Speaking in Tongues (album)
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| Speaking in Tongues | ||
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| Studio album by Talking Heads | ||
| Released | May 31 1983 | |
| Recorded | July 1982-February 1983 | |
| Genre | New Wave / Art punk | |
| Length | 46:50 | |
| Label | Sire | |
| Producer(s) | Talking Heads | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Talking Heads chronology | ||
| The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) | Speaking in Tongues (1983) | Stop Making Sense (1984)
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Speaking in Tongues is a 1983 album by the band Talking Heads.
The album was a commercial breakthrough that produced the band's first American Top 10 hit, "Burning Down the House". A striking video was inescapable during the song's run. The following tour was documented in Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense, which generated another live album of the same name.
The album was re-released in February 2006 as a remastered Dualdisc. The CD side includes two additional tracks ("Two Note Swivel" and an alternate mix of "Burning Down the House"). The DVD-A side includes both stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution (96Khz/24bit) mixes, as well as a Dolby Digital 5.1 version of the album, a new alternate version of "Burning Down the House" with the emphasis on experimenting the possibilities of surround sound and videos for "Burning Down the House" and "This Must Be the Place" (videos are two channel Dolby Digital only).
Pop art painter Robert Rauschenberg won a Grammy Award for his work on the album cover.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
Lyrics by David Byrne. Music by Talking Heads.
- "Burning Down the House" – 4:00
- "Making Flippy Floppy" – 4:36
- "Girlfriend Is Better" – 4:25
- "Slippery People" – 3:30
- "I Get Wild/Wild Gravity" – 4:06
- "Swamp" – 5:09
- "Moon Rocks" – 5:04
- "Pull up the Roots" – 5:08
- "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" – 4:56
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Talking Heads
- David Byrne – vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion
- Chris Frantz – drums, backing vocals, synthesizer
- Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
- Tina Weymouth – synthesizer and string bass, backing vocals, guitar
[edit] Additional musicians
- Alex Weir – guitar
- Wally Badarou – synthesizer
- Raphael DeJesus – percussion
- Steve Scales – percussion
- David van Tieghem – percussion
- Richard Landry – saxophone
- Nona Hendryx – backing vocals
- Dollette McDonald – backing vocals
- Bernie Worrell – synthesizer
- Shankar – violin
[edit] Recording personnel
- Butch Jones – engineer
- John Convertino – assistant engineer
- Alex Sadkin – overdubbing engineer, mixing
- Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark – assistant overdubbing engineers, mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
| Talking Heads |
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| David Byrne – Chris Frantz – Tina Weymouth – Jerry Harrison |
| Discography |
| 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) |
| Live Albums: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) - Stop Making Sense (1984) |
| Filmography |
| Stop Making Sense (1984) - True Stories (1986) - Storytelling Giant (1988) |
