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A1	America Is Waiting Arranged By – Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Van Tieghem, Tim Wright Arranged By, Bass – Bill LaswellBass [Click] – Tim Wright Drums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem	3:36
A2	Mea Culpa Drums [Bodhran] – Dennis Keeley	3:35
A3	Regiment Arranged By – Brian Eno, Busta Jones, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Robert FrippBass – Busta JonesDrums – Chris Frantz, David Van TieghemOther [Vocal Sample Source] – Dunya YusinPercussion – David Van Tieghem	3:56
A4	Help Me Somebody Congas, Percussion [Metals] – Steve ScalesDrums – John CookseyOther [Vocal Sample Source] – Reverend Paul Morton	4:18
A5	The Jezebel Spirit Drums [Bass Drum], Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceDrums [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis	4:55
B1	Qu'Ran Drums – John Cooksey	3:46
B2	Moonlight In Glory Congas, Percussion [Agong-gong] – Jose RossyOther [Vocal Sample Source] – The Moving Star Hall Singers	4:19
B3	The Carrier Drums [Bass Drum], Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceDrums [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo LewisOther [Vocal Sample Source] – Dunya Yusin	3:30
B4	A Secret Life Other [Vocal Sample Source] – Samira Tewfik*	2:30
B5	Come With Us	2:38
B6	Mountain Of Needles	2:35

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Recorded At – RPM Studios
• Recorded At – Blue Rock Studio
• Recorded At – Eldorado Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Printed By – Team-Trykk A.S.

Credits

• Cover – Brian Eno
• Engineer – Dave Jerden, Eddie Korvin, John Potoker, Neal Teeman, Stacy Baird
• Engineer [Assistant] – Don Mack, George Sloane, Howard Johnston, Hugh Dwyer*, Michael Ewasko
• Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Other [Found Objects], Producer – Brian Eno, David Byrne
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Typography – Peter Saville

Notes

n©b - ℗1981 2302 100

Polydor trademark registered for Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH Hamburg

"Team Trykk" printed very small in the lower right corner (Printing company).

Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

Voices:
A1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
A2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
A3. Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer (from 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
A4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
A5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
B1. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran (same source as A3).
B2. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (from 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
B3. Dunya Yusin (see A3).
B4. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer (from 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
B5. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

On later editions of this album the track "Qu'ran" was omitted for religious reasons.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 run out): 2302 100 A 2 P 81 F 710
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 run out): 2302 100 B 2 P 81 F 710

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SRK 6093	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(LP, Album, Win)	Sire	SRK 6093	US	1981
PRO 301705	Brian Eno & David Byrne	Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(CD, Album, RM, Promo)	Nonesuch	PRO 301705	US	2006
2302 100	Brian Eno & David Byrne	Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(LP, Album)	EG, Polydor	2302 100	Germany	1981
207 963-620, 207 963	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(LP, Album, RE)	EG, Virgin, EG, Virgin	207 963-620, 207 963	Europe	1987
XM5S-6093	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Sire	XM5S-6093	Canada	1981