Lead Us Not into Temptation

Lead Us Not into Temptation
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)
RecordedCaVa Sound Workshops (Glasgow)
GenreScore
Length51:02 (CD), 40:50 (LP)
LabelThrill Jockey[1]
ProducerDavid Byrne
David Byrne chronology
Look into the Eyeball
(2001)
Lead Us Not into Temptation
(2003)
Grown Backwards
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Filter85%[5]
Mojo[6]
Pitchfork7.9/10[7]
Q[8]
Uncut8/10[9]

Lead Us Not into Temptation is an album by American musician 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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

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.