Love This Giant is a studio album made in collaboration between musicians David Byrne and St. Vincent (Annie Clark), released on 4AD and Todo Mundo on 10 September 10, 2012, in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. Marking Byrne's ninth studio album overall and Clark's fourth, Byrne and Clark began working together in late 2009,[2] using a writing and promotion process that Byrne had previously used on his 2008 collaboration with Brian EnoEverything That Happens Will Happen Today.[3] The duo had previously played together live at an Actor Tour concert, and on the album Here Lies Love.[4] The performers enlisted a variety of brass musicians to augment their songwriting and toured over the following year to promote the album.
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra is one of several guests on the album, augmenting the songs with their horn sections.
The two artists met in 2009 at a Radio City Music Hall benefit concert for the AIDS/HIV charity Dark Was the Night.[5] However, the collaboration stemmed from a second meeting, at New York thrift shop Housing Works, where Björk and Dirty Projectors were performing. A concert organizer suggested Byrne and Clark try a similar collaboration.[6] Their work was initially slated just for a single live performance, but Clark suggested adding brass[7] to their line-up [6] and the two realized they could write original music around horns.
"I suggested brass as a prominent voice because, at the time David and I decided to write songs together, I had just done the Actor record with a lot of woodwind and a lot of strings on it. So I hadn't explored brass and I wanted to. Originally, we were going to do a night of music at a bookstore for charity. So I was thinking, Okay, it could be a small ensemble: just me and David and a couple of guitars and we'll call it a day. But then obviously it grew and grew and grew. Brass was a way to bridge what we do in some sort of neutral, middle ground. When we toured the album, just the sheer number of people onstage was exciting and overwhelming, and these people organised the stage movement in really fun and idiosyncratic ways and it made for such a lighthearted, beguiling show." – Annie Clark[8]
The musicians composed lyrics in person and via e-mail,[6] which resulted in an entire album's worth of material. Byrne and Clark each wrote and sing their own lyrics, with the exception of "The Forest Awakes"—which Byrne wrote, but Clark sings.[9] The instrumentation and funkgrooves discouraged Byrne from writing his typical personal lyrics to writing about larger themes and Clark emphasized the art music nature of the recordings while composing.[10]
The album cover was inspired by Beauty and the Beast, with Byrne as a "Buzz Lightyear-like" beauty and Clark as a grotesque beast.[11] The duo originally intended a plastic Beauty and feral Beast as a joke about the age difference between the two, but altered their idea when they met the prosthetics designer.[10]
David Byrne and St. Vincent worked with digital promotions company Topspin Media to distribute the promotional single "Who" and create embeddable widgets to stream the album. A music video directed by Martin du Thurah was released on September 4 for "Who".[12] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone gave the song three and a half out of five stars, calling the collaborators' chemistry "shocking."[13] In reviewing the track, WNYC's John Schaefer drew parallels between their use of brass instruments and Byrne's previous work on The Knee Plays.[14] On July 30, the track "Weekend in the Dust" became available for streaming on the album's official website. On September 2, the full album became available for streaming via NPR.[15]
The duo embarked on the Love This Giant Tour to promote the album between September 2012 and September 2013, with a backing band that includes eight brass players (led by Kelly Pratt of Bright Moments), St. Vincent's keyboardist Daniel Mintseris, and My Brightest Diamond's drummer Brian Wolfe. Like Byrne's previous Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour, the performers engaged in complex choreography onstage while performing.[11] Byrne also simultaneously did book readings to promote his book How Music Works.[18]
Brass Tactics is a promotional EP that was released via Topspin's platform on May 28, 2013. Contains a new song, remixes from Love This Giant and live recordings from the Love This Giant Tour.
