The Forest (album)

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The Forest
Studio album by David Byrne
Released June, 1991
Recorded 1990-91
Genre Classical
Length 61:34
Label Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. Records
Professional reviews
David Byrne chronology
Rei Momo
(1989)		 The Forest
(1991)		 Uh-Oh
(1992)

The Forest is an instrumental album by recording artist David Byrne, and released in 1991. Some of the music from this orchestral album was originally used in a Robert Wilson directed theatre piece with the same name. The Forest premiered at the Theater der Freien Volksbuhne, Berlin in 1988.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by David Byrne

  1. "Ur" – 13:08
  2. "Kish" - 5:47
  3. "Dura Europus" - 3:27
  4. "Samara" - 5:40
  5. "Nineveh" - 3:34
  6. "Ava" - 12:14
  7. "Machu Picchu" - 3:14
  8. "Tula" - 4:20
  9. "Teotihuacan" - 2:37
  10. "Asuka" - 7:33

[edit] The Forestry Maxi-single

This maxi-single contains dance and industrial remixes of pieces from The Forest by Jack Dangers, Rudy Tambala, and Anthony Capel.

Art Direction: Robin Lynch and David Byrne. Design by Robin Lynch. Front cover, “Feed Pump Pipework, Hinkley Point” by Douglass Allen. Back cover, “Fodermaschinist” Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum. Inside, “The Forest” by David Byrne.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ava" - Nu Wage Remix - Jack Dangers
  2. "Nineveh" - Industrial Mix - Jack Dangers
  3. "Ava" - Less Space Dance Mix Edit - Rudy Tambala / Anthony Capel
  4. "Ava" - Space Dance Mix - Rudy Tambala / Anthony Capel
  5. "Machu Picchu" - Album Version