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'''''Here Lies Love''''' is a [[concept album]] and [[Here Lies Love (musical)|rock musical]] made in collaboration between [[David Byrne]] and [[Fatboy Slim]], about the life of the former [[First Lady of the Philippines]] [[Imelda Marcos]] along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines.<ref name="j4PdR" /> The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 5 April 2010.
'''''Here Lies Love''''' is a [[concept album]] and [[Here Lies Love (musical)|rock musical]] made in collaboration between [[David Byrne]] and [[Fatboy Slim]], about the life of the former [[First Lady of the Philippines]] [[Imelda Marcos]] along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines.<ref name="j4PdR" /> The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 5 April 2010, under [[Nonesuch Records]] and [[Todomundo]] in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book.
 
The album was adapted as [[Here Lies Love (musical)|a rock musical]] that premiered in 2013 [[off-Broadway]] at [[The Public Theater]] and ran again at the Public in 2014–2015. It also played at the [[Royal National Theatre]]'s Dorfman Theatre in 2014–2015 and the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]] in 2017.<ref name="oNPcb" /> It opened on Broadway in 2023.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name = "variety"/>
 
==Background==
The title of the album is taken from a comment made by Imelda during a visit to her husband [[Ferdinand Marcos]]' embalmed body. Imelda expressed that she would like the phrase "Here Lies Love" to be inscribed on her tombstone.<ref name="X6uOl" /> David Byrne released the following statement regarding this album:<ref>http://davidbyrne.com/explore/here-lies-love/videos</ref>
 
{{Quote|The story I am interested in is about asking what drives a powerful person—what makes them tick? How do they make and then remake themselves? I thought to myself, wouldn't it be great if—as this piece would be principally composed of clubby dance music—one could experience it in a club setting? Could one bring a "story" and a kind of theatre to the disco? Was that possible? If so, wouldn't that be amazing!}}
 
==Recording and release==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2Score = B+<ref name="if7GM" />
| rev3 = [[BBC]]
| rev3Score = mixed<ref name="eBPU9" />
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="mEJWQ" />
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref name="kvEq5" />
| rev6 = [[One Thirty BPM]]
| rev6Score = 53%<ref name="UYXQe" />
| rev7 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev7Score = 5.0/10<ref name="whoTG" />
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="rVeYF" />
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="jxmUN" />
| rev10 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="0GLdd" />
| rev11 = ''[[The Times]]''
| rev11Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="zCY2W" />
|noprose=yes}}
 
The studio album features female singers including [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Tori Amos]], [[Martha Wainwright]], [[Natalie Merchant]], [[Sia]], [[Santigold]], [[Charmaine Clamor]], [[Nicole Atkins]], [[Sharon Jones]], [[St. Vincent]],  [[Kate Pierson]], [[Florence Welch]], [[Allison Moorer]], and [[Nellie McKay]], alternately playing the roles of Imelda Marcos and Estrella Cumpas. "It's a series of 22 very danceable songs…" wrote Byrne, "…and is sung by 20, count 'em, 20, amazing singers. A theater piece for your ears."<ref name="IcDU0" />
 
Byrne described [[Cyndi Lauper]]'s performance as "amazingly fine-tuned" and "very impressive." The only male vocalists are [[Steve Earle]] on "A Perfect Hand", and Byrne himself on "American Troglodyte" and "Seven Years", the latter a duet with [[Shara Nova]] from [[My Brightest Diamond]].<ref name="rqEXg" />
 
The first promotional single was "Please Don't", featuring [[Santigold]] on vocals. The single became available on Byrne's website as a free high-quality MP3 download on 19 January 2010.
 
