Feelings

David Byrne's years of sponging up various musical styles and his sharp, eccentric, occasionally bleak sense of humor make for an outrageously eclectic album, with several producers, and collaborators as diverse as Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale of Devo (lending their uniquely mechanical, robotic sound to "Wicked Little Doll"), trip-hoppers Morcheeba, and pop siren Paula Cole. more...

FEELINGS is a splendid patchwork of an album. "Gates of Paradise" takes a country & western song and mixes in a huge helping of trip hop, a dash of jungle music, and a pinch of punk. "Daddy Go Down" has a curious blend of Indian sitar, Cajun fiddles, and hip-hop scratching. The trippy, lighthearted sound offsets cynical lyrics and an intriguingly dark underbelly.

Rolling Stone (7/10-24/97, p.123)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...FEELINGS is surprisingly coherent, considering its stylistic sprawl. And when it works, it's a marvel of musical collage..."

Q (6/97, pp.128-129)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...for all the variety, it's normal service--highly imaginative, skewed pop."

NME (6/7/98, p.56)
- 7 (out of 10)
- "FEELINGS could be the closest Byrne has swung to the mainstream for a while but, typically, his idea of pop involves punk rock songs, country-influenced ditties, drone rock, a smart helping of techno..."

Entertainment Weekly (6/20/97, p.74)
- "...Like his last solo LP, Byrne's latest seems to come from everywhere and nowhere....We expect such ambition from this guy. Luckily, his latest also fizzles like pop." - Rating: B