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 Feelings, released in 1997 through Luaka Bop & Warner (Bros.) Records, is the fourth solo album (and fifth studio album overall) by Scottish-American Alternative Rock musician David Byrne. Following the more straightforward rock sound of Byrne's self-titled 1994 album, this release returns to a more eclectic sound with greater emphasis on electronics, befitting the more variable styles that emerged in the American music scene following the decline of grunge. To aid this shift in approach, Byrne collaborated closely with English electronic group Morcheeba, who co-produced the album alongside Byrne and a variety of other guest producers. At the same time, the album would introduce noticeable orchestral elements on several tracks (especially the closer, "They Are in Love"), presaging the Baroque Pop sound that Byrne would lean into on his following albums.Shortly before the album released, Byrne found himself butting heads with his old bandmates from Talking Heads, who were attempting a comeback without him as "the Heads." Byrne saw the band's name and that of their upcoming album, No Talking, Just Head, as an attempted cash grab in light of both Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison's solo career failing to get very far off the ground, and thus filed a trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit would be settled out of court, allowing the Heads to release and tour for their album in the fall of 1996. The feud with his ex-bandmates would reflect on the direction of Feelings, which released eight months after No Talking, Just Head, moving further away from the styles associated with Byrne's old band and closer into the art pop that would come to define his career in the 21st century.On a more trivial note, the album is one of a select few that were released exclusively on HDCD, an early attempt at expanding the audio resolution of the Compact Disc format while still ensuring compatibility with ordinary CD players via special filters that compatible devices can switch off. The format never quite took off thanks to a mix of competition from other high-resolution audio disc formats and the rise of digital downloads and streaming in the 21st century, but the comparatively low costs of manufacturing HDCDs (thanks to it being simpler in design than the likes of SACD, DVD-Audio, DualDisc, etc.) ensure that new copies of Feelings are still encoded in the format.Feelings was supported by one single: "Miss America". Remixes of "Fuzzy Freaky" and "Dance on Vaseline" were also included on Byrne's 1999 soundtrack album In Spite of Wishing and Wanting.Tracklist: "Fuzzy Freaky" (4:59) "Miss America" (4:20) "A Soft Seduction" (3:01) "Dance on Vaseline" (5:08) "The Gates of Paradise" (3:31) "Amnesia" (3:26) "You Don't Know Me" (2:30) "Daddy Go Down" (4:07) "Finite=Alright" (2:24) "Wicked Little Doll" (2:55) "Burnt by the Sun" (4:21) "The Civil Wars" (3:40) Untitled Hidden Track (0:22) "They Are in Love" (4:09)I'm not the only trope you've conquered:
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