==Live performances==
{{Infobox musical
| name = Here Lies Love
| image =
| caption = A promotional poster of the performers from the album, illustrated by Scott Menchin
| alt = A montage of faces from the album collaborators surrounding Imelda Marcos holding a parasol
| music = [[David Byrne]] with [[Fatboy Slim|Norman Cook]]
| lyrics = David Byrne
| productions = 2006 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts <br /> 2007 Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series <br /> 2013 The Public Theater}}
''Here Lies Love'' was performed live four times before the album was released. It was first presented as a song cycle (with vocals by Byrne, Dana Diaz-Tutaan and Ganda Suthivarakom) at the [[Adelaide Festival|Adelaide Festival of Arts]] under the artistic direction of [[Brett Sheehy]] in [[Adelaide]], Australia, on 10 March 2006 with additional dates on 13 and 14 March, and was also performed live at the [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City on 3 February 2007, as part of the Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series.<ref name="5xHAk" />
 
== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc 1
| extra_column = Featured vocalist(s)
| title1 = Here Lies Love
| length1 = 5:51
| extra1 = [[Florence Welch]]
| title2 = [[Every Drop of Rain]]
| length2 = 5:34
| extra2 = [[Candie Payne]] & [[St. Vincent]]
| title3 = [[You'll Be Taken Care Of]]
| length3 = 3:19
| extra3 = [[Tori Amos]]
| title4 = [[The Rose of Tacloban]]
| length4 = 2:33
| extra4 = [[Martha Wainwright]]
| title5 = [[How Are You?]]
| length5 = 2:43
| extra5 = [[Nellie McKay]]
| title6 = [[A Perfect Hand]]
| length6 = 4:57
| extra6 = [[Steve Earle]]
| title7 = [[Eleven Days]]
| length7 = 2:43
| extra7 = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| title8 = [[When She Passed By]]
| length8 = 3:49
| extra8 = [[Allison Moorer]]
| title9 = [[Walk Like a Woman]]
| length9 = 3:58
| extra9 = [[Charmaine Clamor]]
| title10 = [[Don't You Agree?]]
| length10 = 3:19
| extra10 = [[Róisín Murphy]]
| title11 = [[Pretty Face]]
| length11 = 3:23
| extra11 = [[Camille]]
| title12 = [[Ladies in Blue]]
| length12 = 4:20
| extra12 = [[Theresa Andersson]]
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc 2
| extra_column = Featured vocalist(s)
| title1 = [[Dancing Together]]
| length1 = 3:53
| extra1 = [[Sharon Jones]]
| title2 = [[Men Will Do Anything]]
| length2 = 4:06
| extra2 = [[Alice Russell (singer)|Alice Russell]]
| title3 = [[The Whole Man]]
| length3 = 4:15
| extra3 = [[Kate Pierson]]
| title4 = [[Never So Big]]
| length4 = 4:00
| extra4 = [[Sia]]
| title5 = [[Please Don't]]
| length5 = 3:58
| extra5 = [[Santigold]]
| title6 = [[American Troglodyte]]
| length6 = 4:06
| extra6 = [[David Byrne]]
| title7 = [[Solano Avenue]]
| length7 = 3:55
| extra7 = [[Nicole Atkins]]
| title8 = [[Order 1081]]
| length8 = 5:47
| extra8 = [[Natalie Merchant]]
| title9 = [[Seven Years]]
| length9 = 5:40
| extra9 = David Byrne & [[Shara Nova]]
| title10 = [[Why Don't You Love Me?]]
| length10 = 3:57
| extra10 = Cyndi Lauper & Tori Amos
| total_length =
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = DVD videos
| title1 = Eleven Days
| title2 = When She Passed By
| title3 = Don't You Agree?
| title4 = Dancing Together
| title5 = Please Don't
| title6 = Order 1081
}}
 
==Stage adaptation==
{{Main|Here Lies Love (musical)}}
 
The album was adapted into a stage musical, directed by [[Alex Timbers]], that premiered [[off-Broadway]] at [[The Public Theater]] in New York City in 2013. It starred [[Ruthie Ann Miles]] as Imelda Marcos, with [[Jose Llana]] as Ferdinand Marcos and [[Conrad Ricamora]] as Ninoy Aquino.<ref name="NrM2K" /><ref name="W0cZb" /><ref name="4xX1I" /> The production played an extended run at the Public before closing in August 2013.<ref name="tYR1G" /> It returned for an open-ended commercial run again at the Public in April 2014, closing on 4 January 2015.<ref name="lsmjh" /><ref name="2E3EH" /> The production won five [[Lucille Lortel Awards]] in 2014.<ref name="lotrell" /> It was revived with direction again by Timbers, at the [[Royal National Theatre]] in London, opening in September 2014,<ref name="T6AIB" /><ref name="uNzSG" /> and played a limited run through January 2015 at the National's newly renovated Dorfman Theatre.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} The production was nominated for three [[Olivier Awards]] in 2015, including Best New Musical.<ref name="kZMgU" />
 
