Performer: David Byrne
Genre: Jazz / Rock
Album: Music For The Knee Plays
Released: 1985
Style: Avantgarde, Contemporary Jazz
MP3 version ZIP size: 1672 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1387 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1131 mb
Rating: 4.1
Votes: 815
Other Formats: FLAC MP1 AC3 ASF VOC MMF MP3

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Tree (Today Is An Important Occasion)	4:02
A2	In The Upper Room Arranged By – The Baptist Methodist Choir Church Of God	3:35
A3	The Sound Of Business	6:15
A4	Social Studies	4:52
A5	(The Gift Of Sound) Where The Sun Never Goes Down Arranged By – Clara Hudman "The Georia Peach"*	2:34
A6	Theadora Is Dozing Arranged By – Ensemble Of The Bulgarian Republic	2:59
B1	Admiral Perry	5:32
B2	I Bid You Goodnight Arranged By – The Pindar Family	2:51
B3	I've Tried Arranged By – Swan's Silvertone Singers*	3:24
B4	Winter	6:11
B5	Jungle Book	3:38
B6	In The Future	6:35

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company
• Copyright (c) – Sire Records Company
• Copyright (c) – Robert Wilson
• Recorded At – One On One Studios
• Recorded At – Studio Sound Recorders
• Mixed At – RPM Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Arranged By – David Blumberg, David Byrne
• Baritone Saxophone – Ernie Fields, Bill Green*
• Composed By – David Byrne (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B4 to B6), Trad.* (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B2, B3)
• Conductor [Conducted By] – David Blumberg
• Design – David Byrne
• Design [With] – Michael Hodgson
• Drums – Paul Humphrey
• Engineer – Joel Moss, Mark Wolfson
• Illustration [Cover Drawing] – Robert Wilson
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Mixed By – David Byrne, Dominick Maita
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Mike Krowiak
• Percussion – Bobbye Hall
• Photography By [Backsleeve Bottom] – Glenn Halvorson
• Photography By [Backsleeve Top] – JoAnn Verburg
• Producer – David Byrne
• Saxophone – Don Myrick (tracks: A1 to A4, B5), Ernie Watts (tracks: A1 to A4, B5), Jackie Kelso (tracks: A5 to B4, B6), Pete Christlieb
• Trombone – Dana Hughes, David Stout, Fred Wesley, Garnett Brown, Phil Teil
• Trumpet – Chuck Findley (tracks: A1 to A4, B5), Harry Kim (tracks: A5 to B4), Nolan Smith, Ray Brown , Rich Cooper
• Voice – David Byrne

Notes

Complete title on front sleeve: "Music for 'The Knee Plays' by Robert Wilson and David Byrne from Robert Wilson's 'The CIVIL WarS': A tree is best measured when it is down"

This music was inspired by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band of New Orleans
First produced and performed at The Walker Centre, Minneapolis April 26, 27, 28, 1984
Choreographed by Suzushi Hanayagi

Recorded:
One On One Studio, North Hollywood, April 4, 1984
Engineer: Mark Wolfson
Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, April 5 & 6, 1984
Engineer: Joel Moss
Mixed at RPM Studio, December 8-17, 1984
Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y.
This album was digitally mastered

Cover Drawing, 19 1/4" x 26 1/8" © 1984 Robert Wilson, courtesy of the Paula Cooper Gallery
Performance Photographs © 1984 JoAnn Verburg (Top), and Glenn Halvorson (Bottom), courtesy of the Walker Art Center

©℗ 1985 Sire Records Company
Published by Index Music, Inc. ASCAP

Sequential track positions

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Side 1): EJ240381 A
• Barcode (Scanned): EJ240381 B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1-25022, 9 25022-1 E	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	ECM Records, ECM Records	1-25022, 9 25022-1 E	US	1985
1A 064-24 0381 1, EJ 24 0381 1	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	Zonophone, Zonophone	1A 064-24 0381 1, EJ 24 0381 1	Europe	1985
EMS-91127, EJ 240381 1	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	Toshiba EMI Ltd, Zonophone	EMS-91127, EJ 240381 1	Japan	1985
ECM 25022-4 E, ECM 4-25022	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(Cass, Album, Cle)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 25022-4 E, ECM 4-25022	US	1985
303228-2	David Byrne	The Knee Plays ‎(CD, Album, RE + DVD, Bon)	Nonesuch	303228-2	US	2007