Attempting to inject some adventure into his multicultural, worldbeat-inflected avant-pop,
David Byrne dabbled with trip-hop and drum'n'bass on
Feelings. These tracks, including a collaboration with
Morcheeba, are essentially window dressing, a way to distract attention from
Byrne's lack of new ideas. The songs that work best on
Feelings, like "Miss America," are reminiscent of the percolating, Latin-tinged
Rei Momo; when
Byrne tries to sound contemporary, he simply seems out of touch. Still,
Feelings is stronger and more adventurous than
David Byrne, even if it never quite fulfills its ambitions. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine