| Artist |
Talking Heads |
| Album Title: |
More Songs About Buildings and Food |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: New Wave |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
07/14/1978 |
| Label |
Sire Records Company/Warner Bros |
| Catalog No |
6058-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7599-27425-2 4 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (2:11)
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| 2.
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With Our Love (3:31)
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| 3.
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The Good Thing (3:03)
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| 4.
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Warning Sign (3:54)
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| 5.
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The Girls Want to Be With the Girls (2:38)
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| 6.
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Found A Job (4:59)
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| 7.
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Artists Only (3:35)
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| 8.
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I'm Not in Love (4:35)
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| 9.
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Stay Hungry (2:40)
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| 10.
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Take Me To the River (5:03)
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| 11.
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The Big Country (5:32)
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| Date Acquired |
06/06/1988 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
15.00 |
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Notes |
Released in a standard jewelbox with a 12 page booklet including full lyrics.
Recorded and mixed March and April 1978 at Compass Point Studio, New Providence, The Bahamas except "Found A Job" which was mixed at Media Sound.
Originally mastered at Masterdisk.
CDD pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
Bass Guitar – Tina Weymouth
Cover – Jimmy De Sana
Drums, Percussion – Chris Frantz
Engineer – Rhett Davies
Engineer [Assistant] – Benji Ambrister
Mastered By – Joe Gastwirt
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar, Backing Vocals [Background Singing] – Jerry Harrison
Producer – Brian Eno, Talking Heads
Synthesizer, Piano, Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals [Background Singing] – Brian Eno
Vocals [Singing], Guitar, Percussion [Synthesized], Cover [Cover Concept] – David Byrne
Written-By – David Byrne (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 11)
Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Sire Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing
Published By – Index Music
Published By – Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc.
Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
Mixed At – Compass Point Studios
Mixed At – Mediasound
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Remastered At – WCI Record Group
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Barcode (Text): 0 7599-27425-2 4
Barcode (Scan): 075992742528
Matrix / Runout: 1 6058-2 SRC-02 M3S4
Rights Society: ASCAP
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Analyzed Folder: Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food_dr.txt
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DR12 -2.68 dB -16.06 dB 01 - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel.flac
DR15 -1.80 dB -18.41 dB 02 - With Our Love.flac
DR12 -1.82 dB -16.87 dB 03 - The Good Thing.flac
DR14 -1.41 dB -17.33 dB 04 - Warning Sign.flac
DR15 -1.63 dB -17.64 dB 05 - The Girls Want to Be With The Girls.flac
DR13 -1.38 dB -16.51 dB 06 - Found A Job.flac
DR13 -1.62 dB -16.66 dB 07 - Artists Only.flac
DR14 -1.23 dB -18.12 dB 08 - I'm Not In Love.flac
DR13 -0.63 dB -15.60 dB 09 - Stay Hungry.flac
DR14 -1.42 dB -17.64 dB 10 - Take Me To The River.flac
DR14 -1.22 dB -17.88 dB 11 - The Big Country.flac
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Number of Files: 11
Official DR Value: DR13
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by William Ruhlmann
The title of Talking Heads' second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, slyly addressed the sophomore record syndrome, in which songs not used on a first LP are mixed with hastily written new material. If the band's sound seems more conventional, the reason simply may be that one had encountered the odd song structures, staccato rhythms, strained vocals, and impressionistic lyrics once before. Another was that 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." Through the first nine tracks, More Songs was the successor to 77, which would not have earned it landmark status or made it the commercial breakthrough it became. It was the last two songs that pushed the album over those hurdles. First there was an inspired cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River"; released as a single, it made the Top 40 and pushed the album to gold-record status. Second was the album closer, "The Big Country," Byrne's country-tinged reflection on flying over middle America; it crystallized his artist-vs.-ordinary people perspective in unusually direct and dismissive terms, turning the old Chuck Berry patriotic travelogue theme of rock & roll on its head and employing a great hook in the process.
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