Biography

At the start of their career, Talking Heads were all nervous energy, detached emotion, and subdued minimalism. When they released their last album about 12 years later, the band had recorded everything from art funk to polyrhythmic worldbeat explorations and simple, melodic guitar pop. Between their first album in 1977 and their last in 1988, Talking Heads became one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, while managing to earn several pop hits. While some of their music can seem too self-consciously experimental, clever, and intellectual for its own good, at their best Talking Heads represent everything good about art school punks. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• (nothing But) Flowers

• A Clean Break

• Air

• And She Was

• Artists Only

• Blind

• Burning Down The House

• City Of Dreams

• Crosseyed And Painless

• Don't Worry About The Government

• Drugs

• Heaven

• Houses In Motion

• I Zimbra

• Life During Wartime

• Love For Sale

• Mall Muzak

• Mr. Jones

• No Compassion

• Once In A Lifetime

• People Like Us

• Psycho Killer

• Radio Head

• Road Song

• Road To Nowhere

• Soy De Tejas

• Stay Up Late

• Sugar On My Tongue

• Swamp

• Take Me To The River

• Thank You For Sending Me An Angel

• The Big Country

• The Great Curve

• The Overload

• This Must Be The Place (naive Melody)

• Uh-oh, Love Comes To Town

• Wild Wild Life

Discography

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• Naked

  Fly Records

  1988

• Little Creatures

  Sire

  1985

• Stop Making Sense

  Warner Bros. / Sire

  1984

• Speaking in Tongues

  Sire

  1983

• The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

  Sire

  1982

• Remain in Light

  Sire

  1980

• Fear of Music

  Sire

  1979

• More Songs About Buildings and Food

  Sire

  1978