Music for "The Knee Plays"  Music for "The Knee Plays" (1985) is an album by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera . The album was released on vinyl; a remastered and expanded CD version was released in November 2007 under the title "The Knee Plays". The Knee Plays is the title of David Byrne's remastered and expanded edition of his "Music for "The Knee Plays"". It is the first time the album is released on CD, and it includes eight previously unreleased bonus tracks and a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400 black and white photographs. Tracks 1-12 consist of the original album. Tracks 13-20 are newly issued bonus tracks. All compositions by David Byrne, except where indicated.