David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love (2LP)

David Byrne & 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&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.

Disc 1:

Side A:

1. Here Lies Love – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Florence Welch (Florence & The Machine)

2. Every Drop Of Rain – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Candie Payne & St. Vincent

3. You'll Be Taken Care Of – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Tori Amos

4. The Rose Of Tacloban – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Martha Wainwright

5. A Perfect Hand – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Steve Earle

Disc 1:

Side B:

1. Eleven Days – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Cyndi Lauper

2. When She Passed By – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Allison Moorer

3. Walk Like A Woman – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Charmaine Clamor

4. Don't You Agree? – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Róisín Murphy

5. Pretty Face – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Camille

6. Ladies In Blue – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Theresa Andersson

Disc 2:

Side A:

1. Dancing Together – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Sharon Jones

2. How Are You? – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Nellie McKay

3. Men Will Do Anything – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Alice Russell

4. The Whole Man – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Kate Pierson

5. Never So Big – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Sia

6. Please Don't – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Santi White [Santigold]

Disc 2:

Side B:

1. American Troglodyte – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim

2. Solano Avenue – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Nicole Atkins

3. Order 1081 – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Natalie Merchant

4. Seven Years – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond)

5. Why Don't You Love Me? – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Tori Amos & Cyndi Lauper