Credits

NONESUCH \ EMI RECORDS

BRIAN ENO \ DAVID BYRNE
‘My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts’

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All songs written by Brian Eno + David Byrne, except #s1 (Arranged by Brian Eno, David Byrne, Bill Laswell, Tim Wright, and David van Tieghem) and 3 (Written by Brian Eno/David Byrne/Busta Jones, Arranged by Brian Eno, David Byrne, Busta Jones, Chris Frantz, and Robert Fripp.) All songs published by E.G. Music, Ltd. (BMI)-Index Music/Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

Brian Eno and David Byrne : guitars, basses, synthesizers, drums, percussions, found objects John Cooksey : drums, track 4 Chris Frantz : drums, track 3 Dennis Keeley: bodhran, track 2 Mingo Lewis : bata, sticks, track 5,8 Prairie Prince : can, bass drum, track 5,8 Jose Rossy : congas, agong-gong, track 7 Steve Scales : congas, metals, track 4 David van Tieghem: drums, percussion, track 1,3 Busta Jones: bass, track 3 Bill Laswell : bass, track 1 Tim Wright : click bass, track 1 Rookson 4 courtesy April Potts, Eglingham Hall.

Produced By Brian Eno and David Byrne

Tracklisting
  • 01  America Is Waiting  \  03:38
  • 02  Mea Culpa  \  04:57
  • 03  Regiment  \  04:10
  • 04  Help Me Somebody  \  04:17
  • 05  The Jezebel Spirit  \  04:54
  • 06  Very Very Hungry  \  03:21
  • 07  Moonlight In Glory  \  04:30
  • 08  The Carrier  \  04:19
  • 09  A Secret Life  \  02.30
  • 10  Come With Us  \  02:42
  • 11  Mountain Of Needles  \  02:33
  
Bonus tracks:
  • 12  Pitch To Voltage  \  02:38
  • 13  Two Against Three  \  01:56
  • 14  Vocal Outtakes  \  00.36
  • 15  New Feet  \  02:25
  • 16  Defiant  \  03:41
  • 17  Number 8 Mix  \  03:31
  • 18  Solo Guitar with Tin Foil  \  02:56
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STUDIOS:
RPM, New York, NY, August 4 & 16, 1979
Engineer: Neal Teeman
Assistant Engineer: Hugh Dwyer

Blue Rock, New York, NY, September 5, 1979
Engineer: Eddie Korvin
Assistant Engineer: Michael Ewasko

Eldorado, Los Angeles, CA, February & March 1980
Engineer: Dave Jerden
Assistant Engineer: George Sloane

Different Fur, San Francisco, CA, April 1980
Engineer: Stacy Baird
Assistant Engineers: Don Mack, Howard Johnston

Sigma, New York, NY, October 1980
Engineer: John Potoker
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York, NY, April 28, 2005

DESIGN:
CD Package Design by Peter Buchanan-Smith
Title from the book My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola (Grove Press)
Excerpt copyright © 1954 by Grove Press. Used by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Booklet cover image: Studio photography by Hugh Brown
Original package design by Peter Saville
Special thanks to Dave Jerden

This Website Design and development: FDTdesign
Marco Moretti (CD) / Katherine Hill (PM) / Matt Shultz (PHP) / Manu Reyna, Thiago de Mello Bueno, Caleb Johnston, Mariana Martin Capriles

Remix Website Design and development: Mook

Nonesuch Records Web Consultant: Larry R. Larson, Larson Associates, NYC