- Audio CD (April 4 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sire-Wbr
- ASIN: B000002KNC
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Light Bath | |||
| 2. His Wife Refused | |||
| 3. Ade | |||
| 4. Walking | |||
| 5. Two Soldiers | |||
| 6. Under The Mountain | |||
| 7. Dinosaur | |||
| 8. The Red House | |||
| 9. Wheezing | |||
| 10. Eggs In A Briar Patch | |||
| 11. Poison | |||
| 12. Cloud Chamber | |||
| 13. Black Flag | |||
| 14. My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks) | |||
| 15. Combat | |||
| 16. Leg Bells | |||
| 17. The Blue Flame | |||
| 18. Big Business | |||
| 19. Dense Beasts | |||
| 20. Five Golden Sections | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.com essential recording
Sounding more like a missing Talking Heads session than anything remotely like David Byrne's 1990s-era work, The Catherine Wheel is at root a display of funky, off-time rhythms and vamps with Byrne involved at every level. The music was composed and produced to accompany a Twyla Tharp-choreographed dance event, and for program music it's brilliant enough to stand alone. The 73 minutes are almost seamless, weaving ambient soundscapes with loopy percussion-backed bass runs with guitar strumming across the top. Byrne shows his command of dramatic scoring here, spreading his wings across a huge range of styles and doing so in a way that sounds both like his old band and entirely different from them. You can hear in The Catherine Wheel where Byrne was heading (i.e., heavily rhythmic music) years before the Heads were disbanded and he ventured into life as a Brazilian- and Latin-music impresario. It's the sound of a young genius having free reign, and as such it's exceptional. --Andrew Bartlett
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The Catherine Wheel ressemble plus à une session perdue des Talking Heads qu'à tout ce qu'a pu produire David Byrne dans les années 1990. On retrouve sa touche à tous les niveaux, que ce soit dans les rythmes funk décalés ou les improvisations. Ce disque a été composé et produit pour une chorégraphie de Twyla Tharp, mais il est absolument écoutable sans le ballet. Les 73 minutes filent toutes seules, passant de paysages sonores d'ambiance à des lignes de basse, accompagnées de percussions entêtantes sur lesquelles se posent de grosses guitares. David Byrne démontre son talent dramatique, passant de style en style comme son ancien groupe, mais en même temps de manière très différente. Sur The Catherine Wheel, on peut voir la direction que prenait Byrne (une musique très rythmique) avant même que les Talking Heads ne se séparent, et que lui-même ne devienne imprésario de musique brésilienne et latino. C'est le son d'un jeune génie totalement libre. Tout simplement exceptionnel. --Andrew Bartett
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Catherine Wheel (Audio CD)
I can't add very much to these reviews, just a warning. Don't listen to this while driving down the coast of GA where there aren't too many gas stations. You'll get so much into the music that you'll forget what you're doing and run out of gas.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Raw Pure Byrne,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Catherine Wheel (Audio CD)
If you're mostly into the Taking Heads' more comercial hits then this probably isn't for you but if you lose yourself in the groove of the more obscure instumental diversions on Little Creatures then this is absolutely a must own cd. While there are some odd tracks that don't work so well (to be expected from a 72 min long soundtrack) mostly, this cd is made up of the undiluted good stuff, the raw pure music that comes along all too rarely. I thought about giving this 4 stars because of the low points but considering that you could delete 15 minutes of it and still be left with a long album containing nothing but some of the finest funkiest grooves ever - it has to be 5 stars.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating,
By rubidium84 (Ft. Calhoun, NE) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Catherine Wheel (Audio CD)
This album is a bit overlong, but still fascinating. The segue from "Light Bath" into "His Wife Refused" is probably one of my favorite moments in music. David Byrne seems to have this incredible way of placing you into a weird little landscape with every track.Listen to the knockout last 5 tracks in a row - another of my favorite moments in music. Have you ever heard anyone bridge from one song to the next by saying "Aaa, aa"? Listen to this one while painting an abstract.
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