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My Life In the Bush of Ghosts

Item: My Life In the Bush of Ghosts
Rating: 8
Author: aoty

Brian Eno & David Byrne (1981)

8.0/ 10

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rollingstone

Marshall McLuhan would have loved the concept: sample the global media blitz, edit, add polyethnic rhythm tracks, name the results after a novel by Nigerian author Amos Tutuola and recycle them into the blitz. Talking Heads' David Byrne and audio eclectic Brian Eno have made vocal tracks from snippets of radio broadcasts and Middle Eastern […]

8.0

pitchfork

Nonesuch offers an expanded reissue of this 1981 near-masterpiece, a record that's both a milestone of sampled music and a peace summit in the continual West-meets-rest struggle.

8.5