History Music / UhOhDavidByrneAlbum

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The overt pro-trans message of "Now I'm Your Mom" was directly inspired by the controversy surrounding the then-recent film adaptation of ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', directed by Byrne associate Creator/JonathanDemme and criticized on release for its carryover of the book's anti-trans stereotypes.

''Uh-Oh'', released in 1992, is the second solo album and third studio album overall by Scottish-American AlternativeRock musician Music/DavidByrne. His first album released after the breakup of Music/TalkingHeads just three months prior, the record acts as a loose sequel to the band's eighth and final album, 1988's ''Music/{{Naked}}''. Appropriately, the album is a similar mix of rock and Afro-Latin funk. However, it also distinguishes itself by incorporating elements of BigBand music and the WorldMusic style of Byrne's previous solo album, 1989's ''Music/ReiMomo''. Thus, ''Uh-Oh'' manages to both parallel ''Naked'' and offer its own distinct take on the base elements.

* ColorMotifs: Tying in with Byrne's longtime association with red, the back cover and rear spine have a photo of a deep red sunset sky, and the first 100,000 CD copies of the album came with a translucent red tray (later copies use the traditional dark gray). Additionally, the US promo CD for "She's Mad" features a translucent red jewel case and a red disc label.

* PrecisionFStrike: The album contains only a few sparse instances of heavy language on "A Walk in the Dark", "The Cowboy Mambo (Hey Lookit Me Now)", and "Tiny Town", true to Byrne's preference for maintaining the shock value of swears by limiting their use.

''Uh-Oh'', released in 1992, is the second solo album and third studio album overall by Scottish-American AlternativeRock musician Music/DavidByrne. His first album released after the breakup of Music/TalkingHeads just three months prior, the record acts as a loose sequel to the band's eighth and final album, 1988's ''Music/{{Naked}}''. Appropriately, the album is a similar mix of rock and Afro-Latin funk. However, it also distinguishes itself by incorporating elements of BigBand music and the WorldMusic style of Byrne's previous solo album, 1989's ''Rei Momo''. Thus, ''Uh-Oh'' manages to both parallel ''Naked'' and offer its own distinct take on the base elements.

* TransTribulations: "Now I'm Your Mom" is narrated by a post-op trans woman attempting to explain her transition to her kids.

Fitting this shakeup, the album shifts producers from Steve Lillywhite to Nick Launay. Like Lillywhite, Launay was well-known for his work with the PostPunk and AlternativeRock movements, engineering Music/KateBush's ''Music/TheDreaming'' and producing albums for the likes of Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/KillingJoke, Music/MidnightOil, and Music/{{INXS}}. Launay would also produce the three outtakes that Talking Heads finished for the retrospective compilation ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites''-- "Gangster of Love", "Popsicle", and "Lifetime Piling Up". As a result, those songs would feature a similar sound to this album, effectively making ''Uh-Oh'' a plausible approximation of what a ninth Talking Heads album would've sounded like.

''Uh-Oh'', released in 1992, is the second solo album and third studio album overall by Scottish-American AlternativeRock musician Music/DavidByrne. His first album released after the breakup of Music/TalkingHeads just three months prior, the record acts as a loose sequel to the band's eighth and final album, 1988's ''Music/{{Naked}}''. Appropriately, the album is a similar mix of rock and Afro-Latin funk. However, it also distinguishes itself by incorporating elements of BigBand music and the WorldMusic style of Byrne's previous solo album, 1989's ''Rei Momo''. Thus, the album's sound manages to both parallel ''Naked'' and offer its own distinct take on the base elements.

Fitting this shakeup, the album shifts producers from Steve Lillywhite to Nick Launay, who like Lillywhite was well-known for his work with the British PostPunk and AlternativeRock movements. Launay would also produce the three outtakes that Talking Heads finished for the retrospective compilation ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites''-- "Gangster of Love", "Popsicle", and "Lifetime Piling Up". As a result, those songs would feature a similar sound to this album, effectively making ''Uh-Oh'' a plausible approximation of what a ninth Talking Heads album would've sounded like.

''Uh-Oh'', released in 1992, is the second solo album and third studio album overall by Scottish-American AlternativeRock musician Music/DavidByrne. His first album released after the breakup of Music/TalkingHeads just three months prior, the record acts as a loose sequel to the band's eighth and final album, 1988's ''Music/{{Naked}}''. Appropriately, the music is a similar mix of rock and Afro-Latin funk, with increased emphasis on the traditional Latin styles Byrne had previously explored on ''Rei Momo'' in 1989.

The album additionally shifts producers from Steve Lillywhite (who produced both ''Naked'' and ''Rei Momo'') to Nick Launay, who like Lillywhite was well-known for his work with the British PostPunk and AlternativeRock movements. Launay would also produce threee outtakes that Talking Heads completed for the retrospective compilation ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites'' ("Gangster of Love", "Popsicle", and "Lifetime Piling Up"). Consequently, both this album and those outtakes share a similar approach to Byrne's Afro-Funk sound, reincorporating ''Music/SpeakingInTongues'' and ''Music/LittleCreatures''-style synthesizers, adding gospel choir backings, and making the overall sound more boisterous.

