My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
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A pioneering work for countless styles connected to electronics, ambience, and Third World music, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts expands on the fourth-world concepts of Hassell/Eno work with a whirlwind 45 minutes of worldbeat/funk-rock.
11y
Steve from minecraft after popping a perc.
I mean, it's Brian fucking Eno and David Byrne in an art rock album, of course this shit is good.
Quite the experience!
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a collab album between Brian Eno & David Byrne, released in February 1981. It was recorded throughout 1979-1980 at various studios across NYC, Burbank & San Francisco.
It served as Byrne's first album without Talking Heads and was recorded before him & Eno worked on Talking Heads' album Remain in Light, but sampling issues caused it to be delayed for several months.
The album integrates vocal samples along with African & ... read more
God the sounds merged together here are overwhelming, yet they’re so undeniably unique and flavoursome. This is an album I could see really growing on me in time.
Standout: Help me somebody
Favs: Regiment, The Jezebel Spirit, The Carrier, Mea Culpa, Mountain of needles
Least fav: America is Waiting
ENO DEEP DIVE #13
I was very interested in this collaboration with Byrne, because I'm a huge fanboy of the Talking Head records produced by Eno. I didn't have huge expectations, but My Life in the Bush of Ghosts turned out to be a pleasent surprise.
The soundscape created is very similar to that of Remains in Light, so people who loved that album and want more in the same direction, should give this a try. Especially tracks like Help Me Somebody and The Jezebel Spirit really remindend of that ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | America Is Waiting 3:37 | 83 |
| 2 | Mea Culpa 4:57 | 83 |
| 3 | Regiment 4:11 | 86 |
| 4 | Help Me Somebody 4:19 | 82 |
| 5 | The Jezebel Spirit 4:53 | 82 |
| 6 | Very, Very Hungry 3:20 | 78 |
| 7 | Moonlight In Glory 4:29 | 77 |
| 8 | The Carrier 4:19 | 79 |
| 9 | A Secret Life 2:31 | 70 |
| 10 | Come With Us 2:43 | 66 |
| 11 | Mountain of Needles 2:34 | 76 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
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1y
this might've been the first time i've seen an album with a positive user score but with negative track ratings
Added on: April 14, 2013