Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites

Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Greatest hits album by Talking Heads
Released October 13, 1992
Recorded 1976–1988
Genre Rock
Length 140:22
Label Sire/Warner Bros.
Producer Tony Bongiovi, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Nick Launay, Steve Lillywhite, Lance Quinn, Mark Spector, Tina Weymouth
Talking Heads chronology

Naked
(1988)		 Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
(1992)		 Once in a Lifetime
(2003)
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Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demos ("Sugar on My Tongue," "I Want to Live"), two tracks new to compact disc ("Love → Building on Fire," "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That") and three newly finished songs ("Gangster of Love," "Lifetime Piling Up" and "Popsicle"). The latter three tracks were all based on outtakes from previous sessions and had been polished and finished exclusively for release on this compilation.

The "Sand in the Vaseline" on the album cover is by Ed Ruscha, and is made of equalized egg yolk.

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne unless otherwise indicated.

Disc one – 1976–1983
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Sugar on My Tongue" (previously unreleased demo, 1975)  2:36
2. "I Want to Live" (previously unreleased demo, 1975)  3:23
3. "Love → Building on Fire" (from single, 1977)  2:57
4. "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That" (from "Psycho Killer" single, 1977)  2:36
5. "Psycho Killer" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth 4:20
6. "Don't Worry About the Government" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)  3:00
7. "No Compassion" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)  4:50
8. "Warning Sign" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)Byrne, Frantz 3:54
9. "The Big Country" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)  5:30
10. "Take Me to the River" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)Al Green, Teenie Hodges 5:02
11. "Heaven" (from Fear of Music, 1979)Byrne, Jerry Harrison 4:02
12. "Memories Can't Wait" (from Fear of Music, 1979)Byrne, Harrison 3:31
13. "I Zimbra" (from Fear of Music, 1979)Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball 3:07
14. "Once in a Lifetime" (from Remain in Light, 1980)Byrne, Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:19
15. "Crosseyed and Painless" (from Remain in Light, 1980)Byrne, Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:45
16. "Burning Down the House" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:01
17. "Swamp" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 5:13
18. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:56
Disc two – 1984–1992
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Life During Wartime (Live)" (from Stop Making Sense, 1984)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 5:04
2. "Girlfriend Is Better (Live)" (from Stop Making Sense, 1984)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 3:36
3. "And She Was" (from Little Creatures, 1985)  3:39
4. "Stay Up Late" (from Little Creatures, 1985)  3:53
5. "Road to Nowhere" (from Little Creatures, 1985)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:20
6. "Wild Wild Life" (from True Stories, 1986)  3:40
7. "Love for Sale" (from True Stories, 1986)  4:32
8. "City of Dreams" (from True Stories, 1986)  5:08
9. "Mr. Jones" (from Naked, 1988)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:20
10. "Blind" (from Naked, 1988)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 5:00
11. "(Nothing But) Flowers" (from Naked, 1988)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 5:34
12. "Sax and Violins" (from soundtrack to Until the End of the World, 1991)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 5:18
13. "Gangster of Love" (Previously unreleased. Based on outtakes from Remain in Light and Naked sessions, 1980/1987. Finished in August, 1991)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 4:29
14. "Lifetime Piling Up" (Previously unreleased. Outtake from Naked sessions, 1987)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 3:53
15. "Popsicle" (Previously unreleased. Outtake from Speaking in Tongues sessions, 1983)Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth 5:19

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1992 The Billboard 200 158

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Sax and Violins" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
1992 "Lifetime Piling Up" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 11

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites at AllMusic