The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads cover
Live album by Talking Heads
Released March 24, 1982
August 17, 2004 (2004 Reissue)
Recorded November 17, 1977–February 27, 1981
Genre New wave/Art punk
Length 73:07
141:17 (2004 Reissue)
Label Sire
Rhino (2004 Reissue)
Producer(s) Talking Heads
Professional reviews
Talking Heads chronology
Remain in Light
(1980)		 The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
(1982)		 Speaking in Tongues
(1983)


2004 Reissue
Also the back of the 1982 album
Also the back of the 1982 album

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a double live album originally released in 1982. The first album featured the original quartet in recordings from 1977 and 1979, and the second album the expanded ten-piece Talking Heads that toured in 1980 and 1981. It contains live versions of songs that appear on Talking Heads: 77, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain in Light.

The title of the album is the group's response to the general public's constant and incorrect reference to the band as "The Talking Heads."

An expanded version of the record, on CD in the United States for the first time, was released in 2004 by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino. It duplicated the pattern of the original with the first disc featuring the quartet alone, and the second disc a ten-member band. Additional tracks from 1978 are among the eight extra songs on the first disc, and correct running order for the set from the larger band on the second disc.

The original quartet of Talking Heads is David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Jerry Harrison (guitar and keyboards), and Tina Weymouth (bass and keyboards). The added members to the expanded band are Adrian Belew (guitar), Nona Hendryx (vocals), Michael 'Busta' Jones (bass), Dollette McDonald (vocals), Steve Scales (percussion), and Bernie Worrell (keyboards).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD track listing

All songs written by David Byrne unless otherwise indicated. Dates and places are for the first and following tracks.

[edit] Disc one

  1. "New Feeling" – 3:09 for WCOZ broadcast, Maynard MA, November 17, 1977
  2. "A Clean Break" – 5:05
  3. "Don't Worry About The Government" – 3:03
  4. "Pulled Up" – 4:04
  5. "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) – 5:31
  6. "Who Is It" – 1:44
  7. "The Book I Read" – 4:22
  8. "The Big Country" – 5:09 for WXRT broadcast, Chicago, August 23, 1978
  9. "I'm Not in Love" – 4:57 for KSAN broadcast, San Francisco, September 16, 1978
  10. "The Girls Want to Be with the Girls" – 3:44 at The Agora, Cleveland, December 18, 1978
  11. "Electricity (Drugs)" – 3:28
  12. "Found a Job" – 5:35
  13. "Mind" – 4:56 for WBCN broadcast, Boston, August 24, 1979
  14. "Artists Only" (Byrne, Wayne Zieve) – 3:49 at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, January 17, 1979
  15. "Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) – 4:05
  16. "Air" – 4:01
  17. "Love → Building on Fire" – 3:47
  18. "Memories (Can't Wait)" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 3:44
  19. "Heaven" (Byrne, Harrison) – 4:31

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 5:33 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981
  2. "Warning Sign" (Byrne, Frantz) – 5:40
  3. "Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) – 3:56
  4. "Cities" – 5:00 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ, November 8 & 9 1980
  5. "I Zimbra" (Hugo Ball, Byrne, Brian Eno) – 3:30
  6. "Drugs (Electricity)" – 4:41
  7. "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:57 at Tokyo
  8. "Animals" – 4:05
  9. "Houses in Motion" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:54 at Cherry Hill NJ
  10. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 8:24 at Tokyo
  11. "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:58 at Cherry Hill NJ - truncated version from original release
  12. "Life During Wartime" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:54 at Central Park, New York, August 27, 1980
  13. "Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) – 6:33
  14. "The Great Curve" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:42

[edit] Original (1982) LP track listing

For songwriting credits, see above.

[edit] Side one

  1. "New Feeling"
  2. "A Clean Break"
  3. "Don't Worry About the Government"
  4. "Pulled Up"
  5. "Psycho Killer"

[edit] Side two

  1. "Artists Only"
  2. "Stay Hungry"
  3. "Air"
  4. "Love → Building on Fire"
  5. "Memories (Can't Wait)"

[edit] Side three

  1. "I Zimbra"
  2. "Drugs"
  3. "Houses in Motion"
  4. "Life During Wartime"

[edit] Side four

  1. "The Great Curve"
  2. "Crosseyed and Painless" – 7:01
  3. "Take Me to the River"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1982 Billboard Pop Albums 31
Talking Heads
David Byrne – Chris Frantz – Tina Weymouth – Jerry Harrison
Discography
Studio Albums: Talking Heads: 77 (1977) - More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978) - Fear of Music (1979) - Remain in Light (1980) - Speaking in Tongues (1983) - Little Creatures (1985) - True Stories (1986) - Naked (1988)
Live Albums: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) - Stop Making Sense (1984)
Filmography
Stop Making Sense (1984) - True Stories (1986) - Storytelling Giant (1988)
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