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| Genre: |
Musical & Performing Arts |
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Rock Documentaries · Pop Music |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Release Date: |
1980 |
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| Original Language: |
English |
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Though the previous album, FEAR OF MUSIC, provided a bit of foreshadowing, Talking Heads fans could never have guessed what was in store for them with the release of REMAIN IN LIGHT. A visionary work of innovation and inspiration, it's arguably one of the finest albums of the 1980s. The band leaves behind the two-guitars-over-a-quirky-rock-beat ethic of their previous work, adopting a funky, modal approach. Abandoning traditional song form and chord progressions, the tunes here are built around layers of overdubbed keyboard, guitar, and percussion parts that weave around each other in an almost fugue-like manner, relying for dynamics on the adding and subtracting of elements in the mix, instead of on chord changes and structural development. It was a radical approach for a rock band, and it's reflected in the lyrics as well, as Byrne abandons his old urban paranoia in favor of a more spiritual, Third World-influenced style of writing. Adrian Belew injects some grit with his postpunk-psychedelia guitar wo... |
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