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Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | 
| Artists: David Byrne, Brian Eno
Label: TODO MUNDO
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 29
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 2
UPC: 634457504929
EAN: 9332727014390
ASIN: B001FWRZ1O
Release Date: November 25, 2008
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| Tracks:
| ⋅ | Home | | ⋅ | My Big Nurse | | ⋅ | I Feel My Stuff | | ⋅ | Everything That Happens | | ⋅ | Life Is Long | | ⋅ | The River | | ⋅ | Strange Overtones | | ⋅ | Wanted for Life | | ⋅ | One Fine Day | | ⋅ | Poor Boy | | ⋅ | The Lighthouse |
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Product Description
David Byrne and Brian Eno have paired up for their first record together as co-writers since the highly influential and critically acclaimed 1981 release My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is the culmination of a year s worth of writing, recording, and travel
between New York and London.
Everything That Happens... was conceptualized during a visit to Brian Eno s studio after the two reconnected
upon Nonesuch Records re-release of Bush of Ghosts. Byrne explains, ''I recall Brian mentioning that he
had a lot of largely instrumental tracks he d accumulated, and since, in his words, he hates writing words,
I suggested I have a go at writing some words, and tunes over a few of them, and we see what happens.''
Thus the two began exchanging vocal and instrumental tracks, and the transatlantic collaboration began.
Everything That Happens...features Byrne s lyrics and voice alongside Eno s various electronic tracks.
''When we started this work, we started to think we were making something like electronic gospel: a music where singing was the central event, but whose sonic landscapes were not the type normally associated
with that way of singing,'' says Eno. ''This thought tapped into my long love affair with gospel music, which,
curiously, was inadvertently initiated by David and the Talking Heads.''
Album Description
Brian Eno and David Byrne finished their first collaboration in about 30 years and the result is the album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. For the most part, Brian did the music and David wrote some tunes, words and sang. It's familiar but completely new as well. Per David Byrne, "We're pretty excited.'
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 David Byrne is on a roll (along with Brian Eno) January 3, 2009
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati)
After the satisfying "Growing Backwards" album in 2004, which was David Byrne's most exciting album in a long time (for me anyway), Byrne now returns with yet another fine album, only that this time it is a collaboration with Brian Eno. I don't dare say that this is the long-awaited follow-up to the Byrne/Eno 1981 classic "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" album, but timing-wise this would be a correct statement.
On "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today", Eno and Byrne bring a lush landscape, quite different form the "Ghosts" album. The opener "Home" is a slow, almost majestic, song, as is the title track. The 'classic' Eno/Byrne sound (recalling the Eno-produced Talking Heads albums and the "Ghosts" album) comes through in tracks like "I Feel My Stuff", "Strange Overtones" (which is the best song on the album for me), "Wanted For Life" and "Poor Boy". The closer "The Lighthouse" is a beautiful pensive tune that is the perfect way to round out the album. In all, this album is a delight to listen to pretty much from start to finish.
I had the opportunity to see David Byrne in concert a couple of months ago at the beautiful Warner Theatre in Washington, DC in support of this album, and what a magical evening that was (being in the second row, in spitting distance of Byrne, certainly didn't hurt). He brought a bunch of songs from this album (including Strange Overtones, My Big Nurse, Life Is Long, and others), and truth be told, I thought that a number of the songs sounded better live than on the album. Of course there were a bunch of songs as well from the Eno-produced "Fear of Music" and "Remain in Light" Talking Head albums. If you have a chance to see him on this tour, do not miss out on it!
 Finally December 20, 2008
Thomas Clark (CT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been waiting for something like this CD from David Byrne for some time.Always liked the Talking Heads but never really cared for his solo material.I saw his show at Carnegie Hall and it was ok but I really hoped he would throw in some Talking Heads stuff which he did not. Noticed he was on tour and was doing a show at Foxwoods and bought tickets before I heard about this CD.Well the show was amazing.I love this CD,some songs more than others but its great new material.Teaming up with Brian Eno again was a great move.
Pensive. December 16, 2008
Bruce Oksol (San Antonio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been listening to this album over and over. New age. Folk music. Peter, Paul and Mary. Instrumental with words. Occasionally reminds me of some of the Beatles' pensive music, especially the eponymous "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today."
I stumbled upon the album when I stumbled upon the blog, "an udge and a wink." Hint, hint, wink, wink.
I guess what I like about it best is its calming effect. Kind of fridaynight, turn-the-lights-down-low, wrap-your-arms-around-someone music. And then fall asleep with the album on continuous replay....
Syrupy. Treacly. Maybe. Good? Definitely.
It's not the kind of album you buy songs separately at 99 cents a piece, or mix them up on your iPod. It's a coherent album with songs placed in order by sentient beings.
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