The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

Infobox Album


Name = The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Type = live
Artist = Talking Heads
Released = start date|1982|3|24
start date|2004|8|17 (2004 Reissue)
Recorded = start date|1977|11|17–end date|1981|2|27
Genre = New wave/Art punk
Length = 73:07
141:17 (2004 Reissue)
Label = Sire Rhino (2004 Reissue)
Producer = Talking Heads
Reviews =
*Metacritic (93%) [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/talkingheads/thenameofthisbandistalkingheads2004 link]
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4d5gtq5ztu4p 1982] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3257gj4r56ip 2004]
*Pitchfork (9.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22779/Talking_Heads_The_Name_of_This_Band_Is_Talking_Heads 25 Aug 04]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=talking+heads link]
*"Seattle Weekly" (favorable) [http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/0434/040825_music_smallmouth.php 25 Aug 04]
Last album = "Remain in Light" (1980)
This album = "The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads" (1982)
Next album = "Speaking in Tongues" (1983)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = 2004 Reissue
Type = live


Lower caption = Also the back of the 1982 album

"The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads" is a double live album originally released in 1982. The first album featured the original quartet in recordings from 1977 and 1979, and the second album the expanded ten-piece Talking Heads that toured in 1980 and 1981. It contains live versions of songs that appear on "", "More Songs About Buildings and Food", "Fear of Music", and "Remain in Light."

The title of the album is both the group's response to the general public's constant and incorrect reference to the band as "The Talking Heads", and a reference to David Byrne's minimalist introductions to songs: "The name of this song is..."

An expanded version of the record, on CD in the United States for the first time, was released in 2004 by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino. It duplicated the pattern of the original with the first disc featuring the quartet alone, and the second disc a ten-member band. Additional tracks from 1978 are among the eight extra songs on the first disc, and correct running order for the set from the larger band on the second disc.

The remastered & expanded edition of the album currently sits at number seven on the Metacritic list of all time best-reviewed albums.

Track listing

Original (1982) LP track listing

All songs written by David Byrne except as noted. Talking Heads. "The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Sire Records, 1982).]

ide one

Recorded for WCOZ broadcast, Norther Studios, Maynard MA, start date|1977|11|17
#"New Feeling" - 3:10
#"A Clean Break" - 4:57
#"Don't Worry About the Government" - 3:08
#"Pulled Up" - 4:08
#"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) - 5:34

ide two

Recorded at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, start date|1979|1|17
#"Artists Only" (Byrne, Wayne Zieve) - 3:48
#"Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) - 4:00
#"Air" - 4:09
#"Love → Building on Fire" - 3:36
#"Memories (Can't Wait)" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) - 3:58

ide three

Recorded at Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ, start date|1980|11|8-end date|1980|11|9; Central Park, New York, start date|1980|8|27; Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, start date|1981|2|27
#"I Zimbra" (Hugo Ball, Byrne, Brian Eno) - 3:33
#"Drugs" - 4:47
#"Houses in Motion" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) - 7:00
#"Life During Wartime" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:03

ide four

Recorded at Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ, start date|1980|11|8-end date|1980|11|9; Central Park, New York, start date|1980|8|27; Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, start date|1981|2|27
#"The Great Curve" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) - 6:58
#"Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 7:05
#"Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) - 6:43

2004 CD Reissue track listing

All songs written by David Byrne except as noted. Dates and places are for the first and following tracks. Talking Heads. "The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Rhino Entertainment, 2004).]

Disc one

#"New Feeling" – 3:09 for WCOZ broadcast, Norther Studios, Maynard MA, start date|1977|11|17
#"A Clean Break" – 5:05
#"Don't Worry About The Government" – 3:03
#"Pulled Up" – 4:04
#"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) – 5:31
#"Who Is It" – 1:44
#"The Book I Read" – 4:22
#"The Big Country" – 5:09 for WXRT broadcast, Park West, Chicago, start date|1978|8|23
#"I'm Not in Love" – 4:57 for KSAN broadcast, The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, start date|1978|9|16
#"The Girls Want to Be with the Girls" – 3:44 at The Agora, Cleveland, start date|1978|12|18
#"Electricity (Drugs)" – 3:28
#"Found a Job" – 5:35
#"Mind" – 4:56 for WBCN broadcast, Berklee School of Music, Boston, start date|1979|8|24
#"Artists Only" (Byrne, Wayne Zieve) – 3:49 at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ,start date|1979|1|17
#"Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) – 4:05
#"Air" – 4:01
#"Love → Building on Fire" – 3:47
#"Memories (Can't Wait)" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 3:44
#"Heaven" (Byrne, Harrison) – 4:31

Disc two

#"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 5:33 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, start date|1981|2|27
#"Warning Sign" (Byrne, Frantz) – 5:40
#"Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) – 3:56
#"Cities" – 5:00 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ, start date|1980|11|8-end date|1980|11|9
#"I Zimbra" (Hugo Ball, Byrne, Brian Eno) – 3:30
#"Drugs (Electricity)" – 4:41
#"Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:57 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, start date|1981|2|27
#"Animals" – 4:05
#"Houses in Motion" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:54 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ, start date|1980|11|8-end date|1980|11|9
#"Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 8:24 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, start date|1981|2|27
#"Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:58 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ, start date|1980|11|8-end date|1980|11|9; "truncated version from original release"
#"Life During Wartime" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:54 at Central Park, New York, start date|1980|8|27
#"Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) – 6:33
#"The Great Curve" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:42

Personnel

*David Byrne – guitar, vocals
*Chris Frantz – drums
*Jerry Harrison – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
*Tina Weymouth – bass, guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

*Adrian Belew – guitar, backing vocals
*Nona Hendryx – backing vocals
*Busta Jones – bass, guitar
*Dolette McDonald – percussion, backing vocals
*Steve Scales – conga
*Bernie Worrell – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, clavinet
*Jon Hassell – horn
*Jose Rossy – percussion

Production personnel

*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
*Gary Stewart – reissue producer
*Andy Zax – reissue producer
*Dave Artale – mixing engineer (reissue)
*Ken Rasek – mixing engineer (reissue)
*Bob Ludwig – remastering engineer

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