Talking Heads - Best Of...Talking Heads 2004 FLAC ak

Talking Heads - Best Of...Talking Heads 2004 FLAC ak
Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar). Former art school students who became involved in the 1970s New York punk scene,
Talking Heads integrated elements of punk, art rock, funk, and dance music with avant-garde sensibilities to become a pioneering post-punk and new wave group. Fronted by the anxious stage persona of frontman Byrne, the group produced several commercial hits and a number of multimedia projects throughout its career, and often collaborated with other artists, such as musician Brian Eno and director Jonathan Demme.

Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Talking Heads as "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s."

In 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of the band's albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and three of their songs ("Psycho Killer", "Life During Wartime", and "Once in a Lifetime") were included among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Talking Heads were also included at #64 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Talking Heads have been cited as an influence by many artists, including R.E.M., Vampire Weekend,Primus, Bell X1, The Ting Tings, Nelly Furtado and Radiohead, who took their name from the Talking Heads song "Radio Head" from the 1986 album True Stories.
The Italian filmmaker and director Paolo Sorrentino, in receiving the Oscar for his film La Grande Bellezza in 2014, thanked Talking Heads among others as his sources of inspiration.

The Best of Talking Heads is a 2004 compilation album by Talking Heads, released by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, and contains in all 18 tracks, from the beginning to the end of Talking Heads' history. It was released the same day (August 17, 2004) as the expanded reissue of The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.
Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne, except where noted.

"Love ? Building on Fire" (Non-album single, 1977) – 2:59
"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977) – 4:20
"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" (from Talking Heads: 77) – 2:55
"Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978) – 5:04
"Found a Job" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food) – 5:00
"Life During Wartime" (from Fear of Music, 1979) – 3:41
"Heaven" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) (from Fear of Music) – 4:01
"Memories Can't Wait" (from Fear of Music) – 3:30
"Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Remain in Light, 1980) – 4:20
"Houses in Motion" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Remain in Light) – 4:31
"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983) – 4:56
"Girlfriend Is Better" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Speaking in Tongues) - 5:43
"Burning Down the House" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Speaking in Tongues) - 4:01
"Road to Nowhere" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Little Creatures, 1985) – 4:20
"And She Was" (from Little Creatures) – 3:39
"Wild Wild Life" (from True Stories, 1986) – 3:41
"Blind" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Naked, 1988) – 4:59
"(Nothing But) Flowers" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Naked) – 5:33

Size: 529.81 MB