"Cissus" (previously unreleased album track) – 3:14
Love This Giant has received generally positive reviews; aggregator Metacritic scores it a 77 with 36 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews."[20] Reviewing the album, BBC Music's Jude Clarke calls it "a perfect cerebral pop pairing" that "improves and deepens on each listen" due to the songwriting and the singers' voices.[31] Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny also praised the "engaging musical conversation" between the two singers, but criticized the musicianship for lacking experimentation[32] and Heather Phares of AllMusic agrees that the album is lacking in Clark's "guitar acrobatics."[21]The Guardian's Maddy Costa has praised the vocals as well, contrasting them from subtle and seductive to "soft and whispy... with the glint of a razor blade."[23]
The Independent's Andy Gill[24] and Simmy Richman[33] consider the brass instrumentation the greatest strength of the album with the latter declaring the work "a skewed and funky instant classic." Robert Leedham of Drowned in Sound praised the "jaunty trombones" and "jubilant trumpet-lead fanfare" as well, but found the alternating vocals weak and Byrne-centric.[1]
Commercial reception
In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[34] which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe. The album was Byrne's first solo effort to reach the Billboard Top 40, peaking at 23; this was subsequently surpassed by 2018's American Utopia, which debuted at No. 3.[35]
Track listing
All songs written by David Byrne and Annie Clark, except where noted
"Who" – 3:50
"Weekend in the Dust" – 3:05
"Dinner for Two" – 3:43
"Ice Age" (Clark) – 3:13
"I Am an Ape" – 3:05
"The Forest Awakes" (Byrne, Clark, and Walt Whitman) – 4:52
"I Should Watch TV" – 3:08
"Lazarus" – 3:13
"Optimist" – 3:49
"Lightning" – 4:15
"The One Who Broke Your Heart" – 3:46
"Outside of Space & Time" (Byrne) – 4:34
Personnel
Byrne and St. Vincent performing in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 10, 2013
David Byrne – guitar, vocals, production; percussion programming on "The Forest Awakes" and "The One Who Broke Your Heart"; Omnichord on "Optimist"
St. Vincent – guitar, vocals, production; synth bass on "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "I Should Watch TV", and "Lightning"; piano on "Dinner for Two"
Additional musicians
Jacquelyn Adams – French horn on "Who", "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "I Should Watch TV", and "Out of Space and Time"
Jack Bashkow – saxophone on "Who", "Dinner for Two", "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "The Forest Awakes", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", and "Lightning"; clarinet on "Optimist"
Lawrence Di Bello – French horn on "The Forest Awakes"
Ravi Best – trumpet on "Weekend in the Dust"
Ron Blake – saxophone on "Weekend in the Dust"
Jeff Caswell – bass trombone on "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "The Forest Awakes", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", "Optimist", "Lightning", and "Outside of Space and Time"
Eric Davis – French horn on "Who", "Dinner for Two", "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", "Optimist", "Lightning", and "Outside of Space and Time"
Dominic Derasse – trumpet on "Dinner for Two", "The Forest Awakes", and "Lazarus"
Rachel Drehmann – French horn on "The Forest Awakes" and "Lazarus"
Steve Elson – saxophone on "Who", "Weekend in the Dust", "Dinner for Two", "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "The Forest Awakes", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", "Optimist", and "Lightning"
Kenneth Finn – euphonium on "Dinner for Two"; trombone on "I Am an Ape", "The Forest Awakes", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", "Optimist", and "Lightning"
Gareth Flowers – trumpet on "Dinner for Two", "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "The Forest Awakes", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", "Optimist", "Lightning", and "Outside of Space and Time"
Josh Frank – trumpet on "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "I Should Watch TV", and "Lighting"; trumpet and flugelhorn on "Outside of Space and Time"
Paul Frazier – bass guitar on "Who" and "Outside of Space and Time"
Earl Gardner – trumpet on "Weekend in the Dust"
Mike Gurfield – trumpet on "Dinner for Two", "Ice Age", "I Am an Ape", "The Forest Awakes", "I Should Watch TV", "Lazarus", "Optimist", "Lightning", and "Outside of Space and Time"
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^Hyman, Dan (April 15, 2012). "St. Vincent, David Byrne Album Collaboration Due in the Fall". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
^O'Neal, Sean (September 15, 2011). "Interview: St. Vincent". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
^Byrne, David (March 15, 2010). "03.15.10: Collaborations". David Byrne. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
^Kara, Scott (September 1, 2012). "David Byrne and St Vincent's artpop collaboration". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
^ abcAbebe, Nitsuh (August 23, 2012). "David Byrne and St. Vincent Take A Chance On Brass". New York. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
^Hopper, Jessica (September 5, 2012). "St. Vincent's Annie Clark on Recording With David Byrne: 'There Were Growing Pains in the Beginning'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
^Pinnock, Tom (January 2015). "Album by Album: St Vincent". Uncut: 55.
^Martell, Nervin (September 2012). "David Byrne & St. Vincent: Songs of Ourselves". Filter (49): 59–61.
