David Byrne's been there. He's covered what seems like an infinite amount of musical territory since his first release with the now-defunct Talking Heads in 1977 and it hasn't all been smooth. But the fact is that through even the duller periods, Byrne's talent never wandered down the road to nowhere without him.

Its been twenty years since that first Talking Heads record, but Feelings doesn't let on. The record opens with a swift kick of quirky pop and geeky visuals on "Fuzzy Freaky," (It's summertime / And the grass is high / Fuzzy Freaky / Funny family.") then goes on to experiment with the results of mixing the eternal enemies Country-Western and Drum-n-Bass on "The Gates of Paradise." Further proof that Byrne's genius hasn't vanished comes in a shiny package called "Miss America," a latin-tinged love song which portrays the country as a "whore... [that] treats you badly, but you still love her."

Musically, Feelings is more comparable to Little Creatures than Remain in Light and still sports a couple of flaws (the sitar and fiddle-driven "Daddy Go Down" and "Amnesia"), but its highlights more than make up for it.

-Ryan Schreiber