The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
| type = live
| artist = Talking Heads
| cover = The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.jpg
| caption = 2004 2-CD reissue cover
| alt = A montage of several photos of the band performing
| recorded = November 17, 1977 – February 27, 1981
| venue =
| genre = *New wave
| length = {{plainlist|
- {{duration|m=81|s=37}} (original album)
- {{duration|m=156|s=30}} (expanded CD release)
}}
| label = Sire, Rhino (reissue)
| producer = Talking Heads
| prev_title = Remain in Light
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Speaking in Tongues
| next_year = 1983
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
| type = live
| single1 = Life During Wartime
| single1date = 1982
| single2 = Love → Building on Fire / I Zimbra
| single2date = 1982 (France)
| single3 = Take Me to the River / Air
| single3date = 1982 (Netherlands)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-mw0000199932 |title=The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads – Talking Heads |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |last=Westergaard |first=Sean}}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com:80/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2703 |title=Talking Heads: (various reissues) |journal=Blender |issue=29 |date=September 2004 |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |author-link=Douglas Wolk |page=158 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018113947/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2703 |archivedate=October 18, 2004 |url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3score = A{{cite magazine |title=Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 20, 2004 |page=123}}
| rev4 = Mojo
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |journal=Mojo |issue=132 |date=November 2004 |page=127}}
| rev5 = Pitchfork
| rev5score = 9.2/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8266-the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads/ |title=Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |work=Pitchfork |date=August 25, 2004 |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott}}
| rev6 = Rolling Stone
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 2, 2004 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |page=147}}
| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Talking Heads |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/802 802–03]}}
| rev8 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
| rev8score = 8/10{{cite book |chapter=Talking Heads |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=394}}
| rev9 = Uncut
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/talking_heads/reviews/8492 |title=Talking Heads – The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |journal=Uncut |issue=90 |date=November 2004 |accessdate=April 23, 2020 |page=131 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719183916/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/talking_heads/reviews/8492 |archivedate=July 19, 2008 |url-status=dead}}
| rev10 = The Village Voice
| rev10score = A−{{cite news |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv5-82.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=May 4, 1982 |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}
}}
The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a double live album by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released in 1982 by Sire Records. The first LP features the original quartet in concert and radio recordings in 1977 and 1979, and the second LP features the expanded ten-piece lineup that toured in 1980 and 1981.
Though a decent commercial and critical success upon release, The Name of This Band was somewhat overshadowed by Talking Heads' subsequent live album and concert film Stop Making Sense. However, it went on to attract greater retrospective acclaim, with critics remarking on its importance in documenting the band's artistic growth.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-mw0000199932 |title=The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads – Talking Heads |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |last=Westergaard |first=Sean}}{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8266-the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads/ |title=Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |work=Pitchfork |date=August 25, 2004 |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott}}
Reissues
An expanded version of the record was released on CD in 2004 by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, marking the album's first ever CD release in the United States. It duplicated the pattern of the original album, with the first disc featuring the quartet alone and the second disc the ten-member band. Eight additional performances from 1978 and 1979 were added to the first disc, and seven additional tracks from the 1980–81 tour were added to the second disc, with the latter disc featuring a reconfigured running order reflecting the tour's set list from the larger band. However, the introduction to the song "Crosseyed and Painless" was edited out on this CD version.
In 2013, Rhino reissued the vinyl version of the album (on the original Sire label), again without bonus tracks, but with the longer version of "Crosseyed and Painless". The original design of the packaging was also replicated, but the LPs were packaged in plastic sleeves. The album also utilized the original analog mastering for the LP from 1982{{cn|date=March 2024}}.
Track listing
=Original LP (1982)=
Information sourced from original 1982 LP liner notes{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |others=Talking Heads |date=1982 |type=LP liner notes |publisher=Sire Records |id=2SR 3590 |location=New York}} and 2004 CD reissue liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |last1=Zax |first1=Andy |author-link1=Andy Zax |last2=Collins |first2=Reggie |last3=Peterson |first3=Gary |others=Talking Heads |date=2004 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Rhino Records |id=R2 76489 |location=Los Angeles}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one (1977)
| extra_column = Recording info
| all_writing = David Byrne, unless otherwise noted
| title1 = New Feeling
| length1 = 3:10
| extra1 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title2 = A Clean Break (Let's Work)
| length2 = 4:57
| extra2 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title3 = Don't Worry About the Government
| length3 = 3:08
| extra3 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title4 = Pulled Up
| length4 = 4:08
| extra4 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title5 = Psycho Killer
| length5 = 5:34
| writer5 = Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
| extra5 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| total_length = 20:57
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two (1979)
| extra_column = Recording info
| title1 = Artists Only
| length1 = 3:48
| writer1 = Byrne, Wayne Zieve
| extra1 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979
| title2 = Stay Hungry
| length2 = 4:00
| writer2 = Byrne, Frantz
| extra2 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979
| title3 = Air
| length3 = 4:09
| extra3 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979
| title4 = Love → Building on Fire
| length4 = 3:36
| extra4 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979
| title5 = Memories (Can't Wait)
| length5 = 3:58
| writer5 = Byrne, Jerry Harrison
| extra5 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17th, 1979
| total_length = 19:31 (40:28)
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three (1980)
| extra_column = Recording info
| title1 = I Zimbra
| length1 = 3:33
| writer1 = Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball
| extra1 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title2 = Drugs
| length2 = 4:47
| writer2 = Byrne
| extra2 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title3 = Houses in Motion
| length3 = 7:00
| writer3 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra3 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title4 = Life During Wartime
| length4 = 5:03
| writer4 = Byrne
| extra4 = Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980
| total_length = 20:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side four (1980)
| extra_column = Recording info
| title1 = The Great Curve
| length1 = 6:58
| writer1 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra1 = Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980
| title2 = Crosseyed and Painless
| length2 = 7:05
| writer2 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra2 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title3 = Take Me to the River
| length3 = 6:43
| writer3 = Al Green, Mason Hodges
| extra3 = Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980
| total_length = 20:46 (41:09) (81:37)
}}
=CD reissue (2004)=
{{Track listing
| all_writing = David Byrne, unless otherwise noted
| headline = Disc one
| extra_column = Recording info
| title1 = New Feeling
| length1 = 3:09
| writer1 =
| extra1 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title2 = A Clean Break (Let's Work)
| length2 = 5:05
| writer2 =
| extra2 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title3 = Don't Worry About the Government
| length3 = 3:03
| writer3 =
| extra3 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title4 = Pulled Up
| length4 = 4:04
| writer4 =
| extra4 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title5 = Psycho Killer
| length5 = 5:31
| writer5 = Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz
| extra5 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977
| title6 = Who Is It?