^ abNicholson, Rebecca (September 8, 2012). "David Byrne and St Vincent: 'People assume this is an art project'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
^ ab"Exclusive: Byrne & Clark Go Indie". The Daily Beast. August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
^Fitzmaurice, Larry (September 4, 2012). "Video: David Byrne and St. Vincent: 'Who'". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
^Dolan, Jon (June 15, 2012). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
^Schaefer, John (June 15, 2012). "New Track from David Byrne + St Vincent!". WNYC. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
^Thompson, Stephen. "First Listen: David Byrne & St. Vincent, Love This Giant". NPR. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
^"FILTER 49: David Byrne and St. Vincent: Songs of Ourselves Out August 31!". Filter. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
^Phillips, Amy; Battan, Carrie. "Watch David Byrne and St. Vincent on "Colbert"". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
^"David Byrne playing Fallon w/ St. Vincent, doing book readings on tour, including one at NYPL (dates)". Brooklyn Vegan. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
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^ ab"Reviews for Love This Giant by David Byrne & St. Vincent". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
^ abPhares, Heather. "Love This Giant – David Byrne / St. Vincent". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
^Murray, Noel (September 11, 2012). "David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ abCosta, Maddy (September 7, 2012). "David Byrne and St Vincent: Love This Giant – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
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^Allen, Jeremy (September 7, 2012). . NME. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^Hoby, Hermione (September 23, 2012). "David Byrne and St Vincent: Love This Giant – review". The Observer. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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^Young, Jon (September 11, 2012). "David Byrne and St. Vincent, 'Love This Giant' (Todo Mundo/4AD)". Spin. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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^Gieben, Bram E. (August 29, 2012). "David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant". The Skinny. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
^Richman, Simmy (September 9, 2012). "Album: David Brne & St Vincent, Love This Giant (4AD)". The Independent. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
^"13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before". Independent Music Companies Association. December 13, 2012.
^Caulfield, Keith (March 18, 2018). "David Byrne Achieves First Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with American Utopia". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
External links
Official website
January 06, 2023
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Love This Giant is a studio album made in collaboration between musicians David Byrne and St Vincent Annie Clark released on 4AD and Todo Mundo on 10 September 10 2012 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States Marking Byrne s ninth studio album overall and Clark s fourth Byrne and Clark began working together in late 2009 2 using a writing and promotion process that Byrne had previously used on his 2008 collaboration with Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 3 The duo had previously played together live at an Actor Tour concert and on the album Here Lies Love 4 The performers enlisted a variety of brass musicians to augment their songwriting and toured over the following year to promote the album Love This GiantStudio album by David Byrne and St VincentReleased10 September 2012RecordedLate 2009 2012StudioWater Music Studio Hoboken NJ brass Patrick Dillett s Studio New York City NY additional elements GenreArt pop 1 Length44 33Label4ADTodo MundoProducerDavid ByrneAnnie ClarkPatrick Dillett co production John Congleton co David Byrne chronologyLive at Carnegie Hall 2012 Love This Giant 2012 Brass Tactics 2013 St Vincent chronologyStrange Mercy 2011 Love This Giant 2012 Brass Tactics 2013 Singles from Love This Giant Who Released 14 June 2012 promo I Should Watch TV Released 19 November 2012David Byrne incorporated a reworked performance of I Should Watch TV in the Broadway production and film American Utopia Contents 1 Composition recording and production 2 Promotion 2 1 Brass Tactics 3 Reception 3 1 Critical reception 3 2 Commercial reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksComposition recording and production Edit Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra is one of several guests on the album augmenting the songs with their horn sections The two artists met in 2009 at a Radio City Music Hall benefit concert for the AIDS HIV charity Dark Was the Night 5 However the