The Catherine Wheel (album)

The Catherine Wheel (1981) is David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her similarly-titled dance project. "The Catherine Wheel" premiered September 22nd, 1981 at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York City

The tracks "Big Blue Plymouth", "My Big Hands", "Big Business", and "What a Day That Was", were performed live by Talking Heads in 1982 and 1983; the latter two appear in their Stop Making Sense film and album.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by David Byrne, except as indicated.

"Light Bath" – 1:09
"His Wife Refused" – 4:31
"Ade" (Byrne, Brian Eno) – 3:22
"Walking" (Byrne, John Chernoff) – 0:52
"Two Soldiers" (Byrne, Brian Eno) – 3:31
"Under the Mountain" – 0:53
"Dinosaur" – 2:36
"The Red House" – 3:17
"Wheezing" – 3:12
"Eggs in a Briar Patch" – 3:31
"Poison" – 2:31
"Cloud Chamber" – 2:50
"Black Flag" – 2:29
"My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)" – 2:46
"Combat" (Byrne, John Chernoff) – 2:45
"Leg Bells" (Byrne, John Chernoff) – 2:40
"The Blue Flame" – 3:25
"Big Business" (Byrne, John Chernoff) – 5:06
"Dense Beasts" – 3:11
"Five Golden Sections" – 2:53
"What a Day That Was" – 5:30
"Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)" – 4:43
"Light Bath" – 1:10

[edit] Personnel

Adrian Belew – Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Sound Effects, Steel Drums, Beats
David Byrne – Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Sound Effects, Vocals, Clavinet, Prophet Synthesizer, Oberheim
John Chernoff – Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Conga, Gung Gong, Drums
John Cooksey – Drums
Brian Eno – Bass Guitar, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Vibraphone, Prophet synthesizer, Screams
Doug Gray – Double bell euphonium
Sue Halloran – Vocals
Jerry Harrison – Organ, Drums, Clavinet
Richard Horowitz – Ney
Yogi Horton – Drums, Concert Toms
Dolette McDonald – Vocals
Steve Scales – Percussion, Conga
Bernie Worrell – Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer