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The Catherine Wheel (album)

The Catherine Wheel
The Catherine WheelOriginal.jpg
Soundtrack album by David Byrne
Released December 1981 (1981-12)
Genre Art rock, worldbeat
Length 68:53
Label Sire
Producer David Byrne
David Byrne chronology
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
(1981)
The Catherine Wheel
(1981)
Music for "The Knee Plays"
(1985)
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Allmusic 4.5/5 stars

The Catherine Wheel is David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her dance project. The Catherine Wheel premiered September 22, 1981, at the Winter Garden Theatre in 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 "What a Day That Was" appears on the album.

All songs written by David Byrne, except as indicated.

All songs written by David Byrne, except as indicated.


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