Talking Heads '77 (Peach of Immortality album)

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Talking Heads '77
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Studio album by
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedNovember 1984 (1984-11) – January 1985 (1985-01)
Studio
Various
Genre Industrial rock
Length68:55
Label Adult Contemporary
Producer Tom Smith
Peach of Immortality chronology
Need (Thee)!
(1984)
Talking Heads '77
(1985)
"Jehovah" My Black Ass-R.E.M. Is Air Supply!
(1986)

Talking Heads '77 is the second studio album by Peach of Immortality, released in 1985 by Adult Contemporary Recordings. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic gave Talking Heads '77 a rating of two out of five stars and said "the confusingly-titled Talking Heads '77 is actually the first record from the sonic collage artists Peach of Immortality" [3] (referring to the Talking Heads album Talking Heads: 77 ).

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."2 December 84"7:09
2."15 December 84"12:17
3."20 December 84"14:20
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."2 December 84"6:35
2."18 January 85"17:51
3."24 January 85"15:58

Personnel

Adapted from the Talking Heads '77 liner notes. [4] [5]

Peach of Immortality

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1985Adult Contemporary LP ACR003
United States1995 Fused Coil CD 9868-63219

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