Feelings (David Byrne album)

Feelings
Studio album by David Byrne
Released	June 17, 1997 (1997-06-17)
Genre	Art rock, alternative rock
Length	48:50
Label	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.
Producer	David Byrne, Black Cat Orchestra, Gerald Casale, Camus Celli, Joe Galdo, Lori Goldston, Andres Levin, Mark Mothersbaugh, Hahn Rowe, Mark Saunders, and Morcheeba production (Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey, and Pete Norris)
David Byrne chronology
David Byrne (1994) Feelings (1997) The Visible Man (1998)
Singles from Feelings
"Dance On Vaseline" Released: 1996 (US and Europe) "Miss America" Released: 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The New York Times	(favorable) [2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [3]
Uncut	[4]

Feelings is the fifth studio album by David Byrne, released on June 17, 1997. The album is noted for Byrne's collaboration with the British band Morcheeba.[5][6]

The album's cover art was made by Stefan Sagmeister. Initial 50,000 copies of Feelings have featured die cut packaging.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne and produced by Morcheeba Productions and Byrne, except where noted.

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fuzzy Freaky" (Byrne, Daniele Fossati, Cristiano De André)		4:59
2.	"Miss America" (Byrne, Joe Galdo)	Galdo, Byrne	4:20
3.	"A Soft Seduction"	Hahn Rowe, Byrne	3:01
4.	"Dance on Vaseline"		5:08
5.	"The Gates of Paradise"		3:31
6.	"Amnesia"		3:26
7.	"You Don't Know Me"	Mark Saunders, Byrne	2:30
8.	"Daddy Go Down"		4:07
9.	"Finite=Alright"	Andres Levin, Camus Celli, Byrne	2:24
10.	"Wicked Little Doll"	Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale, Byrne	2:55
11.	"Burnt by the Sun"		4:21
12.	"The Civil Wars"	Levin, Celli, Byrne	3:40
13.	Untitled		0:22
14.	"They Are in Love"	Lori Goldston, Black Cat Orchestra, Byrne	4:09
Total length:			48:50

Personnel

Musicians

• Carlos Baptiste – violin
• Black Cat Orchestra – Lori Goldston, Russ Meltzer, Don Crevie, Scott Granlund, Kyle Hanson, Matthew Sperry, Joseph Zajonc, Ed Pias
• David Byrne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, loops
• Ed Calle – saxophone
• Lester Mendez - Keyboards & Programming on "Miss America"
• Gerald Casale – bass and background vocals on "Wicked Little Doll"
• Greg Cohen – bass guitar
• Paula Cole – background vocals
• Sterling Campbell - drums
• Joe Galdo – drums, percussion
• Juliet Haffner – viola
• Nicholas Holland – cello
• Ashley D. Horne – violin
• Pierre La Roux – fiddle
• Morcheeba: Skye Edwards, Paul Godfrey, and Ross Godfrey
• Mark Mothersbaugh – synthesizer and samples on "Wicked Little Doll"
• Hahn Rowe – keyboards
• Mark Saunders – keyboards
• Dana Teboe – trombone
• Betty Wright – background vocals

Technicians

• Michael Daube & Adele Lutz – Doll clothing
• Kat Egan & Veronica Gonzales – Production coordination
• Ted Jensen – Mastering
• Stefan Sagmeister – Design
• Tom Schierlitz – Photography
• Yuji Yoshimoto – Model design and construction

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	1997	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	CD	46605
			Cassette tape

References

1. Feelings at AllMusic
2. New York Times review
3. Rolling Stone review
4. Segal, Victoria (June 1997). "David Byrne: Feelings". Uncut. No. 1. p. 107.
5. "Byrne collaboration" Gil Kaufman ' David Byrne Collaborates With Morcheeba' MTV News (Addicted to Noise) December 3, 1996
6. "CC interview" Bob Gourley 'Morcheeba' interview with Ross Godfrey in Chaos Control magazine 1998
7. "Billboard". 17 May 1997.

External links

• DavidByrne.com on Feelings