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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
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	Talking Heads
Professional reviews
Metacritic (93%) link All Music Guide 1982 2004 Pitchfork (9.2/10) 25 Aug 04 Robert Christgau (A-) link Seattle Weekly (favorable) 25 Aug 04
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

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 both the group's response to the general public's constant and incorrect reference to the band as "The Talking Heads", and a reference to David Byrne's minimalist introductions to songs: "The name of this song is..."

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 remastered & expanded edition of the album currently sits at number seven on the Metacritic list of best-reviewed albums.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD track listing 1.1.1 Disc one 1.1.2 Disc two 1.2 Original (1982) LP track listing 1.2.1 Side one 1.2.2 Side two 1.2.3 Side three 1.2.4 Side four 2 Personnel 3 Additional personnel 4 Charts

[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, Norther Studios, 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, Park West, Chicago, August 23, 1978
9. "I'm Not in Love" – 4:57 for KSAN broadcast, The Old Waldorf, 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, Berklee School of Music, 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" - 3:10
2. "A Clean Break" - 4:57
3. "Don't Worry About the Government" - 3:08
4. "Pulled Up" - 4:08
5. "Psycho Killer" - 5:34

[edit] Side two

1. "Artists Only" - 3:48
2. "Stay Hungry" - 4:00
3. "Air" - 4:09
4. "Love → Building on Fire" - 3:36
5. "Memories (Can't Wait)" - 3:58

[edit] Side three

1. "I Zimbra" - 3:33
2. "Drugs" - 4:47
3. "Houses in Motion" - 7:00
4. "Life During Wartime" 5:03

[edit] Side four

1. "The Great Curve" - 6:58
2. "Crosseyed and Painless" – 7:05
3. "Take Me to the River" - 6:43

[edit] Personnel

• David Byrne – guitar, vocals
• Chris Frantz – drums
• Jerry Harrison – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• Tina Weymouth – bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocals

[edit] Additional personnel

• Adrian Belew – guitar, backing vocals
• Nona Hendryx – backing vocals
• Busta Jones – bass, guitar
• Dolette McDonald – percussion, backing vocals
• Steve Scales – conga
• Bernie Worrell – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, clavinet
• Jon Hassell – horn
• Jose Rossy – percussion

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Pop Albums	31
1982	UK Albums	22

v • d • e Talking Heads David Byrne | Jerry Harrison | Tina Weymouth | Chris Frantz 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) The Heads Albums No Talking, Just Head (1996) Live Albums The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) | Stop Making Sense (1984) Compilations Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992) | Once in a Lifetime (2003) | The Best of Talking Heads (2004) | Brick (2005) | Bonus Rarities and Outtakes (2006) Filmography Stop Making Sense (1984) | True Stories (1986) | Storytelling Giant (1988)