Grown Backwards is the seventh studio album by musician David Byrne, released on March 16, 2004.

Reception

In 2010, Byrne wrote in his book How Music Works it has sold 127,000 physical albums, 8,000 digital albums and 53,000 digital singles (overall 140,000 units sold of albums). The album peaked at #178 and #88 in the US and UK respectively. The album was released on vinyl for the first time on March 15, 2019.

Track listing
All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.
"Glass, Concrete & Stone" – 4:13
"The Man Who Loved Beer" (Donald Charles Book and Kurt Wagner of Lambchop) – 2:41
"" (From ) – 4:49
"Empire" – 4:12
"Tiny Apocalypse" – 4:03
"She Only Sleeps" – 2:57
"Dialog Box" – 3:30
"The Other Side of this Life" – 4:00
"Why" – 2:54
"Pirates" – 3:52
"Civilization" – 3:17
"Astronaut" – 2:55
"Glad" – 1:58
"" (Giuseppe Verdi, from ) – 2:51
"Lazy" (bonus track) (Byrne/X-Press 2) – 9:35

Bonus tracks on 2019 vinyl edition
"Strange Enough" – 2:35
"50212" – 3:40
"Ausencia" – 3:51
"Dreamworld" – 5:01
"Show and Tell" – 2:41
"The Bumps" – 3:25

Personnel

"Glass, Concrete & Stone"
David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
David Hilliard – hi-hat
Mauro Refosco – marimba, percussion
Jane Scarpantoni – cello

Recorded at Loveshack Studio, New York City

"The Man Who Loved Beer"
Elaine Barber – harp
David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
Paul Frazier – bass guitar
Mike Maddox – accordion
Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
Mauro Refosco – percussion
The Tosca Strings:
Ames Asbell – viola
Jamie Desautels – violin
Douglas Harvey – cello
Leigh Mahoney – violin
Sara Nelson – cello
Tracy Seeger – violin

Recorded at Avatar, New York City

""
Elaine Barber – harp
Stephen Barber – prepared piano
Tom Burritt – marimba, tympani
David Byrne – vocals
Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
Mike Maddox – accordion
Freddie Mendoza – trombone, euphonium
John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
The Tosca Strings
Rufus Wainwright – vocals

"Empire"
Ray Anderson – trombone
David Byrne – vocals, dobro
Alex Foster – tenor saxophone
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
Karen Mantler – organ
Keith O'Quinn – trombone
Bob Routch – French horn
Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Bob Stewart – tuba
Steve Swallow – bass guitar

Recorded RPM Studio, New York City

"Tiny Apocalypse"
Lisa Aferiat – violin
Georgia Boyd – viola
Barry Burns – spacey guitar, Rhodes
David Byrne – vocals, Rhodes
Donald Gillan – cello
Robert Irvine – cello
Greg Lawson – violin
Una McGlone – bass
Johnny Quinn – drum kit
Fiona Stephen – violin

Recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow

"She Only Sleeps"
David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
Joe Cooper – percussion
Paul Godfrey – sequencing
Ross Godfrey – keyboards
Andy Waterworth – bass guitar

Recorded at Cheeba Central, London
Produced by Morcheeba Productions

"Dialog Box"
Jon Blondell – trombone
David Byrne – vocals, electric guitars
Paul Frazier – bass guitar
John Mills – baritone sax
Mauro Refosco – percussion
Steve Williams – drum kit

Recorded at Avatar, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas

"The Other Side of This Life"
Elaine Barber – harp
David Byrne – vocals, semi-nylon guitar
Paul Frazier – bass guitar
Mauro Refosco – percussion, samples, kitchen implements
The Tosca Strings
Steve Williams – drum kit, cowbell

Recorded at Avatar, New York City

"Why"
David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, programming
Paul Frazier – bass guitar
Mauro Refosco – percussion
Jon Spurney – keyboards
The Tosca Strings
Kenny Wollesen – drum kit

Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City

"Pirates"
Jon Blondell – trombone
David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul Frazier – bass
John Mills – baritone sax
Mauro Refosco – percussion
The Tosca Strings
Kenny Wollesen – drum kit

Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City, horns recorded at Congress House Studio

"Civilization"
David Byrne – vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul Frazier – bass
Alan Ford – vacuum cleaner
John Linnell – accordion
Mauro Refosco – percussion
Kenny Wollesen – drum kit, slit drum

Drums recorded at Skyline, New York City

"Astronaut"
David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar
Paul Frazier – bass guitar
Pamelia Kurstin – theremin
Mauro Refosco – percussion
Steve Williams – percussion

"Glad"
Jon Blondell – trombone
David Byrne – vocals, nylon-string guitar
Paul Frazier – bass
John Mills – clarinet, bass clarinet
Mauro Refosco – percussion
The Tosca Strings
Steve Williams – spaghetti percussion

Horns recorded at Congress House Studio

""
David Byrne – vocals
David Creswell – viola
Katherine Fong – violin
Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
Dawn Hannay – viola
Philip Myers – French horn
Mark Nuccio – clarinet
Sandra Park – violin
John Patitucci – bass guitar
Alan Stepansky – cellos
Jeremy Turner – cellos
Jon Vercesi – Rhodes
Shelly Woodworth – oboe, English horn
Sharon Yamada – violin

Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York City

"Lazy"
David Byrne – vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, drum programming
Patrick Dillett – background vocals
Paul Frazier – bass
Mauro Refosco – percussion
The Tosca Strings
Steve Williams – drum triggers

References

External links

Press release from Nonesuch on the vinyl re-release

2004 albums
Albums produced by David Byrne
Albums produced by Pat Dillett
David Byrne albums
French-language albums
Italian-language albums
Nonesuch Records albums
Warner Records albums