Name: Here Lies Love
Brand: David Byrne, Fatboy Slim

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0075597905557

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Black

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Double 140 Gram Vinyl

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Limited edition

Release date

2023-08-11

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Warner Music Group

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Black LP

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David Byrne

Fatboy Slim

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Alternative / Modern

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Nonesuch

David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, artist, film and record producer. Born on May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland and currently based in New York City. He was married to Adelle Lutz from 1987 to 2004.
Best known as the lead singer of Talking Heads, David Byrne has collaborated with various artists including Brian Eno and X-Press 2. He has also released several solo albums on his own labels Luaka Bop and Todomundo.
With an impressive career spanning multiple disciplines within the music industry, David Byrne continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his unique style and innovative approach to music.

Born in the UK as Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963, Fatboy Slim is a renowned artist and DJ. He gained popularity with his second solo album "Better Living Through Chemistry" which featured the hit song "Everybody Needs a 303". His success continued with the release of his albums "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" and "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars", both of which produced chart-topping singles. Fatboy Slim's music videos, including "Praise You" and "Weapon of Choice", have won numerous awards. With his unique style and collaborations with artists like Macy Gray, he has become an influential figure in the music industry.
In addition to his own work, Fatboy Slim has also produced songs for other artists such as Blur's albums "Think Tank" and "Palookaville". His greatest hits album, titled "Why Try Harder", features some of his most popular tracks along with two exclusive new songs.
With a career spanning several decades, Fatboy Slim continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his innovative sound and energetic performances. His contributions to electronic music have solidified him as one of the most respected artists in the industry.

Nonesuch is a US record label that was created in 1964 as a budget label for classical releases. It eventually expanded to include adventurous music from around the globe and world-premiere recordings of contemporary composers. Nonesuch has gone through various ownership changes over the years, including being acquired by Warner Communications in 1970 and becoming a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records in 2004.

Under the leadership of Jac Holzman, Nonesuch was established as a budget label for classical releases licensed from large record companies in Britain and France. Designed by Bill Harvey, the packaging emphasized affordability with releases marketed as "Recordings at the Price of a Quality Paperback."

In 1970, Nonesuch became part of Warner Communications (Kinney/WEA) and continued to release music under its own name along with other Elektra-based labels like Elektra and Asylum Records. The merger between Elektra and Atlantic labels in 2004 resulted in Nonesuch becoming a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records within the Warner Music Group.

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s acclaimed 2010 album Here Lies Love receives its first-ever vinyl release to coincide with a new production opening on Broadway this summer. Here Lies Love is a double-disc song cycle – improbably poignant, decidedly surreal, surprisingly thought provoking – about the rise and fall of the Philippines' notorious Imelda Marcos. It was conceived by David Byrne; composed by Byrne and DJ / recording artist Fatboy Slim, AKA Norman Cook; and performed by a dream cast drawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&amp;B and pop. Byrne's taste in collaborators is as imaginative as it is impeccable, including Cyndi Lauper (who recounts, to lighthearted disco beats, Imelda's courtship with Ferdinand Marcos), Steve Earle (as the power-hungry Ferdinand), Dap-Kings vocalist Sharon Jones (recalling Imelda's introduction into New York society) and Natalie Merchant (as spurned Imelda confidante Estrella, anticipating the onset of martial law). Along with vocals turns from such stars as Tori Amos and the B-52's Kate Pierson, Byrne works with rising indie rockers St. Vincent and My Brightest Diamond; New York chanteuses Nellie McKay and Martha Wainwright; and dance-music divas Róisín Murphy and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on ‘American Troglodyte’, a send-up that wouldn't have seemed out of places in Talking Heads' True Stories.

Here Lies Love&nbsp;has an effervescent disco feel, redolent of Fatboy Slim's own dance-floor anthems, with warm undercurrents of the Latin rhythms that have percolated through Byrne's recent solo work.&nbsp; The sunny arrangements act in counterpoint to the reality of the Marcos' increasingly repressive regime, reflecting the imagined inner life of the glamour-obsessed Imelda.&nbsp; Explains Byrne, "For me, the darker side of the excesses are, for the most part, a matter of record.&nbsp; A lot of the audience is going to come with that knowledge already.&nbsp; What's more of a challenge is to get inside the head of the person who was behind all of that, and understand what made them tick."&nbsp; Byrne offers no judgment and avoids the obvious – there is no mention of Imelda's infamous shoe collection.

Here Lies Love

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