David Byrne discography

David Byrne Discography

Studio albums with Talking Heads

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• Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
• More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
• Fear of Music (1979)
• Remain in Light (1980)
• Speaking in Tongues (1983)
• Little Creatures (1985)
• True Stories (1986)
• Naked (1988)

Solo studio albums and collaborations

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• My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) (with Brian Eno)
• Rei Momo (1989)
• Uh-Oh (1992)
• David Byrne (1994)
• Feelings (1997)
• Look into the Eyeball (2001)
• Grown Backwards (2004)
• Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008) (with Brian Eno)
• Love This Giant (2012) (with St. Vincent)
• American Utopia (2018)

Soundtracks and music for theater

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions		Notes
		US	UK
1981	The Catherine Wheel Released: December 1981 Labels: Sire	104	—	Music for the 1981 Twyla Tharp dance production of the same name.
1985	Music for "The Knee Plays" Released: May 1985 Labels: ECM	141	—	Music for Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's play The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down. Re-released as The Knee Plays in 2007.
1986	Sounds from True Stories Released: 1986 Labels: Sire	—	—	Soundtrack to the film True Stories.
1987	The Last Emperor Released: 1987 Labels: Virgin	152	—	Score to the film The Last Emperor, composed with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su.
1991	The Forest Released: June 1991 Labels: Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	—	—	Music for the 1988 Robert Wilson theatre piece of the same name.
1999	Your Action World Released: January 1, 1999 Labels: Self-released	—	—	Music for Byrne's art presentation of the same name.
1999	In Spite of Wishing and Wanting Released: 1999 Labels: Self-released	—	—	Music for the Ultima Vez dance production of the same name.
2003	E.E.E.I. (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information) Released: July 2, 2003 Labels: Self-released	—	—	Music for Byrne's speaking tour and PowerPoint presentation of the same name.
2003	Lead Us Not into Temptation Released: September 30, 2003 Labels: Thrill Jockey	—	—	Soundtrack to the film Young Adam.
2008	Big Love: Hymnal Released: August 19, 2008 Labels: Todo Mundo/HBO/Playtone	—	—	Soundtrack to the second season of Big Love.
2010	Here Lies Love Released: April 6, 2010 Labels: Todomundo/Nonesuch	96	76	With Fatboy Slim. A disco song cycle occasionally given staged performances.
2019	American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording) Released: October 25, 2019 Labels: Nonesuch	—	—	Original cast recording of the Broadway production of American Utopia.

• "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, albums not released in a particular territory, or chart information is not available.