A revamped production from the original creative team, with the intention of recreating the immersive elements in a proscenium theater, was staged at the [[Seattle Repertory Theater]] from 7 April to 18 June 2017.<ref name="VvdqY" /> [[Conrad Ricamora]] and Melody Butiu reprised their roles from the original Off-Broadway cast as Ninoy Aquino and Estrella Cumpas, respectively, [[Mark Bautista]] from the London cast reprised his role as Ferdinand Marcos, and Jaygee Macapugay, who had been a replacement off-Broadway, reprised her role as Imelda Marcos.<ref name="9bGts" />
 
The musical started previews on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on 17 June 2023 and opened officially on 20 July 2023, produced by Hal Luftig, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, [[Clint Ramos]] and [[Jose Antonio Vargas]]. It recreated the immersive experience with a mostly standing-room format which, according to the producers, "transform[s] the venue’s traditional proscenium floor space into a dance club environment, where audiences ... stand and move with the actors".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Paulson |first1=Michael |title='Here Lies Love,' an Imelda Marcos Disco Musical, Will Play Broadway |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/theater/here-lies-love-broadway.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite news |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title='Here Lies Love,' David Byrne-Cowritten Musical, to Open on Broadway in Immersive, Standing-Room Setting |url=https://variety.com/2023/legit/news/here-lies-love-broadway-musical-david-byrne-filipino-immersive-imelda-marcos-1235487183/ |work=Variety |date=12 January 2023}}</ref>  It is the first show with all-Filipino cast on Broadway.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-04 |title='Here Lies Love' — Broadway's first all-Filipino company makes history |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/05/04/entertainment-lifestyle/show-times/here-lies-love-broadways-first-all-filipino-company-makes-history/1889747 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 20:26, 19 May 2024

Here Lies Love
An image of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, holding an umbrella while wearing a dress.
Soundtrack album by
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Released5 April 2010 (2010-04-05)
Recorded2008–2009
StudioSouth Hell Studios (New York City, United States)
Length90:06
LanguageEnglish
LabelTodomundo/Nonesuch
ProducerDavid Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Cagedbaby (Thomas Gandey), Patrick Dillett and Los Amigos Invisibles
David Byrne chronology
Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno
(2009) 		Here Lies Love
(2010) 		Live at Carnegie Hall
(2012)
Fatboy Slim chronology
Palookaville
(2004) 		Here Lies Love
(2010) 		Bem Brasil
(2014)
Singles from Here Lies Love
  1. Please Don't
    Released: 19 January 2010

Here Lies Love is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines.[1] The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on 5 April 2010, under Nonesuch Records and Todomundo in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book.

The album was adapted as a rock musical that premiered in 2013 off-Broadway at The Public Theater and ran again at the Public in 2014–2015. It also played at the Royal National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre in 2014–2015 and the Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2017.[2] It opened on Broadway in 2023.[3][4]

Background

The title of the album is taken from a comment made by Imelda during a visit to her husband Ferdinand Marcos' embalmed body. Imelda expressed that she would like the phrase "Here Lies Love" to be inscribed on her tombstone.[5] David Byrne released the following statement regarding this album:[6]

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Recording and release

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The studio album features female singers including Cyndi Lauper, Tori Amos, Martha Wainwright, Natalie Merchant, Sia, Santigold, Charmaine Clamor, Nicole Atkins, Sharon Jones, St. Vincent, Kate Pierson, Florence Welch, Allison Moorer, and Nellie McKay, alternately playing the roles of Imelda Marcos and Estrella Cumpas. "It's a series of 22 very danceable songs…" wrote Byrne, "…and is sung by 20, count 'em, 20, amazing singers. A theater piece for your ears."[7]

Byrne described Cyndi Lauper's performance as "amazingly fine-tuned" and "very impressive." The only male vocalists are Steve Earle on "A Perfect Hand", and Byrne himself on "American Troglodyte" and "Seven Years", the latter a duet with Shara Nova from My Brightest Diamond.[8]

The first promotional single was "Please Don't", featuring Santigold on vocals. The single became available on Byrne's website as a free high-quality MP3 download on 19 January 2010.

