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Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings & Food (Remastered, 180 Gram) (LP)

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings & Food (Remastered, 180 Gram) (LP)

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View Artist: Talking Heads
SKU: 4E9EFL-1FF7-00

  |  UPC: 081227963583

Talking Heads' second album, co-produced by Brian Eno, was significantly more popular than their first "Talking Heads: 77". The group's blend of funky bass, country, reggae and punk with David Byrne's unique voice established the group as a critical success. Originally released in 1978, the album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The single, a cover of All Green's hit "Take Me to the River", peaked at number 26 on the Pop Singles chart in 1979. This reissue version is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. It was cut at Bernie Grundman studios.

The Heads' second album found them building on the twitchy "new wave" sound they established with their debut while using that approach as a springboard for new lyrical and musical innovations. The band's sonic pallette is a bit wider here; the interplay between the guitars of David Byrne and Jerry Harrison is more fully developed here, are Harrison's keyboard contributions (he was, after all, strictly a keys man in the Modern Lovers, one of the Heads' primary influences). The band displays diversity with their first recorded cover tune, Al Green's "Take Me To The River," which they redefine with an ominous, supple sensuality. While Byrne still sounds like his nerves are being stretched to the breaking point, the band is a little looser here, as on the jumpy, Velvet Underground-ish "Thank You For Sending Me an Angel." Byrne's hyper-intellectualism is in full flower on BUILDINGS, from the gender politics lesson "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" to the New York bohemian slant of "Artists Only," whose key phrase is "you can't see it till it's finished!"

  • Format: Vinyl
  • Genre: Rock
  • Released: 11/05/2013
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Tracklist

Thank You For Sending Me An Angel 2:11
With Our Love 3:30
The Good Thing 3:03
Warning Sign 3:55
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls 2:37
Found A Job 5:00
Artists Only 3:34
I'm Not In Love 4:33
Stay Hungry 2:39
Take Me To The River 5:00
The Big Country 5:30
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Brian DeMartino
New Wave essential

I have a rule when buying vinyl: only buy records that have I can listen through without a significant urge to skip songs. This is one of 3 Talking Heads albums that fit that bill 100% (Remain in Light and Stop Making Sense are the others). They can be a little bit of a challenge a lot of times. Their punk/new wave/synthpop/funk pilaf isn't for everyone, and the transitions can be a little jarring. They balance it perfectly here though.