collaboration stemmed from a second meeting at New York thrift shop Housing Works where Bjork and Dirty Projectors were performing A concert organizer suggested Byrne and Clark try a similar collaboration 6 Their work was initially slated just for a single live performance but Clark suggested adding brass 7 to their line up 6 and the two realized they could write original music around horns I suggested brass as a prominent voice because at the time David and I decided to write songs together I had just done the Actor record with a lot of woodwind and a lot of strings on it So I hadn t explored brass and I wanted to Originally we were going to do a night of music at a bookstore for charity So I was thinking Okay it could be a small ensemble just me and David and a couple of guitars and we ll call it a day But then obviously it grew and grew and grew Brass was a way to bridge what we do in some sort of neutral middle ground When we toured the album just the sheer number of people onstage was exciting and overwhelming and these people organised the stage movement in really fun and idiosyncratic ways and it made for such a lighthearted beguiling show Annie Clark 8 The musicians composed lyrics in person and via e mail 6 which resulted in an entire album s worth of material Byrne and Clark each wrote and sing their own lyrics with the exception of The Forest Awakes which Byrne wrote but Clark sings 9 The instrumentation and funk grooves discouraged Byrne from writing his typical personal lyrics to writing about larger themes and Clark emphasized the art music nature of the recordings while composing 10 The album cover was inspired by Beauty and the Beast with Byrne as a Buzz Lightyear like beauty and Clark as a grotesque beast 11 The duo originally intended a plastic Beauty and feral Beast as a joke about the age difference between the two but altered their idea when they met the prosthetics designer 10 Promotion EditSee also Love This Giant Tour David Byrne and St Vincent worked with digital promotions company Topspin Media to distribute the promotional single Who and create embeddable widgets to stream the album A music video directed by Martin du Thurah was released on September 4 for Who 12 Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone gave the song three and a half out of five stars calling the collaborators chemistry shocking 13 In reviewing the track WNYC s John Schaefer drew parallels between their use of brass instruments and Byrne s previous work on The Knee Plays 14 On July 30 the track Weekend in the Dust became available for streaming on the album s official website On September 2 the full album became available for streaming via NPR 15 Byrne and Clark appeared on the September issue of Filter 16 and performed on the September 10 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon On November 1 2012 the duo performed on The Colbert Report 17 The duo embarked on the Love This Giant Tour to promote the album between September 2012 and September 2013 with a backing band that includes eight brass players led by Kelly Pratt of Bright Moments St Vincent s keyboardist Daniel Mintseris and My Brightest Diamond s drummer Brian Wolfe Like Byrne s previous Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour the performers engaged in complex choreography onstage while performing 11 Byrne also simultaneously did book readings to promote his book How Music Works 18 Brass Tactics Edit Brass Tactics EP by David Byrne and St VincentReleasedMay 28 2013 2013 05 28 Length18 11Label4ADTodo MundoDavid Byrne chronologyLove This Giant 2012 Brass Tactics 2013 American Utopia 2018 St Vincent chronologyLove This Giant 2012 Brass Tactics 2013 St Vincent 2014 Brass Tactics is a promotional EP that was released via Topspin s platform on May 28 2013 Contains a new song remixes from Love This Giant and live recordings from the Love This Giant Tour Cissus previously unreleased album track 3 14 I Should Watch TV M Stine remix 3 32 Lightning Kent Rockafeller remix 3 12 Marrow live 3 46 Road to Nowhere live 4 27Reception EditCritical reception Edit Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 7 5 10 19 Metacritic77 100 20 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 21 The A V ClubB 22 The Guardian 23 The Independent 24 NME9 10 25 The Observer 26 Pitchfork5 9 10 27 Q 28 Rolling Stone 29 Spin6 10 30 Love This Giant has received generally positive reviews aggregator Metacritic scores it a 77 with 36 reviews indicating Generally favorable reviews 20 Reviewing the album BBC Music s Jude Clarke calls it a perfect cerebral pop pairing that improves and deepens on each listen due to the songwriting and the singers voices 31 Bram E Gieben of The Skinny also praised the engaging musical conversation between the two singers but criticized the musicianship for lacking experimentation 32 and Heather Phares of AllMusic agrees that the album is lacking in Clark s guitar acrobatics 21 The Guardian s Maddy Costa has praised the vocals as well contrasting them