[Review] Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
The band’s nervous, brilliant debut is a sugarcoated pill for an anxious age.
Category: Talking Heads
[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.
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.
[Review] Talking Heads: Fear of Music (1979)
The best album of 1979? Melody Maker thought so, and I’m inclined to agree.
Talking Heads: “Life During Wartime” (1979)
Talking Heads mount a musical revolution on the airwaves.
Talking Heads: “Crosseyed and Painless” (1980)
It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it, apparently.
[Review] Talking Heads: Remain In Light (1980)
Afrobeat, ambient and avant-garde collide on Remain In Light, creating the quintessential college rock album.
[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.
[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.
[Review] Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
Live material from three different tours makes for the perfect Heads compendium.
[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.
[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.