Live performances

Here Lies Love
A promotional poster of the performers from the album, illustrated by Scott Menchin
MusicDavid Byrne with Norman Cook
LyricsDavid Byrne
Productions2006 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts
2007 Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series
2013 The Public Theater

Here Lies Love was performed live four times before the album was released. It was first presented as a song cycle (with vocals by Byrne, Dana Diaz-Tutaan and Ganda Suthivarakom) at the Adelaide Festival of Arts under the artistic direction of Brett Sheehy in Adelaide, Australia, on 10 March 2006 with additional dates on 13 and 14 March, and was also performed live at the Carnegie Hall in New York City on 3 February 2007, as part of the Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series.[9]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleFeatured vocalist(s)Length
1."Here Lies Love"Florence Welch5:51
2."Every Drop of Rain"Candie Payne & St. Vincent5:34
3."You'll Be Taken Care Of"Tori Amos3:19
4."The Rose of Tacloban"Martha Wainwright2:33
5."How Are You?"Nellie McKay2:43
6."A Perfect Hand"Steve Earle4:57
7."Eleven Days"Cyndi Lauper2:43
8."When She Passed By"Allison Moorer3:49
9."Walk Like a Woman"Charmaine Clamor3:58
10."Don't You Agree?"Róisín Murphy3:19
11."Pretty Face"Camille3:23
12."Ladies in Blue"Theresa Andersson4:20
Disc 2
No.TitleFeatured vocalist(s)Length
1."Dancing Together"Sharon Jones3:53
2."Men Will Do Anything"Alice Russell4:06
3."The Whole Man"Kate Pierson4:15
4."Never So Big"Sia4:00
5."Please Don't"Santigold3:58
6."American Troglodyte"David Byrne4:06
7."Solano Avenue"Nicole Atkins3:55
8."Order 1081"Natalie Merchant5:47
9."Seven Years"David Byrne & Shara Nova5:40
10."Why Don't You Love Me?"Cyndi Lauper & Tori Amos3:57
DVD videos
No.TitleLength
1."Eleven Days" 
2."When She Passed By" 
3."Don't You Agree?" 
4."Dancing Together" 
5."Please Don't" 
6."Order 1081" 

Stage adaptation

Main article: Here Lies Love (musical)

The album was adapted into a stage musical, directed by Alex Timbers, that premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York City in 2013. It starred Ruthie Ann Miles as Imelda Marcos, with Jose Llana as Ferdinand Marcos and Conrad Ricamora as Ninoy Aquino.[10][11][12] The production played an extended run at the Public before closing in August 2013.[13] It returned for an open-ended commercial run again at the Public in April 2014, closing on 4 January 2015.[14][15] The production won five Lucille Lortel Awards in 2014.[16] It was revived with direction again by Timbers, at the Royal National Theatre in London, opening in September 2014,[17][18] and played a limited run through January 2015 at the National's newly renovated Dorfman Theatre.Template:Fix/category[citation needed] The production was nominated for three Olivier Awards in 2015, including Best New Musical.[19]

A revamped production from the original creative team, with the intention of recreating the immersive elements in a proscenium theater, was staged at the Seattle Repertory Theater from 7 April to 18 June 2017.[20] Conrad Ricamora and Melody Butiu reprised their roles from the original Off-Broadway cast as Ninoy Aquino and Estrella Cumpas, respectively, Mark Bautista from the London cast reprised his role as Ferdinand Marcos, and Jaygee Macapugay, who had been a replacement off-Broadway, reprised her role as Imelda Marcos.[21]

The musical started previews on Broadway on 17 June 2023 and opened officially on 20 July 2023, produced by Hal Luftig, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, Clint Ramos and Jose Antonio Vargas. It recreated the immersive experience with a mostly standing-room format which, according to the producers, "transform[s] the venue’s traditional proscenium floor space into a dance club environment, where audiences ... stand and move with the actors".[3][4] It is the first show with all-Filipino cast on Broadway.[22]

References

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