| length6 = 1:44
| writer6 =
| extra6 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, previously unissued
| title7 = The Book I Read
| length7 = 4:22
| writer7 =
| extra7 = WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, previously unissued
| title8 = The Big Country
| length8 = 5:09
| writer8 =
| extra8 = WXRT broadcast, the Park West, Chicago, Illinois; August 23, 1978; bonus track, previously unissued
| title9 = I'm Not in Love
| length9 = 4:57
| writer9 =
| extra9 = KSAN broadcast, the Boarding House, San Francisco, California; September 16, 1978; bonus track, previously unissued
| title10 = The Girls Want to Be With the Girls
| length10 = 3:44
| writer10 =
| extra10 = The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979)
| title11 = Electricity (Drugs)
| length11 = 3:28
| writer11 =
| extra11 = The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979)
| title12 = Found a Job
| length12 = 5:35
| writer12 =
| extra12 = The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, previously issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979)
| title13 = Mind
| length13 = 4:55
| writer13 =
| extra13 = WBCN broadcast, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts; August 24, 1979; bonus track, previously unissued
| title14 = Artists Only
| length14 = 3:49
| writer14 = Byrne, Zieve
| extra14 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979
| title15 = Stay Hungry
| length15 = 4:05
| writer15 = Byrne, Frantz
| extra15 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979
| title16 = Air
| length16 = 4:01
| writer16 =
| extra16 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979
| title17 = Love → Building on Fire
| length17 = 3:47
| writer17 =
| extra17 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979
| title18 = Memories (Can't Wait)
| length18 = 3:44
| writer18 = Byrne, Harrison
| extra18 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979
| title19 = Heaven
| length19 = 4:31
| writer19 = Byrne, Harrison
| extra19 = Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979; bonus track, previously unissued
| total_length = 78:43
}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Disc two
| extra_column = Recording info
| title1 = Psycho Killer
| length1 = 5:33
| writer1 = Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz
| extra1 = Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued
| title2 = Warning Sign
| length2 = 5:40
| writer2 = Byrne, Frantz
| extra2 = Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued
| title3 = Stay Hungry
| length3 = 3:56
| writer3 = Byrne, Frantz
| extra3 = Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued
| title4 = Cities
| length4 = 5:00
| writer4 =
| extra4 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title5 = I Zimbra
| length5 = 3:30
| writer5 = Byrne, Eno, Ball
| extra5 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title6 = Drugs (Electricity)
| length6 = 4:41
| writer6 = Byrne
| extra6 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title7 = Once in a Lifetime
| length7 = 5:57
| writer7 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra7 = Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued
| title8 = Animals
| length8 = 4:05
| writer8 =
| extra8 = Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued
| title9 = Houses in Motion
| length9 = 6:54
| writer9 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra9 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980
| title10 = Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
| length10 = 8:24
| writer10 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra10 = Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, previously unissued
| title11 = Crosseyed and Painless
| length11 = 5:58
| writer11 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra11 = Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8–9, 1980; truncated version from original release
| title12 = Life During Wartime
| length12 = 4:54
| writer12 = Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra12 = Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980
| title13 = Take Me to the River
| length13 = 6:33
| writer13 = Green, Hodges
| extra13 = Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980
| title14 = The Great Curve
| length14 = 6:42
| writer14 = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra14 = Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980
| total_length = 77:47 (156:30)
}}
Personnel
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Talking Heads
- David Byrne – guitar, vocals
- Chris Frantz – drums
- Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
- Jerry Harrison – guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Adrian Belew – guitar, backing vocals
- Nona Hendryx – backing vocals on "Life During Wartime", "Take Me to the River", and "The Great Curve"
- Busta "Cherry" Jones – additional bass guitar
- Dolette McDonald – percussion, backing vocals
- Steve Scales – congas, percussion
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards, backing vocals
Technical
- Talking Heads – producer, mixing assistant
- David Hewett – audio engineer
- Kooster McAllister – engineer
- Rod O'Brien – engineer
- Katshuiko Sato – engineer
- Brian Eno – assistant engineer
- Ed Stasium – mixing engineer
- Butch Jones – mixing assistant
- Clive Brinkwood – mastering engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
- Jeff Shaw – mastering engineer
Reissue personnel
- Gary Stewart – producer
- Andy Zax – producer
- Dave Artale – mixing engineer
- Ken Rasek – mixing engineer
- Bob Ludwig – remastering engineer
{{div col end}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1982)
!scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=304}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 41 |
| scope="row"|Billboard Pop Albums{{Cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/talking-heads/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Talking Heads Chart History: Billboard 200 |author= |date=2019 |publisher= |website=Billboard.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404025437/https://www.billboard.com/music/talking-heads/chart-history/billboard-200 |archivedate=April 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}
|align="center"|31 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2013)
!scope="col"|Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Hungary|16|year=2013|week=43|rowheader=true|access-date=November 28, 2021}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=240–241|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|39355}}
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