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1	America Is Waiting Bass – Bill LaswellBass [Click] – Tim Wright Drums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem	3:38
2	Mea Culpa Bodhrán – Dennis Keeley	3:44
3	Regiment Bass – Busta JonesDrums – Chris FrantzDrums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem	3:58
4	Help Me Somebody Congas, Percussion [Metals] – Steve ScalesDrums – John Cooksey	4:19
5	The Jezebel Spirit Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceBata, Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis	4:54
6	Qu'ran Drums – John Cooksey	3:48
7	Moonlight In Glory Congas, Percussion [Agong-gong] – Jose Rossy	4:23
8	The Carrier Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceBata, Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis	3:36
9	A Secret Life	2:31
10	Come With Us	2:43
11	Mountain Of Needles	2:36
12	Very, Very Hungry	3:22

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Warner Music Japan Inc.

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
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Producer – Brian Eno, David Byrne
• Typography – Peter Saville

Notes

Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

This edition includes both "Qu'ran" (track 6) and "Very, Very Hungry (track 12), which cannot be found together in any other edition of the album.

Voices:
1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
3. Dunya, Lebanese mountain singer (From 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
6. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as 3).
7. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
8. Dunya Yusin. (See 3).
9. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
10. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4943674118229

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)	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
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
EGLP 48	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(LP, Album, RE)	EG	EGLP 48	UK	1981

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