Uh-Oh (David Byrne album)

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Uh-Oh
Uh-Oh (Davivd Byrne album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
David Byrne
ReleasedMarch 3, 1992 (1992-03-03)
RecordedApril 1991–October 1991
Genre Art rock, alternative rock, worldbeat
Length52:47
Label Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. [1]
Producer Nick Launay
David Byrne chronology
The Forest
(1991)		Uh-Oh
(1992)		 David Byrne
(1994)
Singles from Uh-Oh
  1. "Hanging Upside Down"
    Released: 1992
  2. "She's Mad"
    Released: 1992
  3. "Girls On My Mind"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A- [5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 6/10 [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [9]

Uh-Oh is the second studio album by Scottish-American musician David Byrne, released in 1992. [10] [11] [12]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 125 on the Billboard 200. [13] The single "She's Mad" reached No. 3 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. [14]

Production

The album was produced by Nick Launay. [15] The cover portrays angels gathered around a cartoon dog (god spelled backward). [16]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that "Byrne has finally figured out how to make the wacky Pan-American dance album he's been after since the mid-1980's." [17] The Guardian deemed Uh-Oh "the most Talking-Heads-esque of Byrne’s solo albums, albeit with a Latin-American influence." [18] The Washington Post thought that Byrne's "yelps, which range from intentionally comic to comically arty, rarely dominate their rhythmically dense, albeit melodically bland, settings." [19] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that the "Afro-Brazilian influences are more fully integrated now than on 1989's Rei Momo ." [20]

The track "A Million Miles Away" was used as the theme song of the TV show Flying Blind .

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Byrne; except where indicated

No.TitleLength
1."Now I'm Your Mom" (Byrne, Angel Fernandez)4:43
2."Girls on My Mind"3:52
3."Something Ain't Right" (Byrne, Terry Allen)3:37
4."She's Mad"5:20
5."Hanging Upside Down" (Byrne, Fernandez)4:31
6."A Walk in the Dark"4:21
7."Twistin' in the Wind"4:14
8."The Cowboy Mambo (Hey Lookit Me Now)"3:37
9."Monkey Man"4:07
10."A Million Miles Away"4:24
11."Tiny Town" (Byrne, Fernandez)5:03
12."Somebody"4:59

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Worldwide1991 Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. CD26799
Cassette tape4-26799
1992CD926799
26799
19957599-26799

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Christgau: CG: David Byrne". www.robertchristgau.com.
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Caro, Mark (12 March 1992). "David ByrneUh-Oh (Luaka Bop/Warner) (STAR)(STAR)Perhaps the turning..." chicagotribune.com.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 107.
  5. ↑ "Uh-Oh". EW.com.
  6. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 186.
  7. ↑ Morton, Roger (7 March 1992). "Long Play". New Musical Express . p. 32.
  8. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 102–103.
  9. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 394–395.
  10. ↑ "David Byrne | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  11. ↑ Moskowitz, David V. (10 November 2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World [2 volumes]: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-1-4408-0340-6 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Buckley, Peter (18 March 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   978-1-84353-105-0 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "David Byrne". Billboard.
  14. ↑ "David Byrne". Billboard.
  15. ↑ Thompson, Dave (18 March 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   978-0-87930-607-6 – via Google Books.
  16. ↑ Partridge, Christopher (18 March 2014). The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane. OUP USA. ISBN   978-0-19-975140-2 – via Google Books.
  17. ↑ Pareles, Jon (22 March 1992). "RECORDINGS VIEW; David Byrne Finds a Groove Closer to Home". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  18. ↑ "David Byrne – (almost) all of his albums ranked!". the Guardian. 14 June 2018.
  19. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (1 March 1992). "POP RECORDINGS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  20. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (24 April 1992). "DAVID BYRNE". OrlandoSentinel.com.
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