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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads | ||||
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Released | March 24, 1982 [1] | |||
Recorded | November 17, 1977 – February 27, 1981 | |||
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Label | Sire, Rhino (reissue) | |||
Producer | Talking Heads | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Blender | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [4] |
Mojo | [5] |
Pitchfork | 9.2/10 [6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10 [9] |
Uncut | [10] |
The Village Voice | A− [11] |
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a double live album by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released in 1982 by Sire Records. The first LP features the original quartet in recordings from 1977 and 1979, and the second LP features the expanded ten-piece lineup that toured in 1980 and 1981. The album contains live versions of songs that appear on their first four studio albums: Talking Heads: 77 , More Songs About Buildings and Food , Fear of Music , and Remain in Light.
An expanded version of the record was released on CD in 2004 by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, marking the album's first ever CD release in the United States. It duplicated the pattern of the original album, with the first disc featuring the quartet alone and the second disc the ten-member band. Eight additional performances from 1978 and 1979 were added to the first disc, and seven additional tracks from the 1980–81 tour were added to the second disc, with the latter disc featuring a reconfigured running order reflecting the tour's set list from the larger band. However, the introduction to the song "Crosseyed and Painless" was edited out on this CD version.
In 2013, Rhino reissued the vinyl version of the album (on the original Sire label), again without bonus tracks, but with the longer version of "Crosseyed and Painless". The original design of the packaging was also replicated, but the LPs were packaged in plastic sleeves. The album also utilized the original analog mastering for the LP from 1982[ citation needed ].
Information sourced from original 1982 LP liner notes [12] and 2004 CD reissue liner notes. [1]
All tracks are written by David Byrne, unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording info | Length |
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1. | "New Feeling" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 3:10 | |
2. | "A Clean Break (Let's Work)" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 4:57 | |
3. | "Don't Worry About the Government" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 3:08 | |
4. | "Pulled Up" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 4:08 | |
5. | "Psycho Killer" | Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 5:34 |
Total length: | 20:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording info | Length |
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1. | "Artists Only" | Byrne, Wayne Zieve | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979 | 3:48 |
2. | "Stay Hungry" | Byrne, Frantz | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979 | 4:00 |
3. | "Air" | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979 | 4:09 | |
4. | "Love → Building on Fire" | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979 | 3:36 | |
5. | "Memories (Can't Wait)" | Byrne, Jerry Harrison | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979 | 3:58 |
Total length: | 19:31 (40:28) |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording info | Length |
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1. | "I Zimbra" | Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 3:33 |
2. | "Drugs" | Byrne | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 4:47 |
3. | "Houses in Motion" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 7:00 |
4. | "Life During Wartime" | Byrne | Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 | 5:03 |
Total length: | 20:23 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording info | Length |
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1. | "The Great Curve" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 | 6:58 |
2. | "Crosseyed and Painless" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 7:05 |
3. | "Take Me to the River" | Al Green, Mason Hodges | Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 | 6:43 |
Total length: | 20:46 (41:09) (81:37) |
All tracks are written by David Byrne, unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording info | Length |
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1. | "New Feeling" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 3:09 | |
2. | "A Clean Break (Let's Work)" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 5:05 | |
3. | "Don't Worry About the Government" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 3:03 | |
4. | "Pulled Up" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 4:04 | |
5. | "Psycho Killer" | Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 | 5:31 |
6. | "Who Is It?" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, previously unissued | 1:44 | |
7. | "The Book I Read" | WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, previously unissued | 4:22 | |
8. | "The Big Country" | WXRT broadcast, the Park West, Chicago, Illinois; August 23, 1978; bonus track, previously unissued | 5:09 | |
9. | "I'm Not in Love" | KSAN broadcast, the Boarding House, San Francisco, California; September 16, 1978; bonus track, previously unissued | 4:57 | |
10. | "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" | The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979) | 3:44 | |
11. | "Electricity (Drugs)" | The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979) | 3:28 | |
12. | "Found a Job" | The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979) | 5:35 | |
13. | "Mind" | WBCN broadcast, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts; August 24, 1979; bonus track, previously unissued | 4:55 | |
14. | "Artists Only" | Byrne, Zieve | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 | 3:49 |
15. | "Stay Hungry" | Byrne, Frantz | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 | 4:05 |
16. | "Air" | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 | 4:01 | |
17. | "Love → Building on Fire" | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 | 3:47 | |
18. | "Memories (Can't Wait)" | Byrne, Harrison | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 | 3:44 |
19. | "Heaven" | Byrne, Harrison | Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979; bonus track, previously unissued | 4:31 |
Total length: | 78:43 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording info | Length |
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1. | "Psycho Killer" | Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz | Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued | 5:33 |
2. | "Warning Sign" | Byrne, Frantz | Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued | 5:40 |
3. | "Stay Hungry" | Byrne, Frantz | Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued | 3:56 |
4. | "Cities" | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 5:00 | |
5. | "I Zimbra" | Byrne, Eno, Ball | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 3:30 |
6. | "Drugs (Electricity)" | Byrne | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 4:41 |
7. | "Once in a Lifetime" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued | 5:57 |
8. | "Animals" | Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued | 4:05 | |
9. | "Houses in Motion" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 | 6:54 |
10. | "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued | 8:24 |
11. | "Crosseyed and Painless" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8–9, 1980; truncated version from original release | 5:58 |
12. | "Life During Wartime" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 | 4:54 |
13. | "Take Me to the River" | Green, Hodges | Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 | 6:33 |
14. | "The Great Curve" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 | 6:42 |
Total length: | 77:47 (156:30) |
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Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [13] | 41 |
Billboard Pop Albums [14] | 31 |
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [15] | 16 |
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