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DAVID BYRNE
AUSTIN 2002
Compact Disc
Item no. :YS067 Barcode :8 23564 04013 Artist :DAVID BYRNE Product type :Compact Disc Label :YARD STICK Release Date :06 March 2026
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After Talking Heads drew to a close in the early 1990s, David Byrne embarked on a solo career defined by restless curiosity and stylistic breadth. His work moved fluidly through art-pop, Latin rhythms and orchestral textures, often in collaboration with figures such as Brian Eno. By the end of the decade, Byrne had established a solo identity rooted less in reinvention than in continual expansion, setting the stage for a more direct yet still adventurous phase.
That phase arrived with Look into the Eyeball in 2001. The album was warmly received as a confident, accessible statement, balancing sharp songwriting with lush arrangements shaped in part by Byrne’s collaboration with the Austin-based ensemble The Tosca Strings. Critics praised its emotional clarity and melodic strength, and to promote the record Byrne appeared on Austin City Limits in a performance broadcast in 2002, bringing the album’s rich studio sound vividly to the stage.
The resulting performance stands as one of the most compelling documents of Byrne’s solo career. Backed by The Tosca Strings, he breathed new life into the Look into the Eyeball material, revealing its depth, tension and warmth in equal measure. An especially intriguing moment comes with his reimagining of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”, transformed into a playful, Afrobeat-inflected showcase for Byrne’s unmistakable style.
1 Once In a Lifetime 6:15
2 Nothing But Flowers 4:30
3 The Great Intoxication 4:24
4 The Revolution 2:20
5 And She Was 4:05
6 The Accident 2:55
7 What A Day That Was 6:43
8 This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) 4:52
9 Like Humans Do 4:10
10 I Wanna Dance With Somebody 4:53
11 Life During Wartime 6:26
12 Interview 2002 1:54
13 Angels 4:53
14 Buck Naked 3:49
15 God’s Child 4:09
16 Interview 1994 2:11
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