Viva! La Woman

by Cibo Matto

Viva! La Woman cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 January 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:16
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Dave Douglas, Jay Rodriguez, Kudsi Erguner, Rick Lee, Joshua Roseman, Ennio Morricone

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut from New York-based duo Cibo Matto is an incredibly playful, highly eccentric collision of trip-hop rhythms and food-obsessed art pop. The album is a distinctly surreal and humorous listening experience, blending lush, eclectic samples with quirky, heavily accented vocal deliveries.

Genres

Descriptors: leftfield, repetitive, food, bilingual, funky

Tracklist

  1. Apple (4:01)
  2. Beef Jerky (2:28)
  3. Sugar Water (4:29)
  4. White Pepper Ice Cream (5:10)
  5. Birthday Cake (3:16)
  6. Know Your Chicken (4:20)
  7. Theme (10:49)
  8. The Candy Man (3:11)
  9. Le Pain Perdu (3:29)
  10. Artichoke (6:41)
  11. Jive - Hidden Track (0:18)

Credits

  • Cibo Matto - primary artist, finger snaps [vagabond snaps], producer [with], songwriter, written-by, producer
  • Tim Carr - a&r
  • Mike Mills - art direction, design
  • Garland Lyn - design [design assistance]
  • Tin Boys - finger snaps [vagabond snaps]
  • Rick Lee - horn
  • Thomas Thurnauer - illustration [cover illustration]
  • Miho Hatori - illustration [inside illustrations], vocals [singing, howling, moaning, sighing], percussion [thigh tapping]
  • Bob Ludwig - mastered by, mastering
  • Tchad Blake - mixed by [blended & mixed by], producer, recorded by, sounds [beneath low end sonics], mix, recording
  • Bernie Worrell - organ [organ de plaisir]
  • Mitchell Froom - other [heavy duty shepherding], producer
  • Dougie Bowne - percussion [banging & shaking]
  • Russell Simins - performer [g string]
  • Yuka Honda - performer [pushing buttons], keyboards, guitar [beach guitar], voice [coughs], programmed by, recorded by [horns, voices], recorded by [vocals], programming
  • Dave Aron - photography by [back cover photo]
  • Jay Rodriguez - saxophone
  • Mike Lee - technician [assistant at electric ladyland]
  • Jesse Habkell - technician [other nursing by]
  • Mike Piersante - technician [other nursing by]
  • John Paterno - technician [tchad right hand]
  • Joshua Roseman - trombone
  • Dave Douglas - trumpet
  • Marc Anthony Thompson - vocals [oral titallation]
  • Ennio Morricone - written-by
  • Anthony Newley - written-by
  • Leslie Bricusse - written-by
  • Kudsi Erguner - written-by

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