TALKING HEADS

Albums recorded by Talking Heads, with release dates and UK CD availability.

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Talking Heads: 77

09/77

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More Songs About Buildings And Food

07/78

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Fear Of Music

08/79

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Remain In Light

10/80

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The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [live]

04/82

New

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Speaking In Tongues

06/83

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Stop Making Sense [live]

10/84

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Little Creatures

06/85

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True Stories

09/86

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Naked

03/88

New

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Once In A Lifetime [3-CD & 1-DVD box set]

11/03

New

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Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
New Feeling
Tentative Decisions
Happy Day
Who Is It ?
No Compassion
The Book I Read
Don't Worry About The Government
First Week/Last Week...Carefree
Psycho Killer
Pulled Up

David Byrne
Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison
Tina Weymouth

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Drums
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Bass

Tony Bongiovi, Talking Heads
Lance Quinn

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Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
With Our Love
The Good Thing
Warning Sign
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
Found A Job
Artists Only
I'm Not In Love
Stay Hungry
Take Me To The River
The Big Country

David Byrne

Brian Eno

Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison

Tina Weymouth
Tina & The Typing Pool

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar,
Synthesised Percussion
Synthesiser, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Piano, Organ, Synthesiser, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Bass
Backing Vocals (Track 3)


Brian Eno, Talking Heads

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I Zimbra
Mind
Paper
Cities
Life During Wartime
Memories Can't Wait
Air
Heaven
Animals
Electric Guitar
Drugs

David Byrne
Brian Eno
Chris Frantz
Robert Fripp
Jerry Harrison
Julie Last
Ari Up
Tina Weymouth
Gene Wilder

Producer:

Synthesiser, Guitar, Vocals
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Drums, Percussion
Guitar (Track 1)
Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Conga (Tracks 1,5)
Bass
Conga (Tracks 1,5)

Brian Eno, Talking Heads

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Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Crosseyed And Painless
The Great Curve
Once In A Lifetime
Houses In Motion
Seen And Not Seen
Listening Wind
The Overload

Adrian Belew
David Byrne

Brian Eno

Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison

Jon Hassell
Nona Hendryx
Robert Palmer
Jose Rossy
Tina Weymouth

Producer:

Guitar
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion
Keyboards, Percussion, Bass, Vocals
Drums, Percussion, Keyboards
Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion
Trumpet (Track 5)
Vocals
Percussion
Percussion
Bass, Keyboards, Percussion

Brian Eno, Talking Heads

 
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LP One
New Feeling
A Clean Break
Don't Worry About The Government
Pulled Up
Psycho Killer
Artists Only
Stay Hungry
Air
Building On Fire
Memories (Can't Wait)

LP Two
I Zimbra
Drugs
Houses In Motion
Life During Wartime
The Great Curve
Crosseyed And Painless
Take Me To The River

Recorded live at:
LP 1 Tracks 1-5: Northern Studio, Maynard,
Massachusetts, USA on 17 November 1977
LP 1 Tracks 6-10: The Capitol Theater, Passaic,
New Jersey, USA on 17 November 1979
LP 2: Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA on
8-9 November 1980,
Central Park, New York City, USA on 27 August 1980, Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan on
27 February 1981

USA Issue


European Issue

Adrian Belew


David Byrne

Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison


Nona Hendryx

Busta Cherry Jones

Dollette McDonald


Steve Scales
Tina Weymouth




Bernie Worrell


Producer:

Guitar (LP 2 Tracks 1-7),
Backing Vocals (LP 2 Tracks 1,2,4-7)
Vocals, Guitar (LP 1 Tracks 1-10,
LP 2 Track 1)
Drums
Guitar (LP 1 Tracks 1-10, LP 2 Tracks 1,3,6), Synthesiser (LP 2 Tracks 2,4-7)
Backing Vocals
(LP 2 Tracks 4,5,7)
Bass (LP 2 Tracks 1-3,5-7),
Guitar (LP 2 Track 4)
Percussion (LP 2 Track 3), Backing Vocals (LP 2 Tracks 1,2,4,6,7)
Percussion
Bass (LP 1 Tracks 1-10, LP 2 Tracks 4,5,7), Guitar (LP 2 Track 1), Percussion (LP 2 Track 3), Synthesiser (LP 2 Tracks 2,3,6), Backing Vocals (LP 2 Tracks 3,6)
Clavinet, Backing Vocals (LP2 Track 5)

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Burning Down The House
Making Flippy-Floppy
Girlfriend Is Better
Slippery People
I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
Swamp
Moon Rocks
Pull Up The Roots
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

Wally Badarou
David Byrne

Jerry Harrison

Nona Hendryx
Raphael Dejesus
Chris Frantz

Richard Landry
Dollette McDonald
Steve Scales
Lakshminarayana Shankar
David Van Tieghem
Alex Weir
Tina Weymouth

Bernie Worrell

Producer:

Synthesiser
Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Percussion
Guitar, Keyboards,
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals (Track 4)
Percussion
Drums, Synthesiser, Backing Vocals
Saxophone (Track 4)
Backing Vocals (Track 4)
Percussion
Violin (Track 2)

Percussion
Guitar
Bass, Guitar, Synthesiser, Vocals
Synthesiser (Track 3)

