My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts [2006 Version]
by Brian Eno + David Byrne
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Apr 11, 2006
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16

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  1. davey
    Apr 12, 2006
    10
    Its Good...Its Real Good
  2. cbruce
    Apr 16, 2006
    10
    This album was years ahead of it's time. It blew open a door that had never really been explored and showed us how this kind of recording could be done done properly.
  3. PaulG
    Jun 13, 2006
    10
    I have heard this album for the first time just recently, other than regiment, which does kick an incredible amount of spine tingling ass. I give this album classic status. I don't undertsand the player hating of other commenters. This is genius- the fact it was recorded in 1980 is totally incredible.
  4. bryant
    Jun 5, 2006
    10
    I find the work way before it's time too and enjoy each song on it. I wish they would colaborate again. This one goes in my classics selection, good from start to finish. The mixing of samples with politics, spirituality and a kind of tribal influance is short of incredible. I listened to it once on sillyocibins out in a forest and just about left the planet!
  5. Dylan
    Jan 6, 2008
    10
    Everyone from Duran Duran to Blue Man Group and modern electronic music owes this record more than a debt of gratitude.
  6. PeterD
    Nov 24, 2006
    10
    One of my all time favorites even better with the aditional tracks.
  7. [Anonymous]
    Jun 28, 2006
    10
    who cares what john hiatt thought... boring fart

Awards & Rankings

21
#21 Best Album of 2006

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. AllMusic
    90
    A pioneering work for countless styles connected to electronic, ambient, and third-world music.
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  2. Blender
    80
    It's an "important" record... But, more crucially, it's an enduringly entrancing listen. [Apr 2006, p.123]
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    As an experimental project, it's clever and varied, and a vital chapter in the history of electronic music and sampling. As a pop record, it's tantalising, sensitive and essential; if you don't already own My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, the reissue's extra tracks make now as good a time as any.
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