The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads | ||||
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Released | March 24, 1982 | |||
Recorded | November 17, 1977 – February 27, 1981 | |||
Genre | New wave, funk, art punk | |||
Length | 81:28 | |||
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Producer | Talking Heads | |||
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Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also frequently made appearances in concert and on the group's albums. Jul 20, 2016 Talking Heads Discography 8 albums - Remastered html bbcode To share this torrent use the code below and insert it into comments, status messages, forum posts or your signature.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blender | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[3] |
Mojo | [4] |
Pitchfork | 9.2/10[5] |
Rolling Stone | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[8] |
Uncut | [9] |
The Village Voice | A−[10] |
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a double live album by Talking Heads, originally released in 1982. The first disc featured the original quartet in recordings from 1977 and 1979, and the second disc the expanded ten-piece lineup that toured in 1980 and 1981. The album contains live versions of songs that appear on their first four studio albums, Talking Heads: 77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain in Light. The cassette edition of the album included 'Cities' as a bonus track not included on the vinyl edition – this track has been included on the subsequent CD release.
The title of the album is a reference both to the group's preference for having no expressed definite article within the band name (as opposed to 'The Talking Heads') and to David Byrne's minimalist introductions to songs. The album opens with one such introduction: 'The name of this song is 'New Feeling'. That's what it's about.'
An expanded version of the record, on CD in the United States for the first time, was released in 2004 by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino. It duplicated the pattern of the original with the first disc featuring the quartet alone, and the second disc a ten-member band. Additional tracks from 1978 are among the eight extra songs on the first disc, and correct running order for the set from the larger band on the second disc. The introduction to the song 'Crosseyed and Painless' was edited out on the CD version, however.
The remastered and expanded edition of the album is No. 15 on the Metacritic list of all-time best-reviewed albums. In 2013 Rhino reissued the vinyl version of the album (on the original Sire label) again without bonus tracks but with the longer running version of 'Crosseyed and Painless' replicating the original design of the packaging but packaging the LPs in plastic sleeves. The album utilized the original analog mastering for the LP from 1981.
- 1Track listing
- 1.1Original (1982) LP track listing
- 1.22004 CD reissue track listing
Track listing[edit]
Original (1982) LP track listing[edit]
All songs written by David Byrne except where noted.[11]
Side one[edit]
- Recorded for WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studios, Maynard, Massachusetts, November 17, 1977
- 'New Feeling' – 3:10
- 'A Clean Break' – 4:57
- 'Don't Worry About the Government' – 3:08
- 'Pulled Up' – 4:08
- 'Psycho Killer' (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) – 5:34
Side two[edit]
- Recorded at The Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, January 17, 1979
- 'Artists Only' (Byrne, Wayne Zieve) – 3:48
- 'Stay Hungry' (Byrne, Frantz) – 4:00
- 'Air' – 4:09
- 'Love → Building on Fire' – 3:36
- 'Memories (Can't Wait)' (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 3:58
Side three[edit]
- Recorded at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980; Central Park, New York CityNew York, August 27, 1980; Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981
- 'I Zimbra' (Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball) – 3:33
- 'Drugs' (Byrne, Eno) – 4:47
- 'Houses in Motion' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 7:00
- 'Life During Wartime' (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:03
Side four[edit]
- Recorded at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980; Central Park, New York City, New York, August 27, 1980; Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981
- 'The Great Curve' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:58
- 'Crosseyed and Painless' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 7:05
- 'Take Me to the River' (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) – 6:43
2004 CD reissue track listing[edit]
All songs written by David Byrne except where noted. Dates and places are for the first and following tracks.[12]
Disc one[edit]
- 'New Feeling' – 3:09 for WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studios, Maynard, Massachusetts, November 17, 1977[12]
- 'A Clean Break (Let's Work)' – 5:05
- 'Don't Worry About The Government' – 3:03
- 'Pulled Up' – 4:04
- 'Psycho Killer' (Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz) – 5:31
- 'Who Is It?' – 1:44
- 'The Book I Read' – 4:22
- 'The Big Country' – 5:09 for WXRT broadcast, The Park West, Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1978[12]
- 'I'm Not in Love' – 4:57 for KSAN broadcast, The Boarding House, San Francisco, California, September 16, 1978[12]
- 'The Girls Want to Be with the Girls' – 3:44 at The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio, December 18, 1978[12]
- 'Electricity (Drugs)' – 3:28
- 'Found a Job' – 5:35
- 'Mind' – 4:56 for WBCN broadcast, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts, August 24, 1979[12]
- 'Artists Only' (Byrne, Zieve) – 3:49 at The Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, November 17, 1979[12]
- 'Stay Hungry' (Byrne, Frantz) – 4:05
- 'Air' – 4:01
- 'Love → Building on Fire' – 3:47
- 'Memories (Can't Wait)' (Byrne, Harrison) – 3:44
- 'Heaven' (Byrne, Harrison) – 4:31
Disc two[edit]
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- 'Psycho Killer' (Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz) – 5:33 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981[12]
- 'Warning Sign' (Byrne, Frantz) – 5:40
- 'Stay Hungry' (Byrne, Frantz) – 3:56
- 'Cities' – 5:00 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980[12]
- 'I Zimbra' (Byrne, Eno, Ball) – 3:30
- 'Drugs (Electricity)' (Byrne, Eno) – 4:41
- 'Once in a Lifetime' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:57 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981[12]
- 'Animals' – 4:05
