Artist...............: David Byrne
Album................: Look Into The Eyeball
Genre................: Alt. Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2001
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.1
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 65 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: TntVillage
Ripped by............: Leonenero on 15/10/2015
Posted by............: Leonenero on 16/10/2015
News Server..........: news.astraweb.com
News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.music.manics
Included.............: NFO, MD5, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD
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Tracklisting
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1. [03:50] David Byrne - U.B. Jesus
2. [02:57] David Byrne - The Moment of Conception
3. [03:26] David Byrne - Walk On Water
4. [02:29] David Byrne - Everyone's In Love With You
5. [02:15] David Byrne - The Revolution
6. [02:37] David Byrne - The Great Intoxication
7. [03:32] David Byrne - Like Humans Do
8. [04:30] David Byrne - Broken Things
9. [02:35] David Byrne - The Accident
10. [02:40] David Byrne - Desconocido Soy (with NRÜ from Café Tacuba)
11. [04:32] David Byrne - Neighborhood
12. [03:34] David Byrne - Smile
Playing Time.........: 00:38:58
Total Size...........: 259,29 MB
It goes without saying that any David Byrne solo release will be all over the sonic map, and true to form, Look Into the Eyeball provides a pancultural stew of musical styles, exotic rhythms, and international guest stars. But what separates Eyeball from Byrne's previous offering, the only-fitfully successful Feelings, is a renewed emphasis on lush, natural sounds and consistent production. Nearly every track boasts strings and/or horns, and the textures go a long way in unifying Byrne's insistent genre-hopping. Tracks such as "Smile," "The Revolution," "The Accident," and "Everyone's in Love With You" best demonstrate his new approach: Spare melodies are layered atop subtle, percolating rhythms and then filled in with evocative string arrangements. Better yet, Byrne's two collaborations with legendary Philly soul producer Thom Bell -- the buoyant "Like Humans Do" and "Neighborhood" -- blend in effortlessly with the other material. Of course, old habits die hard: "U.B. Jesus" and "The Great Intoxication" are at once too slick and too simple, with muddled messages both musically and lyrically. (It doesn't help that the latter track features a cringe-inducing, self-referential "Who disco? Who techno? Who hip-hop? Who bebop?..." shout-out.) The remainder of the album vacillates between pleasant Talking Heads-ish pop ("Walk on Water") and accomplished if out-of-place forays into the Latin avant-garde ("Desconocido Soy"). It's hard to fault Byrne -- who produces an album every three or four years -- for packing as much as he can into one release. So it's best to view Look Into the Eyeball for what it is: an entertaining assimilation of the sundry artists and sounds he's gotten into since his last trip into the studio.