* NewSoundAlbum: Compared to the Latin WorldMusic approach of ''Rei Momo'', ''Uh-Oh'' orients things in a more accessible AlternativeRock direction similar in style to Music/TalkingHeads' [[Music/{{Naked}} last album]] and the finished outtakes on the later-released compilation ''Sand in the Vaseline'' (right down to sharing the latter's producer, Nick Launay).

The end result, however, didn't exactly go as planned. Not only was the album a commercial flop, only reaching No. 125 in the US compared to ''Rei Momo''[='s=] No. 71 (despite out-charting its predecessor in the UK), but critical responses were decidedly more mixed. While a number of reviewers considered ''Uh-Oh'' an adept continuation of ''Rei Momo''[='s=] approach, with ''The New York Times'' stating that "Byrne has finally figured out how to make the wacky Pan-American dance album he's been after since the mid-1980's," many others considered it an uninteresting retread of ''Naked''. This poor performance both with the press and on store shelves would quickly send Byrne's solo career into relative obscurity, with his later material continuing to see indifferent critical responses at most throughout the 90's and early 2000's. It wouldn't be until ''Music/GrownBackwards'' in 2004 that Byrne would finally see good marks from reviewers again.

Among fans meanwhile, ''Uh-Oh'' is viewed in a considerably more positive light. Though not considered better than its predecessor, it's generally been regarded as a decent continuation of both its style and that of ''Naked''. It helped that unlike the more divisive ''Naked'', ''Uh-Oh'' was a proper solo album rather than having the Talking Heads name (and all the expectations that carried) attached to it. Still, this CriticalDissonance would also stay consistent until ''Grown Backwards'', after which fan and critical opinions would run parallel with one another.

-->--'''Music/DavidByrne''', in [[http://davidbyrne.com/explore/uh-oh/about a 1992 "media information kit"]] about the album by Luaka Bop.

* AntiLoveSong: "She's Mad" describes a highly dysfunctional relationship between a man and woman who've both fallen off the deep end.

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: "Something Ain't Right" is an extended rant against God, culminating in a vow to "tear [His] playhouse down."

* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: ''Uh-Oh'' carries over ''Music/{{Naked}}''[='s=] theme of a "class meets kitsch" painting on the front cover and a scenery photography on the back.

Among fans meanwhile, ''Uh-Oh'' is viewed in a considerably more positive light. Though not considered better than its predecessor, it's generally been regarded as a decent continuation of both its style and that of ''Naked''; this CriticalDissonance would also stay consistent until ''Grown Backwards'', after which fan and critical opinions would run parallel with one another.

* NewSoundAlbum: Compared to the Latin WorldMusic approach of ''Rei Momo'', ''Uh-Oh'' orients things in a more accessible AlternativeRock direction similar in style to Music/TalkingHeads' [[Music/{{Naked}} last album]] and the finished outtakes on ''Sand in the Vaseline'' (right down to sharing the latter's producer, Nick Launay).

* ColorMotifs: Tying in with Byrne's longtime association with red, the back cover and rear spine have a photo of a deep red sunset sky, and the first 100,000 CD copies of the album came with a translucent red tray (later copies use the traditional dark gray). Additionally, the US CD single release of "She's Mad" features a translucent red jewel case and a red disc label.

* NewSoundAlbum: Compared to the Latin WorldMusic approach of ''Rei Momo'', ''Uh-Oh'' orients things in a more accessible AlternativeRock direction similar in style to Music/TalkingHeads' [[Music/{{Naked}} last album]].

-->''Somebody, somebody took away our name.\\

* ColorMotifs: Tying in with Byrne's longtime association with red, the back cover and rear spine have a photo of a deep red sunset sky, and the first 100,000 CD copies of the album came with a translucent red tray (later copies use the traditional dark gray). Additionally, the CD single release of "She's Mad" features a translucent red jewel case and a red disc label.

** The cover art is a painting of Heaven... with dog sitting on the throne instead of God.

* TakeThat: The original CD release, came with a sticker slapped onto the longbox with the headline THIS IS GARBAGE, followed by a blurb decrying how wasteful longboxes were (since most people just threw them out after purchase) and urging buyers to complain about it to retailers.

No longer tied to his old band, Byrne decided to go to greater lengths than before with promoting this record. Not only did he produce elaborate music videos for each of the album's singles-- all of which took great lengths to focus on him as an independent figure, no band attached-- but he also undertook his first major tour since Talking Heads' ''Music/SpeakingInTongues'' tour in 1983. Similarly, a ConcertFilm from this tour, ''Between the Teeth -- Live'', was filmed and released in 1993, acting as an attempted SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/StopMakingSense'' in its minimalist visuals while also teasing forthcoming songs from [[Music/DavidByrneAlbum his self-titled album]] the following year.