Big Love: Hymnal

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Big Love: Hymnal
Todo Mundo/HBO/Play Tone
ProducerDavid Byrne
David Byrne chronology
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
(2008) 		Big Love: Hymnal
(2008)
Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno

(2009)

Big Love: Hymnal – Music Written for the HBO Series Plus Other Recent Compositions is a soundtrack

Todo Mundo, although Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
was released in digital format one day prior to Big Love: Hymnal.

Composition

Byrne was inspired by Mormon folk culture and art, such as this stained glass representation of Joseph Smith's first visitation

Byrne initially started writing music for the series in fall, 2006.

FTP, finishing on August 3, 2007.[1] In preparing to release the album the following year, Byrne expanded some musical cues and added several hymns that were not included in the series itself.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[5]
The Independent[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]

The album has received overall positive reviews. Reviewers have found the album too esoteric, such as Chris Barrett, writing for the

Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, calling it "pleasant for a while, but lightweight" noting that buyers would have to be "Byrne enthusiast[s]... to find this set of compositions engaging in its own right, or addicted to very specifically themed cinematically inspired music, to truly appreciate what's on offer here."[10] Some reviewers have noted the emotional sweep of the music,[2] with John Constine of Tiny Mix Tapes calling it "a wide breadth of emotions... at times pensive and ominous, at others curious and wistful."[11] In addition, the spiritual themes[12] have been compared to Sufjan Stevens[11] by several commentators[13] as well as[14] Byrne's other 2008 album,[11] the Brian Eno collaboration Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.[15]

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne, except "Blue Hawaii" by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger.

  1. "Art Thou Greater Than He?" – 2:04
  2. "
    Exquisite Whiteness
    " – 2:04
  3. "A Hill in Ontario County" – 1:25
  4. "Written on Golden Plates" – 2:12
  5. "Deep Water" – 2:06
  6. "A Building in the Air" – 1:14
  7. "Great Desolations" – 2:36
  8. "A House on Sand" – 3:13
  9. "The Mouth of Malachi" – 1:38
  10. "Cumorah!" – 1:14
  11. "The Angel Moroni" – 1:56
  12. "Murmur Not" – 1:14
  13. "
    The Pearl of Great Price
    " – 1:25
  14. "Language Confounded" – 2:12
  15. "Unclean Spirits" – 2:13
  16. "A Persecution Followed" – 2:01
  17. "The Breastplate of Righteousness" – 1:32
  18. "A Conduit to Heaven" – 2:37
  19. "Cloud of Light" – 1:25
  20. "The Burden of the Word" – 2:34
  21. "Blue Hawaii" – 1:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d e David Byrne (3 August 2007). "8.3.07: Emotional Emulsifier". David Byrne. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b Scrudato, Ken (December 2007). "People Like Us" (PDF). Filter. New York City, United States: Sacks & Co. p. 43. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  3. ^ David Byrne (5 March 2008). "3.5.07: Big Love (Spotting session)". David Byrne. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  4. ^ David Byrne (1 May 2008). "Big Love: Hymnal — How and Why". David Byrne. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  5. ^ Jurek, Thom (19 August 2008). "( Big Love: Hymnal > Overview )". allmusic. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  6. ^ Gill, Andy (5 December 2008). "Album: David Byrne, Big Love: Hymnal (TodoMundo)". The Independent. London. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Album reviews: 'Slumdog,' 'Yes Man' and other recent soundtrack releases | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 22 December 2008. p. m. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  8. ^ Constine, Josh. "David Byrne - Big Love: Hymnal | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  9. ^ Chris Barrett (3 December 2008). "Review: Big Love: Hymnal". Metro Pulse. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  10. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  11. ^ a b c John Constine (2008). "Music Reviews: David Byrne — Big Love: Hymnal". Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  12. ^ Andy Gill (5 December 2008). "Album Reviews: David Byrne, Big Love: Hymnal". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  13. ^ Mark Edwards (14 December 2008). "David Byrne: Big Love: Hymnal". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  14. ^ Rob Wynn (26 September 2008). "Album Reviews: David Byrne". The City Paper. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  15. ^ Atchison, Michael (26 November 2008). "Same as he ever was". Providence Phonix. Retrieved 16 January 2009.

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