Music for "The Knee Plays"

Music for "The Knee Plays"
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMay 1985
Recorded1984 at One on One Studio and Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood
Length56:53
LabelECM (Original US release)
EMI/Regal Zonophone (Original international release)
Nonesuch (2007 reissue)
ProducerDavid Byrne
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 by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS. The album was released on vinyl; a remastered and expanded CD version was released in November 2007 under the title The Knee Plays and it includes eight previously unreleased bonus tracks and a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400 black and white photographs.

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Robert ChristgauA−
The Knee Plays
Soundtrack album by
Released6 November 2007
Recorded1983 at JAK Recording Studio, Tokyo; 1984 at One on One Studio and Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood
Length79:42
LabelNonesuch Records
ProducerDavid Byrne
David Byrne chronology
Live from Austin, Texas
(2004)
The Knee Plays
(2007)
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
(2008)
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AllMusic
The Guardian
Pitchfork Media7.5/10