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Credits

Release Date: Aug 18, 2008; Lead Performances: David Byrne and Brian Eno; Genre: Rock

David Byrne and Brian Eno's last collaboration, 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, was a frantic mix of African rhythms and Pentecostal sermons. So it's a surprise that despite the occasional ear-scraping synth, their reunion album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is filled with straightforward folktronica anthems. Best of all is the bewitching ''Strange Overtones,'' which features bubbly guitar and a disco momentum. ''These beats are 20 years old,'' sings Byrne, but it might be the best music he's made in that long. A-
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