On July 14, 1978, Talking Heads released their second album, "More Songs About Buildings and Food," a backwards exorcism of frozen-brittle guitars, smeared textures and super-ecstatic vocals. The record brought forth an essential darkness and didn't try to extinguish it. These were songs about emotions that lurk, about the secret part of ourselves that knows people can see right through us on buses, planes and subways, all sung by a disjointed, ferocious, manic, shivering guy named David Byrne. It was a kin   [ read more ]

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The musical transition that seemed to have just begun with "Fear of Music" came to fruition on Talking Heads' fourth album, "Remain in Light." "I Zimbra" and "Life During Wartime" from the earlier album served as the blueprints for a disc on which the group explored African polyrhythms on a series of driving groove tracks, over which David Byrne chanted and sang his typically disconnected lyrics. Even without a single, "Remain in Light" was a hit, indicating that Talking Heads were connecting with an audien   [ read more ]

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Spanning 1976-1992, this is the first-ever Talking Heads box set, and it's in beautiful 5" x 17" packaging that must be seen to be believed. With over 50 tracks on three CDs, this uniquely packaged set features hits and album tracks, as well as previously unreleased rarities, outtakes, and alternate versions. Also includes a DVD with the out-of-print video compilation, "Storytelling Giant," and three previously unreleased bonus clips. An 80-page booklet features a band history written by all four founding m   [ read more ]

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Featuring material from every Talking Heads album except the live The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline is a terrific double-disc retrospective of the band's long and varied career. Featuring all of their hit singles and trademark songs ("Psycho Killer," "Take Me to the River," "Burning Down the House," "And She Was," "Once in a Lifetime," "Swamp," "Memories Can't Wait," "Crosseyed and Painless," "Road to Nowhere," "(Nothing But) Flowers," {&"Lif   [ read more ]

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Debut album from the most highly touted new wave band to emerge from the CBGB's scene in New York. 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 fal   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Talking Heads rose out of the CBGB punk crucible and proved themselves one of the most artistically adventurous and influential bands ever. Their visionary, polyrhythmic sound fused elements including rock, funk, and punk with diverse world beats, avant-garde minimalism, and pure pop genius. This is the 1980 Brian Eno-produced classic, on 180-gram HQ vinyl.

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VINYL FORMAT. The debut album from New York-based Talking Heads is a slice of brilliant schizophrenic pop. David Byrne (guitar and vocals), Tina Weymouth (bass), Chris Frantz (drums), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards and guitar) create their own unique sound on classic TH tracks like "Psycho Killer" and "Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town." The urgency of the music heralds in the beginnings of the new wave era. Talking Heads 77 shows a band at the forefront of a movement, unwilling to conform while making a stat   [ read more ]

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2XCD FORMAT. This is a reissue of The Name of This Band is the Talking Heads. First released in 1982 and never before released on compact disc. Landmark live album has been expanded to include 12 previously unreleased tracks. Also features the complete set list from the Remain in Light Tour which includes: "Psycho Killer," "Once in a Liftime," "Cities," "Animals," and more.

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By titling their third album, Fear of Music and opening it with the African rhythmic experiment "I Zimbra," complete with nonsense lyrics by poet Hugo Ball, Talking Heads made the record seem more of a departure than it was. Though Fear of Music was musically distinct from its predecessors, mostly because of the use of minor keys that gave the music a more ominous sound. Previously, David Byrne's offbeat observations had been set off by an overtly humorous tone; on Fear of Music, he was still odd, but no lo   [ read more ]

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For "Speaking in Tongues," Talking Heads found a way to open up the dense textures of the music they had developed with Brian Eno on their two previous studio albums, and were rewarded with their most popular album yet. Despite their formal power, Talking Heads' last two albums seemed to have painted them into a corner, which may be why it took them three years to craft a follow-up. But on "Speaking in Tongues," they found an open window and flew out of it.

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Formed in the mid-'70s by art school friends David Byrne, Chris Franz, and Tina Weymouth-and ex-Modern Lover Jerry Harrison-Talking Heads transcended their humble roots in NYC's CBGB-centric punk scene to emerge as one of the most artistically adventurous and influential bands ever. Their visionary, polyrhthmic sound fused rock, funk and punk with world beasts, avant-garde minimalism, pure pop genius and more. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the band's masterpieces are celebrated in Rh   [ read more ]

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Formed in the mid-'70s by art school friends David Byrne, Chris Franz, and Tina Weymouth-and ex-Modern Lover Jerry Harrison-Talking Heads transcended their humble roots in NYC's CBGB-centric punk scene to emerge as one of the most artistically adventurous and influential bands ever. Their visionary, polyrhthmic sound fused rock, funk and punk with world beasts, avant-garde minimalism, pure pop genius and more. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the band's masterpieces are celebrated in Rh   [ read more ]

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