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Talking Heads

MUSIC

New wave band, active 1974-88.

Official Website:
http://www.talking-heads.net/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Byrne
Musician
14-May-1952   Frontman for Talking Heads
Brian Eno
Music Producer
15-May-1948   Here Come The Warm Jets
Chris Frantz
Drummer
8-May-1951   Drummer for Talking Heads
Jerry Harrison
Musician
21-Feb-1949   Guitar and keyboard player for Talking Heads
Nona Hendryx
Singer/Songwriter
9-Oct-1944   Soul vocalist, Labelle songwriter
Steve Scales
Drummer
?   Talking Heads percussionist
Tina Weymouth
Bassist
22-Nov-1950   Bassist for Talking Heads
Bernie Worrell
Musician
19-Apr-1944   Blacktronic Scientist

DISCOGRAPHY

Talking Heads: 77 (1977, Sire)
1Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
2New Feeling
3Tentative Decisions
4Happy Day
5Who Is It?
6No Compassion
7The Book I Read
8Don't Worry About The Government
9First Week/Last Week...Care Free
10Psycho Killer
11Pulled Up

Reissued on CD in 1987.

More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978, Sire)
1Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
2With Our Love
3The Good Thing
4Warning Signs
5The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
6Found A Job
7Artists Only
8I'm Not In Love
9Stay Hungry
10Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)
11The Big Country

Reissued on CD in 1987.

Fear of Music (1979, Sire)
1I Zimbra (with Robert Fripp, based on a phoenetic poem by Hugo Ball)
2Mind
3Paper
4Cities
5Life During Wartime
6Memories Can't Wait
7Air
8Heaven
9Animals
10Electric Guitar
11Drugs

Reissued on CD in 1984.

Remain In Light (1980, Sire)
1Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2Crosseyed And Painless
3The Great Curve
4Once In A Lifetime
5Houses In Motion
6Seen And Not Seen
7Listening Wind
8The Overload

Produced by Brian Eno. Reissued on CD in 1984.

The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982, Sire)
Disc 1
1New Feeling
2A Clean Break (Let's Work)
3Don't Worry About The Government
4Pulled Up
5Psycho Killer
6Artists Only
7Stay Hungry
8Air
9Love Goes To Building On Fire
10Memories (Can't Wait)
Disc 2
1I Zimbra
2Drugs
3Houses In Motion
4Life During Wartime
5The Great Curve
6Crosseyed And Painless
7Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)

Reissued in an expanded edition on CD in 2004 with the following tracklist:

The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (expanded edition) (2004, Sire)
Disc 1
1New Feeling
2A Clean Break (Let's Work)
3Don't Worry About The Government
4Pulled Up
5Psycho Killer
6Who Is It?
7The Book I Read
8The Big Country
9I'm Not In Love
10The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
11Electricity (Drugs)
12Found A Job
13Mind
14Artists Only
15Stay Hungry
16Air
17Love Goes To Building On Fire
18Memories (Can't Wait)
19Heaven
Disc 2
1Psycho Killer
2Warning Sign
3Stay Hungry
4Cities
5I Zimbra
6Drugs (Electricity)
7Once In A Lifetime
8Animals
9Houses In Motion
10Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
11Crosseyed And Painless
12Life During Wartime
13Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)
14The Great Curve

Speaking In Tongues (1983, Sire)
1Burning Down The House
2Making Flippy Floppy
3Girlfriend Is Better
4Slippery People
5I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
6Swamp
7Moon Rocks
8Pull Up The Roots
9This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

Stop Making Sense (1984, Sire (US), EMI (UK))
1Psycho Killer
2Swamp
3Slippery People
4Burning Down The House
5Girlfriend Is Better
6Once In A Lifetime
7What A Day That Was (David Byrne solo song)
8Life During Wartime
9Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)

Soundtrack to the 1984 concert film of the same name. An expanded edition was issued on CD in 1999 on Warner Brothers (US) and EMI (UK), adding the tracks Heaven, Thank You For Sending Me An Angel, Found A Job, Making Flippy Floppy, Genius Of Love (a song by Tom Tom Club), and Crosseyed And Painless.