from subtle and seductive to soft and whispy with the glint of a razor blade 23 The Independent s Andy Gill 24 and Simmy Richman 33 consider the brass instrumentation the greatest strength of the album with the latter declaring the work a skewed and funky instant classic Robert Leedham of Drowned in Sound praised the jaunty trombones and jubilant trumpet lead fanfare as well but found the alternating vocals weak and Byrne centric 1 Commercial reception Edit In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association 34 which indicated sales of at least 20 000 copies throughout Europe The album was Byrne s first solo effort to reach the Billboard Top 40 peaking at 23 this was subsequently surpassed by 2018 s American Utopia which debuted at No 3 35 Track listing EditAll songs written by David Byrne and Annie Clark except where noted Who 3 50 Weekend in the Dust 3 05 Dinner for Two 3 43 Ice Age Clark 3 13 I Am an Ape 3 05 The Forest Awakes Byrne Clark and Walt Whitman 4 52 I Should Watch TV 3 08 Lazarus 3 13 Optimist 3 49 Lightning 4 15 The One Who Broke Your Heart 3 46 Outside of Space amp Time Byrne 4 34Personnel Edit Byrne and St Vincent performing in Cincinnati Ohio on July 10 2013 David Byrne guitar vocals production percussion programming on The Forest Awakes and The One Who Broke Your Heart Omnichord on Optimist St Vincent guitar vocals production synth bass on Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV and Lightning piano on Dinner for Two Additional musicians Jacquelyn Adams French horn on Who Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV and Out of Space and Time Randy Andos tuba on Weekend in the Dust Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra The One Who Broke Your Heart Stuart D Bogie saxophone Jordan McLean trumpet Martin Perna saxophone Jack Bashkow saxophone on Who Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape The Forest Awakes I Should Watch TV Lazarus and Lightning clarinet on Optimist Lawrence Di Bello French horn on The Forest Awakes Ravi Best trumpet on Weekend in the Dust Ron Blake saxophone on Weekend in the Dust Jeff Caswell bass trombone on Ice Age I Am an Ape The Forest Awakes I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist Lightning and Outside of Space and Time John Congleton production drum programming synth on I Should Watch TV The Dap Kings The One Who Broke Your Heart Cochemea Gastelum saxophone David Guy trumpet Eric Davis French horn on Who Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist Lightning and Outside of Space and Time Dominic Derasse trumpet on Dinner for Two The Forest Awakes and Lazarus Rachel Drehmann French horn on The Forest Awakes and Lazarus Steve Elson saxophone on Who Weekend in the Dust Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape The Forest Awakes I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist and Lightning Kenneth Finn euphonium on Dinner for Two trombone on I Am an Ape The Forest Awakes I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist and Lightning Gareth Flowers trumpet on Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape The Forest Awakes I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist Lightning and Outside of Space and Time Alex Foster saxophone on Weekend in the Dust Josh Frank trumpet on Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV and Lighting trumpet and flugelhorn on Outside of Space and Time Paul Frazier bass guitar on Who and Outside of Space and Time Earl Gardner trumpet on Weekend in the Dust Mike Gurfield trumpet on Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape The Forest Awakes I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist Lightning and Outside of Space and Time Stan Harrison saxophone on Weekend in the Dust Ian Hendrickson Smith saxophone on The One Who Broke Your Heart Tom Hutchinson euphonium on Dinner for Two Aaron Johnson trombone on The One Who Broke Your Heart Ryan Keberle trombone on Weekend in the Dust R J Kelly French horn on Dinner for Two Lazarus and Optimist Chris Komer French horn on Who Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV Optimist and Lightning Anthony LaMarca drums on Who William Lang trombone on Dinner for Two and The Forest Awakes Bob Magnuson saxophone on The Forest Awakes Brian Mahany trombone on Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist and Lightning Ozzie Melendez trombone on Weekend in the Dust Patrick Milando French horn on The Forest Awakes Lenny Pickett saxophone and brass arrangement on Weekend in the Dust Jonathan Powell trumpet on Weekend in the Dust Kelly Pratt trumpet on Dinner for Two and Optimist brass arrangement on Dinner for Two Mauro Refosco snare drum on The Forest Awakes timpani on I Should Watch TV surdo on Optimist Marcus Rojas tuba on Weekend in the Dust Ice Age I Should Watch TV Lazarus Lightning and Outside of Space and Time Mike Seltzer trombone on Ice Age Evan Smith clarinet and flute on Who and I Am an Ape Bob Stewart tuba on The One Who Broke Your Heart Tom