Talking Heads

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Psycho Killer
Swamp
Slippery People
Burning Down The House
Girlfriend Is Better
Once In A Lifetime
What A Day That Was
Life During Wartime
Take Me To The River

Recorded live at The Pantages Theatre, Hollywood,
California, USA over three nights in December 1983

David Byrne
Jerry Harrison
Chris Frantz
Ednah Holt
Lynn Mabry
Steve Scales
Alex Weir
Tina Weymouth
Bernie Worrell

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Drums, Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Percussion
Guitar, Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards

Gary Goetzman, Talking Heads

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And She Was
Give Me Back My Name
Creatures Of Love
The Lady Don't Mind
Perfect World
Stay Up Late
Walk It Down
Television Man
Road To Nowhere

Ellen Bernfeld
David Byrne
Andrew Cader
Erin Dickens
Chris Frantz
Diva Gray
Gordon Grody
Lani Groves
Jerry Harrison

Jimmy MacDonell
Lenny Pickett
Steve Scales
Nana Vasconcelos
Eric Weissberg
Tina Weymouth
Kurt Yahijian

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar
Washboard
Backing Vocals
Drums
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Keyboards,
Backing Vocals
Accordion
Saxophone
Percussion
Percussion
Steel Guitar
Bass, Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals

Talking Heads

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Love For Sale
Puzzlin' Evidence
Hey Now
Papa Legba
Wild Wild Life
Radio Head
Dream Operator
People Like Us
City Of Dreams

David Byrne
Tommy Canfield
Paulinho Da Costa
Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison

Steve Jordan
Tommy Morrell
Tina Weymouth




Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Fiddle (Track 8)
Percussion
Drums
Guitar, Keyboards,
Backing Vocals
Accordion (Track 6)
Pedal Steel Guitar (Tracks 8,9)
Bass, Backing Vocals
Bert Cross Choir (Track 2)
St Thomas Aquinas Elementary School Choir (Track 3)

Talking Heads

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Blind
Mr Jones
Totally Nude
Ruby Dear
(Nothing But) Flowers
The Democratic Circus
The Facts Of Life
Mommy, Daddy You And I
Big Daddy
Bill
Cool Water

Al Acosta
Wally Badarou
Manolo Badrena
David Byrne
Don Brooks
Moussa Cissoko
Steve Elfon
Robin Eubanks
James Fearnley
Angel Fernandez
Chris Frantz
Laurie Frink
Mitch Frohman
Earl Gardner
Nino Gioia
Steve Gluzband
Jerry Harrison

Stan Harrison
Jose Jerez
Mory Kanté
Johnny Marr
Kirsty MacColl
Abdou Mboup
Yves N'Djock
Lenny Pickett
Bobby Porcelli
Arthur Russell
Steve Sachs
Charlie Sepulveda
Philippe Servain
Sidney Thiam
Dale Turk
Brice Wassy
Eric Weissberg
Tina Weymouth

Producer:

Tenor Saxophone
Keyboards
Percussion
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Harmonica
Percussion
Baritone & Soprano Saxophone
Trombone
Accordion
Trumpet
Drums, Keyboards
Trumpet
Alto Saxophone
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Percussion
Trumpet
Keyboards, Guitar, Tambourine, Shaker, Backing Vocals
Alto Saxophone
Trumpet
Kora
Guitar
Backing Vocals
Percussion
Guitar
Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Cello
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet
Accordion
Congas, Percussion
Bass Trombone
Percussion
Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro
Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Steve Lillywhite, Talking Heads

 
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CD 1
Sugar On My Tongue
Love -> Building On Fire
I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
Don't Worry About The Government
Uh-oh, Love Comes To Town [alternate version] *
New Feeling [alternate version] *
Pulled Up
Psycho Killer
Warning Sign
Artists Only
Tentative Decisions
No Compassion
Stay Hungry
I'm Not In Love
The Book I Read
Thank You For Sending Me An Engel
Found A Job
A Clean Break [live]
Take Me To The River
The Big Country
Heaven

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I Zimbra
Cities [alternate version] *
Life During Wartime
Air
Memories Can't Wait
Drugs [alternate version] *
Once In A Lifetime
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Listening Wind
Houses In Motion
Crosseyed And Painless
Burning Down The House
Making Flippy Floppy [extended version]
Girlfriend is Better [extended version]
Slippery People [extended version]
Swamp
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

 
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CD 3
And She Was
Stay Up Late
Creatures Of Love
The Lady Don't Mind
Road To Nowhere
Wild Wild Life
Love For Sale
People Like Us
Puzzlin' Evidence
City Of Dreams
Blind
Mr Jones
The Democratic Circus
(Nothing But) Flowers
In Asking Land [outtake] †
Sax And Violins
Lifetime Piling Up

DVD Storytelling Giant (Expanded)
Once In A Lifetime
Wild Wild Life
Stay Up Late
Blind *
Crosseyed And Painless
Burning Down The House
And She Was
Sax And Violins *
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
The Lady Don't Mind
Love For Sale
(Nothing But) Flowers *
Road To Nowhere

* previsouly unreleased
† Early version of Carnival Eyes,
released on David Byrne's Rei Momo album