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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a double live album by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released in 1982 by Sire Records.
The first LP features the original quartet in recordings from 1977 and 1979, and the second LP features the expanded ten-piece lineup that toured in 1980 and 1981.
The album contains live versions of songs that appear on their first four studio albums: Talking Heads: 77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain in Light.
Although most people probably think the only Talking Heads live release is Stop Making Sense, the fact is that there's an earlier, better live album called The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads. Originally released in 1982 on LP and cassette, the album chronicles the growth of the band, both stylistically and personnel-wise.
The first LP is the original quartet version of the band, recorded between 1977 and 1979, performing excellent versions of tunes (mostly) off 77 and More Songs About Buildings and Food.
Also included were the previously unavailable "A Clean Break" and "Love Goes to a Building on Fire," as well as early versions of "Memories Can't Wait" and "Air." The second LP comes from the Remain in Light tour, recorded in 1980 and 1981.
In order to present something close to the music on that album, the original quartet lineup was greatly expanded. Added were two percussionists (Steven Stanley, Jose Rossy), two backup singers (Nona Hendryx, Dollette McDonald), Busta Cherry Jones on bass, Bernie Worrell (!) on keys, and a young Adrian Belew on lead guitar.
The excitement of this material is palpable, and the muscular band rips into these tunes with more power than the originals in most cases. "Drugs" gets revamped for live performance, and "Houses in Motion kicks into high gear with a great art-funk coda.
Belew is absolutely on fire throughout, especially on "The Great Curve" and "Crosseyed and Painless," where his deranged feedback soloing has never sounded better.
At this point in their career, Talking Heads were still basically an underground band; it was "Burning Down the House" that really thrust them into the mainstream, and Stop Making Sense documents their arrival as a more or less mainstream act.
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads captures a hungry band on its way up, performing with a fire that was never matched on later tours.
CD reissue (2004)
Disc one
1. New Feeling - 3:09
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977]
2. A Clean Break (Let's Work) - 5:05
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977]
3. Don't Worry About the Government - 3:03
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977]
4. Pulled Up - 4:04
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977]
5. Psycho Killer - 5:31
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977]
6. Who Is It? - 1:44
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, previously unissued]
7. The Book I Read 4:22
[WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, previously unissued]
8. The Big Country - 5:09
[WXRT broadcast, the Park West, Chicago, Illinois; August 23, 1978; bonus track, previously unissued]
9. I'm Not in Love - 4:57
[KSAN broadcast, the Boarding House, San Francisco, California; September 16, 1978; bonus track, previously unissued]
10. The Girls Want to Be With the Girls - 3:44
[The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros.
Music Show (1979)]
11. Electricity (Drugs) - 3:28
[The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros.
Music Show (1979)]
12. Found a Job - 5:35
[The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros.
Music Show (1979)]
13. Mind - 4:55
[WBCN broadcast, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts; August 24, 1979; bonus track, previously
unissued]
14. Artists Only - 3:49
[Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979]
15. Stayungry - 4:05
[Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979]
16. Air - 4:01
[Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979]
17. Love → Building on Fire - 3:47
[Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979]
18. Memories (Can't Wait) - 3:44
[Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979]
19. Heaven - 4:31
[Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979; bonus track, previously unissued]
Disc two
1. Psycho Killer - 5:33
[Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued]
2. Warning Sign - 5:40
[Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued]
3. Stay Hungry 3:56
[Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued]
4. Cities 5:00
[Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980]
5. I Zimbra -3:30
[Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980]
6. Drugs (Electricity) - 4:41
[Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980]
7. Once in a Lifetime - 5:57
[Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued]
8. Animals 4:05
[Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued]
9. Houses in Motion - 6:54
[Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980]
10. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - 8:24
[Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued]
11. Crosseyed and Painless - 5:58
[Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8–9, 1980; truncated version from original release]
12. Life During Wartime - 4:54
[Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980]
13. Take Me to the River - 6:33
[Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980]
14. The Great Curve - 6:42
[Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980]
Talking Heads
- David Byrne – guitar, vocals
- Chris Frantz – drums
- Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
- Jerry Harrison – guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Adrian Belew – guitar, backing vocals
- Nona Hendryx – backing vocals on "Life During Wartime", "Take Me to the River", and "The Great Curve"
- Busta "Cherry" Jones – additional bass guitar
- Dolette McDonald – percussion, backing vocals
- Steve Scales – congas, percussion
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards, backing vocals
Technical
- Talking Heads – producer, mixing assistant
- David Hewett – audio engineer
- Kooster McAllister – engineer
- Rod O'Brien – engineer
- Katshuiko Sato – engineer
- Brian Eno – assistant engineer
- Ed Stasium – mixing engineer
- Butch Jones – mixing assistant
- Clive Brinkwood – mastering engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
- Jeff Shaw – mastering engineer
Reissue personnel
- Gary Stewart – producer
- Andy Zax – producer
- Dave Artale – mixing engineer
- Ken Rasek – mixing engineer
- Bob Ludwig – remastering engineer
Notes
Released: March 24, 1982
Recorded: November 17, 1977 – February 27, 1981
Genre: Art punk
Length: 156:30 (expanded CD release)
Producer: Talking Heads
Label - Rhino Records(reissue)
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