David Byrne & Fatboy Slim's acclaimed 2010 album Here Lies Love receives it's 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&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 Amosand the B-52's Kate Pierson, Byrne works with rising indie rockers St. Vincent and My Brightest Diamond; New York chanteuses Nellie McKayand, Martha Wainwright; and dance-music divas Risn 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.
Tracklist:
1. LP
Here Lies Love - Vocal by Florence Welch (Florence & the Mac
Every Drop of Rain - Vocal by Candie Payne & St. Vincent
You'll Be Taken Care of - Vocal by Tori Amos
The Rose of Tacloban - Vocal by Martha Wainwright
A Perfect Hand - Vocal by Steve Earle
Eleven Days - Vocal by Cyndi Lauper
When She Passed by - Vocal by Allison Moorer
Walk Like a Woman - Vocal by Charmaine Clamor
Don't You Agree? - Vocal by Rsismn Murphy
Pretty Face - Vocal by Camille
Ladies in Blue - Vocal by Theresa Andersson
2. LP
Dancing Together - Vocal by Sharon Jones
How Are You? - Vocal by Nellie Mckay
Men Will Do Anything - Vocal by Alice Russell
The Whole Man - Vocal by Kate Pierson
Never So Big - Vocal by Sia
Please Don't - Vocal by Santi White [santigold]
American Troglodyte - Vocal by David Byrne
Solano Avenue - Vocal by Nicole Atkins
Order 1081 - Vocal by Natalie Merchant
Seven Years - Vocal by Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond)
Why Don't You Love Me? - Vocal by Tori Amos & Cyndi Lauper
