Lead Us Not into Temptation

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Lead Us Not into Temptation
Soundtrack album by David Byrne
Released	September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
Recorded	CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow
Genre	Score
Length	51:02 (CD), 40:50 (LP)
Label	Thrill Jockey [1]
Producer	David Byrne
David Byrne chronology
Look into the Eyeball (2001) Lead Us Not into Temptation (2003) Grown Backwards (2004)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Filter	85% [5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	7.9/10 [7]
Q	[8]
Uncut	8/10 [9]

Lead Us Not into Temptation is an album by David Byrne, released in 2003 for the movie Young Adam , a film directed by David MacKenzie. ^[10]

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne except where noted.

CD tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Body in a River"	2:53
2.	"Mnemonic Discordance"	2:43
3.	"Seaside Smokes"	3:08
4.	"Canal Life"	2:28
5.	"Locks & Barges"	2:00
6.	"Haitian Fight Song" (Charles Mingus)	2:50
7.	"Sex on the Docks"	4:25
8.	"Inexorable"	2:20
9.	"Warm Sheets"	3:01
10.	"Dirty Hair"	4:48
11.	"Bastard"	2:57
12.	"The Lodger"	4:16
13.	"Ineluctable"	4:20
14.	"Speechless"	4:04
15.	"The Great Western Road"	4:44

LP tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Body in a River"	2:53
2.	"Mnemonic Discordance"	2:43
3.	"Seaside Smokes"	3:08
4.	"Canal Life"	2:28
5.	"Locks & Barges"	2:00
6.	"Sex on the Docks"	4:25
7.	"Warm Sheets"	3:01
8.	"Inexorable"	2:20
9.	"Dirty Hair"	4:48
10.	"The Lodger"	4:16
11.	"Speechless"	4:04
12.	"The Great Western Road"	4:44

"Haitian Fight Song," "Bastard" and "Ineluctable" were not included on the vinyl edition.

Personnel

• Lisa Aferiat  – violin
• Caroline Barber  – cello
• Georgia Boyd  – viola
• Barry Burns  – keyboards, piano, guitar, Hammond organ, Rhodes
• David Byrne: vocals and guitar
• Richard Colburn  – percussion, Drum kit on "Speechless"
• Donald Gillan  – cello
• Hung Drawn Quartet on "Haitian Fight Song"
• Allon Beauvoisin: baritone saxophone
• Stuart Brown: drums
• Keith Edwards: alto saxophone
• George Lyle: bass guitar
• Raymond MacDonald: alto saxophone
• Graeme Wilson: tenor saxophone

• Robert Irvine  – cello
• Greg Lawson  – violin
• Una McGlone  – bass guitar
• Gregor Philp  – samples
• Johnny Quinn  – drum kit, percussion on "Bastard", and tympani on "Inexorable"
• Alasdair Roberts  – hurdy-gurdy on "Sex on the Docks"
• John Somerville  – accordion
• Fiona Stephen  – violin
• Malcolm Lindsay & David Byrne - string arrangements

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	2003-09-30	Thrill Jockey	CD	133
			LP

References

1. "Lead Us Not Into Temptation". www.thrilljockey.com.
2. "Lead Us Not into Temptation by David Byrne". Metacritic . Retrieved 7 March 2018.
3. "Lead Us Not into Temptation - David Byrne | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
4. Byrne's music is wonderfuly brooding without losing the odd bounce in its step. [Listen 2 This supplement, Oct 2003, p.14]
5. The music is so completely absorbing and evocative... it's possible to virtually recreate the film in your head. [#7, p.93]
6. This is music you can lose yourself in. [Oct 2003, p.110]
7. "David Byrne: Lead Us Not into Temptation". Pitchfork.
8. Mostly brilliant and, most surprising of all, never pretentious. [Oct 2003, p.102]
9. Sincere and beautiful. [Nov 2003, p.116]
10. "Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Music From the Film "Young Adam"". Billboard. 20 September 2003.

External links

• DavidByrne.com on Lead Us Not into Temptation