- The Catherine Wheel (album)
Infobox Album
Name = The Catherine Wheel
Type = Soundtrack
Artist =David Byrne
Released = December 1981
Genre =Art rock
Length = 68:53
Label =Sire Records
Producer =David Byrne
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifuxqw5ld6e~T1 link]
Last album = "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" (1981)
This album = "The Catherine Wheel" (1981)
Next album = "Music for "The Knee Plays" " (1985)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Soundtrack
Lower caption = Cover of CD re-release|"The Catherine Wheel" is
David Byrne 's musical score commissioned byTwyla Tharp for her similarly-titled dance project. "The Catherine Wheel" premieredSeptember 22 ,1981 at theWinter Garden Theatre inNew 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.Track listing
LP track listing
All tracks composed by David Byrne, except as indicated.
#"His Wife Refused" – 4:26
#"Two Soldiers" (Byrne,Brian Eno ) – 4:45
#"The Red House" – 3:17
#"My Big Hands" (Fall Through the Cracks) – 2:45
#"Big Business" (Byrne,John Chernoff ) – 5:16
#"Eggs in a Briar Patch" – 3:31
#"Poison" – 2:38
#"Cloud Chamber" – 2:42
#"What a Day That Was" – 5:32
#"Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)" – 4:45
#"Light Bath" – 1:08Cassette and CD track listing
#"Light Bath" – 1:09
#"His Wife Refused" – 4:31
#"Ade" (Byrne, Eno) – 3:22
#"Walking" (Byrne, 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, Chernoff) – 2:45
#"Leg Bells" (Byrne, 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" – 1:10Personnel
;"His Wife Refused"
*Adrian Belew –steel drum guitar
*David Byrne – vocals, bass,guitar s
*John Chernoff –gung gong
*Yogi Horton – drums
*Bernie Worrell – mini Moog,piano ;"Two Soldiers"
*Adrian Belew – guitars
*David Byrne – basses, guitar, OBX, primetime
*John Chernoff – congas
*Brian Eno – bass, piano
*Yogi Horton – drums;"The Red House"
*David Byrne – basses, guitars, prophet
*Brian Eno – prophet scream
*Yogi Horton – drums;"My Big Hands"
*David Byrne – vocals, bass, guitars, percussion, prophet
*Yogi Horton – drums;"Big Business"
*David Byrne – vocals, bass, fierce and high guitars
*John Chernoff – galloping guitar
*Bernie Worrell –clavinet ;"Eggs in a Briar Patch"
*Adrian Belew – floating guitars
*David Byrne – guitars, horses
*John Chernoff – gung gong
*Brian Eno – bass, vibes
*Jerry Harrison – clavinet
*Yogi Horton – drums;"Poison"
*David Byrne – vocals, bass, guitars, mini synthesizer, prophet strings
*Dolette McDonald – vocals;"Cloud Chamber"
*David Byrne – kitchen metals
*Jerry Harrison – large drum
*Twyla Tharp – water pot;"What a Day That Was"
*David Byrne – vocals, bass, guitars, synthesizers
*John Cooksey – drums
*Steve Scales – congas;"Big Blue Plymouth"
*David Byrne – vocals, guitars
*Sue Halloran – vocals
*Yogi Horton – concert toms, drums;"Light Bath"
*David Byrne – triggered flutes
*John Chernoff – percussionCD credits
*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 synthesizerCharts
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