Timko saxophone on Who Dinner for Two Ice Age I Am an Ape I Should Watch TV Lazarus Optimist and Lightning Kyle Turner tuba on Dinner for Two and The Forest Awakes Steve Turre trombone on Weekend in the Dust Michael Williams trombone on The One Who Broke Your Heart Technical Jon Altschuler engineering Greg Calbi mastering at Sterling Sound New York City Patrick Dillett production mixing drum programming Tony Finno brass arrangements Ken Thompson brass arrangements on The Forest Awakes with Tony Finno Yuki Takahashi engineeringDesign Gabe Bartalos prosthetics Richard Burbridge cover photo Catalina Kulczar art Juan Marin art Steve Powers type design LeeAnn Rossi art Noah Wall package design and artSee also Edit Rock music portal2012 in American music Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 2008 Here Lies Love 2010 2012 in musicReferences Edit a b Leedham Robert September 8 2012 David Byrne St Vincent Love This Giant Drowned in Sound Retrieved September 8 2012 Hyman Dan April 15 2012 St Vincent David Byrne Album Collaboration Due in the Fall Rolling Stone Retrieved June 14 2012 O Neal Sean September 15 2011 Interview St Vincent The A V Club Retrieved September 15 2011 Byrne David March 15 2010 03 15 10 Collaborations David Byrne Retrieved June 14 2012 Kara Scott September 1 2012 David Byrne and St Vincent s artpop collaboration The New Zealand Herald Retrieved September 1 2012 a b c Abebe Nitsuh August 23 2012 David Byrne and St Vincent Take A Chance On Brass New York Retrieved August 23 2012 Hopper Jessica September 5 2012 St Vincent s Annie Clark on Recording With David Byrne There Were Growing Pains in the Beginning Rolling Stone Retrieved September 6 2012 Pinnock Tom January 2015 Album by Album St Vincent Uncut 55 Martell Nervin September 2012 David Byrne amp St Vincent Songs of Ourselves Filter 49 59 61 a b Nicholson Rebecca September 8 2012 David Byrne and St Vincent People assume this is an art project The Guardian Retrieved September 8 2012 a b Exclusive Byrne amp Clark Go Indie The Daily Beast August 30 2012 Retrieved August 30 2012 Fitzmaurice Larry September 4 2012 Video David Byrne and St Vincent Who Pitchfork Retrieved September 4 2012 Dolan Jon June 15 2012 Who Song Reviews Rolling Stone Archived from the original on June 21 2012 Retrieved June 15 2012 Schaefer John June 15 2012 New Track from David Byrne St Vincent WNYC Retrieved June 16 2012 Thompson Stephen First Listen David Byrne amp St Vincent Love This Giant NPR Retrieved September 3 2012 FILTER 49 David Byrne and St Vincent Songs of Ourselves Out August 31 Filter Retrieved September 7 2012 Phillips Amy Battan Carrie Watch David Byrne and St Vincent on Colbert Pitchfork Retrieved November 3 2012 David Byrne playing Fallon w St Vincent doing book readings on tour including one at NYPL dates Brooklyn Vegan August 29 2012 Retrieved August 29 2012 Love This Giant by David Byrne amp St Vincent reviews AnyDecentMusic Retrieved December 23 2019 a b Reviews for Love This Giant by David Byrne amp St Vincent Metacritic Retrieved September 7 2012 a b Phares Heather Love This Giant David Byrne St Vincent AllMusic AllRovi Retrieved September 16 2012 Murray Noel September 11 2012 David Byrne amp St Vincent Love This Giant The A V Club Retrieved May 2 2019 a b Costa Maddy September 7 2012 David Byrne and St Vincent Love This Giant review The Guardian Retrieved September 7 2012 a b Gill Andy September 8 2012 Album David Byrne amp St Vincent Love This Giant 4AD The Independent Archived from the original on December 8 2012 Retrieved September 8 2012 Allen Jeremy September 7 2012 David Byrne amp St Vincent Love This Giant NME Archived from the original on September 13 2012 Retrieved May 2 2019 Hoby Hermione September 23 2012 David Byrne and St Vincent Love This Giant review The Observer Retrieved May 2 2019 Harvey Eric September 11 2012 David Byrne St Vincent Love This Giant Pitchfork Retrieved October 11 2013 David Byrne and St Vincent Love This Giant Q 315 94 October 2012 Hermes Will September 11 2012 Love This Giant Rolling Stone Retrieved May 2 2019 Young Jon September 11 2012 David Byrne and St Vincent Love This Giant Todo Mundo 4AD Spin Retrieved May 2 2019 Clarke Jude August 28 2012 BBC Music Review of David Byrne and St Vincent Love This Giant BBC Music Retrieved August 28 2012 Gieben Bram E August 29 2012 David Byrne amp St Vincent Love This Giant The Skinny Retrieved August 29 2012 Richman Simmy September 9 2012 Album David Brne amp St Vincent Love This Giant 4AD The Independent Retrieved September 9 2012 13 12 12 More Independent Artists Take European Gold Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before Independent Music Companies Association December 13 2012 Caulfield Keith March 18 2018 David Byrne Achieves First Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with American Utopia Billboard Retrieved March 19 2018 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Love This Giant amp oldid 1059163288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
