Music for "The Knee Plays"

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Music for "The Knee Plays"
Music for "The Knee Plays" cover
Studio album by David Byrne
Released May, 1985
Label ECM
Professional reviews
David Byrne chronology
The Catherine Wheel
(1981)		 Music for "The Knee Plays"
(1985)		 Sounds from True Stories
(1986)

Music for "The Knee Plays" (1985) is an album of music by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS. The album was originally released on vinyl and a remastered & expanded CD version was released in November 2007 under the title "The Knee Plays"

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Tree (Today is an Important Occasion)" (Byrne) – 4:02
  2. "In the Upper Room" (Blumberg, Byrne) – 3:35
  3. "The Sound of Business" (Byrne) – 6:15
  4. "Social Studies" (Byrne) – 4:52
  5. "(The Gift of Sound) Where The Sun Never Goes Down" (Blumberg, Byrne) – 2:34
  6. "Theadora Is Dozing" (Blumberg, Byrne) – 2:59
  7. "Admiral Perry" (Byrne) – 5:32
  8. "I Bid You Goodnight" (Blumberg, Byrne) – 2:51
  9. "I've Tried" (Blumberg, Byrne) – 3:24
  10. "Winter" (Byrne) – 6:11
  11. "Jungle Book" (Byrne) – 3:38
  12. "In the Future" (Byrne) – 6:35