- 'Houses in Motion' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:54 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980[12]
- 'Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 8:24 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981[12]
- 'Crosseyed and Painless' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:58 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980; truncated version from original release[12]
- 'Life During Wartime' (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:54 at Central Park, New York City, New York, August 27, 1980[12]
- 'Take Me to the River' (Green, Hodges) – 6:33
- 'The Great Curve' (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:42
Personnel[edit]
Talking Heads
- David Byrne – guitar, vocals
- Chris Frantz – drums
- Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
- Jerry Harrison – guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Adrian Belew – guitar, backing vocals
- Nona Hendryx – backing vocals on 'Life During Wartime', 'Take Me To The River', and 'The Great Curve'
- Busta 'Cherry' Jones - additional bass guitar
- Dolette McDonald – percussion, backing vocals
- Steve Scales – congas, percussion
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards, backing vocals
Production
- Talking Heads – producer, mixing assistant
- David Hewett – audio engineer
- Kooster McAllister – engineer
- Rod O'Brien – engineer
- Katshuiko Sato – engineer
- Brian Eno – assistant engineer
- Ed Stasium – mixing engineer
- Butch Jones – mixing assistant
- Clive Brinkwood – mastering engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
- Jeff Shaw – mastering engineer
Reissue personnel
- Gary Stewart – producer
- Andy Zax – producer
- Dave Artale – mixing engineer
- Ken Rasek – mixing engineer
- Bob Ludwig – remastering engineer
Charts[edit]
Album
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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1982 | Billboard Pop Albums[13] | 31 |
References[edit]
- ^Westergaard, Sean. 'The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads – Talking Heads'. AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^Wolk, Douglas (September 2004). 'Talking Heads: (various reissues)'. Blender (29): 158. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^'Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads'. Entertainment Weekly: 123. August 20, 2004.
- ^'Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads'. Mojo (132): 127. November 2004.
- ^Plagenhoef, Scott (August 25, 2004). 'Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads'. Pitchfork. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^'Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads'. Rolling Stone: 147. September 2, 2004.
- ^Sheffield, Rob (2004). 'Talking Heads'. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 802–03. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
- ^Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 394. ISBN0-679-75574-8.
- ^'Talking Heads – The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads'. Uncut (90): 131. November 2004. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^Christgau, Robert (May 4, 1982). 'Christgau's Consumer Guide'. The Village Voice. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^Talking Heads. The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Sire Records, 1982).
- ^ abcdefghijklmnTalking Heads. The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Rhino Entertainment, 2004).
- ^'Talking Heads Chart History: Billboard 200'. Billboard.com. 2019. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019.
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Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 (1977/2009)
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Talking Heads’ groundbreaking 1977 debut remains one of the most celebrated releases of the New Wave era. The album featured the breakout hits “Psycho Killer” and “Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town” and introduced the world to the band’s singular and nervy blend of pointilistic funk, punk, and rock. The album is ranked as one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Though they were the most highly touted new wave band to emerge from the CBGB’s scene in New York, it was not clear at first whether Talking Heads’ Lower East Side art rock approach could make the subway ride to the midtown pop mainstream successfully. The leadoff track of the debut album, Talking Heads: 77, “Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town,” was a pop song that emphasized the group’s unlikely roots in late-’60s bubblegum, Motown, and Caribbean music. But the “Uh-Oh” gave away the group’s game early, with its nervous, disconnected lyrics and David Byrne’s strained voice. All pretenses of normality were abandoned by the second track, as Talking Heads finally started to sound on record the way they did downtown: the staggered rhythms and sudden tempo changes, the odd guitar tunings and rhythmic, single-note patterns, the non-rhyming, non-linear lyrics that came across like odd remarks overheard from a psychiatrist’s couch, and that voice, singing above its normal range, its falsetto leaps and strangled cries resembling a madman trying desperately to sound normal. Talking Heads threw you off balance, but grabbed your attention with a sound that seemed alternately threatening and goofy. The music was undeniably catchy, even at its most ominous, especially on “Psycho Killer,” Byrne’s supreme statement of demented purpose. Amazingly, that song made the singles chart for a few weeks, evidence of the group’s quirky appeal, but the album was not a big hit, and it remained unclear whether Talking Heads spoke only the secret language of the urban arts types or whether that could be translated into the more common tongue of hip pop culture. In any case, they had succeeded as artists, using existing elements in an unusual combination to create something new that still managed to be oddly familiar. And that made Talking Heads: 77 a landmark album.
Tracklist:
01 – Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
02 – New Feeling
03 – Tentative Decisions
04 – Happy Day
05 – Who Is It?
06 – No Compassion
07 – The Book I Read
08 – Don’t Worry About The Government
09 – First Week / Last Week….Carefree
10 – Psycho Killer
11 – Pulled Up
01 – Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
02 – New Feeling
03 – Tentative Decisions
04 – Happy Day
05 – Who Is It?
06 – No Compassion
07 – The Book I Read
08 – Don’t Worry About The Government
09 – First Week / Last Week….Carefree
10 – Psycho Killer
11 – Pulled Up
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