In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
A dark blue photo of a man's face screaming with the album title and artists written in orange and white respectively
Soundtrack album by
David Byrne
Released1999 (1999)
Length55:04
LabelLuaka Bop
ProducerDavid Byrne
David Byrne chronology
The Visible Man
(1997) 		In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
(1999) 		Look into the Eyeball
(2001)

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting is a 1999 soundtrack by David Byrne for the performance of the same name by the Ultima Vez dance company. It features original compositions as well as two remixes from Byrne's previous album Feelings. Byrne sold the album through his web site and live performances for a limited time.

As indicated in the liner notes, Byrne first saw Ultima Vez in Seattle in 1991 and kept in contact for several years before deciding to write the music for a show based on the fiction of Julio Cortázar.

Critical reception

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Writing for The New York Times, Anna Kissingoff explored the live performance and when reviewing Byrne's soundtrack, she wrote that it "includes the sound effects he calls ambient sound, offers a strong pulse, and its vocal fragments seem to lure the listener into a wind tunnel. It serves its purpose."[1]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by David Byrne, except where noted

  1. "Horses" – 4:31
  2. "Sleeping Up" – 12:13
  3. "Speech" – 5:26
  4. "Saïd & the Ants" – 4:18
  5. "Fear" – 2:32
  6. "Fuzzy Freaky" (DJ Food Mix) (Byrne, Danielle Fossatti) – 6:19
  7. "Danceonvaselinesuperextendedremix" – 19:45

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Kissingoff, Anna (13 July 2000). "Baring Chests and Emotions in an Eruption of Energy". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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