Talking Heads

Rating

Album: Talking Heads: 77 (180 Gram Vinyl)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town	More Info...
2)	New Feeling	More Info...
3)	Tentative Decisions	More Info...
4)	Happy Day	More Info...
5)	Who Is It?	More Info...
6)	No Compassion	More Info...
7)	The Book I Read	More Info...
8)	Don't Worry About the Government	More Info...
9)	First Week/Last Week ... Carefree	More Info...
10)	Psycho Killer	More Info...
11)	Pulled Up	More Info...
2)	New Feeling	More Info...	0:03
3)	Tentative Decisions	More Info...	0:03
4)	Happy Day	More Info...	0:04
5)	Who Is It?	More Info...	0:01
6)	No Compassion	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Book I Read	More Info...	0:04
8)	Don't Worry About the Government	More Info...	0:03
9)	First Week/Last Week...Carefree	More Info...	0:03
10)	Psycho Killer	More Info...	0:04
11)	Pulled Up	More Info...	0:04

Album: Talking Heads: 77 (180 Gram Vinyl)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town	More Info...
2)	New Feeling	More Info...
3)	Tentative Decisions	More Info...
4)	Happy Day	More Info...
5)	Who Is It?	More Info...
6)	No Compassion	More Info...
7)	The Book I Read	More Info...
8)	Don't Worry About the Government	More Info...
9)	First Week/Last Week ... Carefree	More Info...
10)	Psycho Killer	More Info...
11)	Pulled Up	More Info...
2)	New Feeling	More Info...	0:03
3)	Tentative Decisions	More Info...	0:03
4)	Happy Day	More Info...	0:04
5)	Who Is It?	More Info...	0:01
6)	No Compassion	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Book I Read	More Info...	0:04
8)	Don't Worry About the Government	More Info...	0:03
9)	First Week/Last Week...Carefree	More Info...	0:03
10)	Psycho Killer	More Info...	0:04
11)	Pulled Up	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Talking Heads: David Byrne (vocals, guitar); Jerry Harrison (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Tina Weymouth (bass); Chris Frantz (drums).
Recorded at Sundragon Studios, New York, New York.
When they burst out of the New York underground/CBGB's movement, the Heads stood apart from the pack because not only were they unlike anything that gone before, they were even anomalous to their contemporaries. A million miles from the detached irony of Blondie or the willful primitivism of the Ramones, the Talking Heads virtually invented geek-rock, setting the stage for everyone from the Violent Femmes to They Might Be Giants. Lyrically, David Byrne came off as the guy who thought too much about everything. Fortunately, he also happened to be a unique visionary, whose quirky, hyper-cerebral modernism echoed the work of poet John Ashbery and "serious" composer Robert Ashley.
All this high-mindedness doesn't detract from the infectious rock & roll appeal of the tunes on the band's debut album, though. Their twitchy, preppies-on-amphetamines rhythms and semi-neurotic gestalt fueled tunes like twisted anthem "Psycho Killer" and the jubilant "Pulled Up." Byrne's high, yelping tenor was the perfect complement to the band's tightly-wound but kinetic rhythms, and 77 is an auspicious debut.

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.104) - "With his distressed falsetto, David Byrne is new wave's first definitive voice."

Uncut (p.82) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[The] remarkable cohabitation of painterly, arty ambitions and fascination with the lissom qualities of the groove can be seen from their very first single."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Their claustrophobic tunes of social unease, mathematical arrangements and front man David Byrne's self-conscious take on mundane events elevated them far beyond what would become new wave."