. “Poses” was certified Gold in Canada by “CRIA”.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals, piano, acousticand electric guitar, keyboards, dobro, string arrangements
  • Gregg Arreguini – guitar
  • Michael Vincent Chaves – guitar
  • Ally McErlaine – guitar
  • Teddy Thompson – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ethan Johns – electric guitars, drums
  • Yves Desrosiers – banjo, guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
  • Damian LeGassick – keyboards, drum programming, guitar, string arrangement
  • Richard Causon – chamberlin, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – Hammond B3 organ
  • Alex Gifford – bass, guitar, piano, alto flute, bass clarinet
  • Jeff Hill – bass, backing vocals
  • Pete Wilson – bass guitar
  • Pierre Marchand – bass, piano, string arrangements
  • Melissa Auf der Maur– bass, backing vocals
  • Greg Wells – drums, bass, keyboards
  • Butch Norton– drums, percussion
  • Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
  • Steve Sidelnyk – drum programming
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Kevin Hupp – drums
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Ash Sood – drums
  • Jon Lewis – lead trumpet
  • Jeffrey Bunnell – trumpet
  • Dennis Farias – trumpet
  • Normand Forget – oboe
  • Pierre Savoie – French horn
  • Jean Paquin – French horn
  • Genevieve Beaudry – violin
  • Melanie Belair – violin
  • Brigid Button – violin
  • Sarah Button – violin
  • Stephanie Allard – violin
  • Jean-Marc LeBlanc – violin
  • Anjana Srinivasan – violin
  • Veronique Potuin – viola
  • Ian Rathbone – viola
  • Julie Dupras – viola
  • Greg Hay – viola
  • Rebecca Ware – viola
  • Wilma Hos – viola
  • Carla Antoun – cello
  • Laura Fairhurst – cello
  • Christine Giguere – cello
  • Hilary Skewes – cello
  • Bernadette Colomine – backing vocals
  • Julianna Raye – backing vocals
  • Martha Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Daniel Savant – leader

Track listing:

All songs written by Rufus Wainwright, except where noted.

  1. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
  2. Greek Song
  3. Poses
  4. Shadows – Alex Gifford, Rufus Wainwright
  5. California
  6. The Tower of Learning
  7. Grey Gardens
  8. Rebel Prince
  9. The Consort
  10. One Man Guy – Loudon Wainwright III
  11. Evil Angel
  12. In a Graveyard
  13. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” (reprise)

Rufus Wainwright: Same

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On May 19, 1988, “DreamWorks” label released the self-titled, debut Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 1986 – 1987, and was produced by Jon Brion and Pierre Marchand. “Rolling Stone” magazine named Wainwright the “Best New Artist of 1998”.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright– lead vocals and backing vocals, piano, chamberlin, tack piano, acoustic guitar, castanets, half-speed piano, humming
  • Jon Brion– chamberlin, accordion, marimba, vibes , bass, optigan,  acoustic, baritone and electric guitar, percussion, timpani, crotales, celeste, temple blocks, assorted bells, tuned toms, mandolin, drums, tack piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench –piano, Hammond organ
  • Yves Desrosiers – guitar,slide bass
  • Glen Hollman –upright, mandolin bass
  • Pierre Marchand– bass, keyboards
  • Ash Sood – drums , percussion
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Marty Grebb –alto saxophone
  • Randy Brion – horn arrangements, conductor
  • Van Dyke Parks– string arrangements, conductor
  • Martha Wainwright– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright.

  1. Foolish Love
  2. Danny Boy
  3. April Fools
  4. In My Arms
  5. Millbrook
  6. Baby
  7. Beauty Mark
  8. Barcelona
  9. Matinee Idol
  10. Damned Ladies
  11. Sally Ann
  12. Imaginary Love

David Byrne: Grown Backwards

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David Byrne Grown Backwards

On March 16, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Grown Backwards”, the sixth David Byrne album. It was recorded in 2003, at  “Kampo Studios”, “Loveshack Studio”, “Avatar”, “Skyline”, “RPM Studio”, “Sound on Sound” in New York, “Tequila Mockingbird” in Austin, “CaVa Sound Workshops” in Glasgow, “Cheeba Central” in London, and was produced by David Byrne and Patrick Dillett.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne –vocals, nylon-string guitar, electric guitar, dobro. Rhodes, programming
  • Barry Burns– spacey guitar, Rhodes
  • Jon Vercesi– Rhodes
  • Stephen Barber– prepared piano
  • Karen Mantler– organ
  • Ross Godfrey– keyboards
  • Jon Spurney – keyboards
  • Mike Maddox– accordion
  • Andy Waterworth– bass guitar
  • Steve Swallow– bass guitar
  • Paul Frazier– bass guitar
  • John Patitucci– bass guitar
  • Una McGlone– bass
  • Johnny Quinn– drum kit
  • Steve Williams– drum kit
  • Kenny Wollesen – drum kit
  • Joe Cooper– percussion
  • Paul Godfrey– sequencing
  • David Hilliard– hi-hat
  • Mauro Refosco– marimba, percussion
  • Tom Burritt– marimba, tympani
  • Pamelia Kurstin– theremin
  • Vincent Herring– alto saxophone
  • Gary Smulyan– baritone saxophone
  • Alex Foster– tenor saxophone
  • Earl Gardner– trumpet
  • Ray Anderson– trombone
  • Jon Blondell– trombone
  • Jon Blondell – trombone
  • Keith O’Quinn– trombone
  • Bob Routch– French horn
  • Philip Myers– French horn
  • Shelly Woodworth– oboe, English horn
  • Mark Nuccio– clarinet
  • Lew Soloff– trumpet
  • Bob Stewart– tuba
  • Freddie Mendoza– trombone, euphonium
  • John Mills– clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • The Tosca Strings:
  • Tracy Seeger– violin
  • Jamie Desautels– violin
  • Leigh Mahoney– violin
  • Ames Asbell– viola
  • Douglas Harvey –cello
  • Sara Nelson– cello
  • Katherine Fong– violin
  • Soo Hyun Kwon– violin
  • Greg Lawson– violin
  • Fiona Stephen– violin
  • Sharon Yamada– violin
  • Lisa Aferiat– violin
  • Sandra Park– violin
  • Georgia Boyd– viola
  • Donald Gillan– cello
  • Robert Irvine– cello
  • Jane Scarpantoni– cello
  • Alan Stepansky– cello
  • Jeremy Turner– cello
  • Elaine Barber– harp
  • David Creswell– viola
  • Dawn Hannay– viola
  • Alan Ford– vacuum cleaner
  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals
  • Patrick Dillett– backing vocals

Track listing,

All tracks by David Byrne, except where noted.

  1. Glass, Concrete & Stone
  2. The Man Who Loved Beer – Donald Charles Book, Kurt Wagner
  3. Au fond du Temple Saint Georges Bizet, Eugène Cormon, Michel Carré
  4. Empire
  5. Tiny Apocalypse
  6. She Only Sleeps
  7. Dialog Box
  8. The Other Side of this Life
  9. Why
  10. Pirates
  11. Civilization
  12. Astronaut
  13. Glad
  14. Un Dì, Felice, Eterea – Giuseppe Verdi
  15. Lazy – David Byrne/X-Press 2