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Category: Talking Heads

Talking Heads: 77 album cover

[Review] Talking Heads: 77 (1977)

The band’s nervous, brilliant debut is a sugarcoated pill for an anxious age.

Posted On 9 Jan27 Jan
More Songs About Buildings And Food album cover

[Review] Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)

Eno puts on his king’s lead thinking cap and helps the Heads make a quirky, minor masterpiece.

Posted On 15 Mar20 Feb
Take Me To The River 45 rpm sleeve

Talking Heads: “Take Me To The River” (1978)

David Byrne’s droll version of Al Green’s river drained the soul out of it but kept the pain.

Posted On 18 Jun31 Jan
Fear of Music album cover

[Review] Talking Heads: Fear of Music (1979)

The best album of 1979? Melody Maker thought so, and I’m inclined to agree.

Posted On 14 Jun1 Feb
Life During Wartime 45 rpm sleeve

Talking Heads: “Life During Wartime” (1979)

Talking Heads mount a musical revolution on the airwaves.

Posted On 1 Feb8 Feb
Crosseyed and Painless 12 inch cover

Talking Heads: “Crosseyed and Painless” (1980)

It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it, apparently.

Posted On 15 Dec31 Jan
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[Review] Talking Heads: Remain In Light (1980)

Afrobeat, ambient and avant-garde collide on Remain In Light, creating the quintessential college rock album.

Posted On 12 Nov13 Dec
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts album cover

[Review] Brian Eno-David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)

A kind of Remain in Blacklight as Eno and Byrne re-imagine a psychedelic postmodern third world.

Posted On 3 Jan
The Red and The Black album cover

[Review] Jerry Harrison: The Red and The Black (1981)

Another impressive solo album from the now detachable Heads proves they all had something to say.

Posted On 19 Nov4 Jan
The Catherine Wheel album cover

[Review] David Byrne: Songs from the Broadway Production of “The Catherine Wheel” (1981)

This is probably the most fun you’ll ever have listening to a ballet score.

Posted On 13 Dec
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads album cover

[Review] Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)

Live material from three different tours makes for the perfect Heads compendium.

Posted On 20 Feb21 Feb
Speaking in Tongues album cover

[Review] Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues (1983)

The band regroups without Eno and makes a record you can actually dance to some of the time.

Posted On 26 Oct26 Oct
Casual Gods album cover

[Review] Jerry Harrison: Casual Gods (1988)

Harrison’s second album again sounds like contemporary Talking Heads with the helium sucked out.

Posted On 17 Aug25 Feb
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[Review] Jerry Harrison/Casual Gods: Walk on Water (1990)

The second coming of Casual Gods, although I wouldn’t expect any miracles.

Posted On 25 Feb

[Review] Talking Heads: Popular Favorites: Sand in the Vaseline (1992)

A career-spanning compilation of the Heads’ best shots, plus four new cuts at the end.

Posted On 25 May27 Aug

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