#383: Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food

July 21, 1978, Sire

1. "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" - 2:11

2. "With Our Love" - 3:30

3. "The Good Thing" - 3:03

4. "Warning Sign" - 3:55

5. "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" - 2:37

6. "Found a Job" - 5:00

7. "Artists Only" - 3:34

8. "I'm Not in Love" - 4:33

9. "Stay Hungry" - 2:39

10. "Take Me to the River" (Originally by Al Green) - 5:00

11. "The Big Country" - 5:30

RESULTS

Rate: 8.5/10

Best Song: Take Me to the River

Worst Song: Warning Sign

Comments

I've always had a sweet spot for Post-Punk. The Stooges, 

Erm...

Lemme try again.

I've always had a poser sweet spot for Post-Punk. The Talking Heads I haven't heard alot of, but what I did hear was always this dark, gritty, but characteristically fun tune that just makes you appreciate everything you've got. This Album is juiced up with just brilliant harmonies, but I think hearing them all side-by-side rather than one every once in a while made it sound pretty overwhelming. 

I've also discovered just how prevalent Brian Eno is in the music industry. He's like a creepy uncle version of David Bowie, which is so rad. He plays the Synthesizers on this one, and also helped produce it, as you can easily tell. But he's been trailing down this 500 list like some kind of weird pop-up name that shows up every 10 or so Albums.

Rolling Stones also used the words "Funk" and "Gospel", which I concluded meant that The Talking Heads had a terrible music phase, but it actually rolled out pretty sweet. They meant that they were covering a Gospel and Funk song, "Take Me to the River" in the cultic symphonies that they utter out. The result is pretty incredible.