Little Creatures (1985, Sire (US), EMI (UK))
1And She Was
2Give Me Back My Name
3Creatures Of Love
4The Lady Don't Mind
5Perfect World
6Stay Up Late
7Walk It Down
8Television Man
9Road To Nowhere

True Stories (1986)
1Love For Sale
2Puzzlin' Evidence
3Hey Now
4Papa Legba
5Wild Wild Life
6Radio Head
7Dream Operator
8People Like Us
9City Of Dreams
10Wild Wild Life (Extended mix)

Soundtrack to the film True Stories (1986), though the songs are performed solely by the Talking Heads, rather than by the actors in the film.

Naked (1988, Sire (US), EMI (UK))
1Blind
2Mr. Jones
3Totally Nude
4Ruby Dear
5(Nothing But) Flowers
6The Democratic Circus
7The Facts Of Life
8Mommy Daddy You And I
9Big Daddy
10Bill
11Cool Water

Best Of Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime (1991, EMI (UK))
1Psycho Killer
2Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)
3Once In A Lifetime
4Burning Down The House
5This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
6Slippery People (live)
7Life During Wartime (live)
8And She Was
9Road To Nowhere
10Wild Wild Life
11Blind
12(Nothing But) Flowers
13Sax And Violins
14Lifetime Piling Up

Popular Favorites: Sand In The Vaseline (1992, Sire (US))
Disc 1
1Sugar On My Tongue
2I Want To Live
3Love Goes To Building On Fire
4I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
5Psycho Killer
6Don't Worry About The Government
7No Compassion
8Warning Sign
9The Big Country
10Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)
11Heaven
12Memories Can't Wait
13I Zimbra (with Robert Fripp)
14Once In A Lifetime
15Crosseyed And Painless
16Burning Down The House
17Swamp
18This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Disc 2
1Life During Wartime (live)
2Girlfriend Is Better (live)
3And She Was
4Stay Up Late
5Road To Nowhere
6Wild Wild Life
7Love For Sale
8City Of Dreams
9Mr. Jones
10Blind
11(Nothing But) Flowers
12Sax And Violins
13Gangster Of Love
14Lifetime Piling Up
15Popsicle

12 X 12 Original Mixes (1999, EMI)
1The Lady Don't Mind (extended version)
2Television Man (extended mix)
3And She Was (extended mix)
4Wild Wild Life (long E.T. mix)
5Love for Sale (extended mix)
6Hey Now (milwaukee mix)
7Radio Head (extexnded mix)
8Blind (extended mix)
9(Nothing But) Flowers (Lilywhite mix)
10Ruby Dear (Bush mix)
11Blind (Deaf Dub/Blind mix)
12Love for Sale (love dub)

Once In A Lifetime (2003, Rhino)
Disc 1
1Sugar On My Tongue
2Love Goes To Building On Fire
3I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
4Don't Worry About The Government
5Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town (alternate version)
6New Feeling (alternate version)
7Pulled Up
8Psycho Killer
9Warning Sign
10Artists Only
11Tentative Decisions
12No Compassion
13Stay Hungry
14I'm Not In Love
15The Book I Read
16Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
17Found A Job
18A Clean Break (Let's Work) (live)
19Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)
20The Big Country
21Heaven
Disc 2
1I Zimbra (with Robert Fripp)
2Cities (alternate version)
3Life During Wartime
4Air
5Memories Can't Wait
6Drugs (alternate version)
7Once In A Lifetime
8Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
9Listening Wind
10Houses In Motion
11Crosseyed And Painless
12Burning Down The House
13Making Flippy Floppy
14Girlfriend Is Better
15Slippery People
16Swamp
17This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Disc 3
1And She Was
2Stay Up Late
3Creatures Of Love
4The Lady Don't Mind
5Road To Nowhere
6Wild Wild Life
7Love For Sale
8People Like Us
9Puzzlin' Evidence
10City Of Dreams
11Blind
12Mr. Jones
13The Democratic Stories
14(Nothing But) Flowers
15In Asking Land (outtake)
16Sax And Violins
17Lifetime Piling Up

Also included a DVD of the band's complete collected videos.

The Best Of Talking Heads (2004, Sire/Rhino)
1Love Goes To Building On Fire
2Psycho Killer
3Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
4Take Me To The River (Al Green cover)
5Found A Job
6Life During Wartime
7Heaven
8Memories Can't Wait
9Once In A Lifetime
10Houses In Motion
11This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
12Girlfriend Is Better
13Burning Down The House
14Road To Nowhere
15And She Was
16Wild Wild Life
17Blind
18(Nothing But) Flowers



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