Remain in Light by Talking Heads

Pros: inspirational; diverse; neophyte world music
Cons: maybe two filler tracks?

God, I'm so predictable on this site. I keep returning to the same themes, over and over. Every Bjork album. Talking Heads. 80s music. Stuff that is of my era, as if it never ended.

I guess it hasn't, as long as someone's listening. While I...

Pros: Great blends of funk, rock, new age, new wave and pop art.
Cons: It's only eight tracks.

I was trying to explain to a friend how he absolutely must purchase Talking Heads' best and most innovative album, Remain In Light, and his reply was: "I own Sand In The Vaseline." Implying that it, the band's greatest hits...

Pros: Funky,quirky,eclectic,one of rock's greatest bands at their creative peak.
Cons: I can't think of any,but I'll admit to being biased on this one.

Talking Heads formed in 1974 at the Rhode Island School of Design and initially consisted of vocalist/guitarist David Byrne,drummer Chris Frantz,and bassist Tina Weymouth,who later married Frantz. After a move to New York,they added keyboardist ...

Pros: A perfect balance between celebration and cerebral
Cons: The song cycle brings us back to Anglo land

A few days ago I added the Talking Heads song “Listening Wind” to a list of songs for 9/11 on an online posting board. The song is from “Remain in Light” and I’ve kept the CD within playing distance ever since. The recent induction of Talking Heads...

Pros: This album is polyrhythmic psychosis, and the lyrics are dang neurotic too!
Cons: none for me, but the repetitiveness of the music may not jive well with some people

Remain In Light by the Talking Heads stands as a unique and timeless collusion of incessant polyrhythmic funkiness, jittery neuroticism, and bizarrely tactile, hyper-atmospheric textural arrangements. The layered rhythms and tones mesh...

Pros: One of my favorite albums after two days
Cons: I've gone 22 years without it

This is a great album, there's really no other way to say it. I just got into the Talking Heads and this is my first CD, so I might not have the background that some people do, but now I'm hooked.

What really impressed me about 'Remain in...

Pros: THE ENTIRE ALBUM IS A MASTER PIECE!
Cons: YOU MIGHT NEED TO TURN IT UP LOUD!!!!!

Talking Heads will remain in light for making this album. I must say I have been a fan since I was a child. Honestley I just found out about this masters of creativity album just a year ago!! Yeah I can't beleive It took that long almost two decades to ...

Pros: All
Cons: None

This is one of the best albums ever recorded. Eno finally figured out how to handle the Heads, stuffing their songs with polyrhythmic textures and brilliantly confusing arrangements. The entire band wrote the music here, instead of just Byrne, and...