MUSIC NEWS - As previously noted, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim have paired up for Here Lies Love, a 22 track song cycle about the life of former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her childhood servant, Estrella Cumpas. The release now has a revised, but confirmed dates of April 6, out via Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, the album will includes a 100-page book detailing the project and a DVD. In addition to Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love also features performances by Santigold, Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine), Sia, Steve Earle, St. Vincent, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Sharon Jones, Nicole Atkins and many others. In addition, The Public Theater in New York City is developing a theatrical version of Here Lies Love for a future production.
Right now Byrne is offering a free download of “Please Don’t” (featuring Santigold) at herelieslove.net. In anticipation of the record’s release, herelieslove.net is premiering five additional streaming tracks from Here Lies Love each week along with each track’s corresponding chapter. The streaming tracks are “Here Lies Love,” “Dancing Together,” “Never So Big,” “Solano Avenue” and “Why Don’t You Love Me?”
Beginning April 6 the deluxe package of Here Lies Love, consisting of two CDs of music, DVD with six videos and 100-page hardcover book, will be available both online and in stores. The record is also available as a digital download with 12-page digital booklet, a deluxe digital download with 53-page booklet and videos, and a double-CD with 24-page booklet.
Here Lies Love came into being when Byrne approached Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) about collaborating after reading of Marcos’ affinity for the clubs and discos of the late 1970s and early 1980s. “The world of a royal court [is] surreal and, to my sensibilities, very theatrical,” Byrne notes, “but now there was an added soundtrack!” Byrne further elaborates: “The story I was interested in was that of elda’s rise alongside the tragic parallel story of Estrella, the woman who raised her as a child. I felt that this story was more universal, revealing and profound than that of the shoes—which anyway weren’t discovered until the mobs descended upon the Manila palace after the Marcoses fled. For me the Marcoses’ departure from the palace was the end of the story.”
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Here Lies Love tracklisting-
CD 1:
1. HERE LIES LOVE Vocal by Florence Welch (Florence + The
Machine)
2. EVERY DROP OF RAIN Vocals by Candie Payne & St. Vincent
3. YOU’LL BE TAKEN CARE OF Vocal by Tori Amos
4. THE ROSE OF TACLOBAN Vocal by Martha Wainwright
5. HOW ARE YOU? Vocal by Nellie McKay
6. A PERFECT HAND Vocal by Steve Earle
7. ELEVEN DAYS Vocal by Cyndi Lauper
8. WHEN SHE PASSED BY Vocal by Allison Moorer
9. WALK LIKE A WOMAN Vocal by Charmaine Clamor
10. DON’T YOU AGREE? Vocal by Róisín Murphy
11. PRETTY FACE Vocal by Camille
12. LADIES IN BLUE Vocal by Theresa Andersson
CD 2:
1. DANCING TOGETHER Vocal by Sharon Jones
2. MEN WILL DO ANYTHING Vocal by Alice Russell
3. THE WHOLE MAN Vocal by Kate Pierson
4. NEVER SO BIG Vocal by Sia
5. PLEASE DON’T Vocal by Santigold
6. AMERICAN TROGLODYTE Vocal by David Byrne
7. SOLANO AVENUE Vocal by Nicole Atkins
8. ORDER 1081 Vocal by Natalie Merchant
9. SEVEN YEARS Vocals by David Byrne & Shara Worden
(My Brightest Diamond)
10. WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME? Vocals by Cyndi Lauper & Tori Amos
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