Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
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The first truly great Talking Heads album and still the best for me; this is where it all came together, but before it seemed like ‘big gestures so the folks in the back of the hall can see it’….
“... new co-producer Brian Eno brought a musical unity that tied the album together, especially in terms of the rhythm section, the sequencing, the pacing, and the mixing.
Where Talking Heads had largely been about David Byrne's voice and words, Eno moved the emphasis to the bass-and-drums team of Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz; all the songs were danceable, and there were only short breaks between them. Byrne held his own, however, and he continued to explore the eccentric, if not demented persona first heard on 77, whether he was adding to his observations on boys and girls or turning his "Psycho Killer" into an artist in "Artists Only.’…"-AllMusic
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