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Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1984
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Stop Making Sense is an LP by Talking Heads from 1984 released on the EMI label.
About this album
Stop Making Sense is the essential Talking Heads release for hearing the band’s theatrical invention at full strength. Issued in 1984 as the soundtrack to Jonathan Demme’s acclaimed concert film, it captures the group’s expanded live line-up, with additional musicians giving new muscle and momentum to David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz. The set reframes key songs such as Burning Down the House, Once in a Lifetime and Life During Wartime as a propulsive, tightly arranged performance rather than a conventional greatest-hits run-through. Blending new wave, funk and art-rock, it stands as one of the most celebrated live albums of the 1980s.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Talking HeadsLabel: EMI – EMC.240243Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1984Genre: Pop & RockA1 Psycho Killer
A2 Swamp
A3 Slippery People
A4 Burning Down The House
A5 Girlfriend Is Better
B1 Once In A Lifetime
B2 What A Day That Was
B3 Life During Wartime
B4 Take Me To The River