The Forest (album)

The Forest
Studio album by David Byrne
Released	June 1991
Recorded	1990-91
Genre	Classical
Length	61:34
Label	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. Records
David Byrne chronology
Rei Momo (1989)Rei Momo1989 The Forest (1991) Uh-Oh (1992)Uh-Oh1992

The Forest is a mostly instrumental album by David Byrne, released in 1991, inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh and set during the later Industrial Revolution. 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 Volksbühne, West Berlin in 1988.

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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

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	1991	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	CD	26584
			Cassette tape	4-26584
	2005	Sire	CD	?

See also

• The Forestry