Stop Making Sense (album)
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| Stop Making Sense | ||
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| Soundtrack by Talking Heads | ||
| Released | October 15, 1984 | |
| Recorded | December 1983 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Length | 44:51 (original) 74:27 (special edition) |
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| Label | Sire Records | |
| Producer(s) | Gary Goetzman | |
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| Talking Heads chronology | ||
| Speaking in Tongues (1983) |
Stop Making Sense (1984) |
Little Creatures (1985) |
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The soundtrack album to the motion picture Stop Making Sense was released in 1984 which featured only nine of the songs from the movie, many of them heavily edited.
Byrne's intention was not to make a traditional soundtrack album, but to have it be a separate experience. The most noticeable difference is that all of Chris Frantz's acoustic drumming is replaced with synthesized drum sounds, most likely triggered samples. Limited pressings of the original LP version featured a full color picture book wrapped around the album jacket. Regular versions had many of the pictures and captions on the album's inner sleeve. In 1999, to correspond with the theatrical re-release of the movie, the album was extended and remastered, restoring all of the songs from the movie with only very minor edits. The newly included tracks feature Frantz's original drumming from the concert recordings. In 2003, the album was ranked number 345 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original Soundtrack
All songs by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth unless otherwise noted
- "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:28
- "Swamp" – 4:28
- "Slippery People" – 4:13
- "Burning Down the House" – 4:14
- "Girlfriend Is Better" – 5:07
- "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:34
- "What a Day That Was" (Byrne) – 6:30
- "Life During Wartime" (Byrne) – 5:52
- "Take Me to the River (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) – 5:59
[edit] Film/Special Edition Soundtrack
- "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:24
- "Heaven" (Byrne, Harrison) – 3:41
- "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (Byrne)– 2:09
- "Found a Job" (Byrne)– 3:15
- "Slippery People" – 4:00
- "Burning Down the House" – 4:06
- "Life During Wartime" (Byrne) – 5:51
- "Making Flippy Floppy" – 4:40
- "Swamp" – 4:30
- "What a Day That Was" (Byrne) – 6:00
- "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" – 4:57
- "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:25
- "Genius of Love" (Weymouth, Frantz, Adrian Belew, Steven Stanley) (performed by Tom Tom Club) – 4:30
- "Girlfriend Is Better" – 5:06
- "Take Me to the River" (Green, Hodges) – 5:32
- "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:11
[edit] Personnel
- David Byrne – guitar, vocals
- Chris Frantz – drums, vocals
- Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Tina Weymouth – bass, vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
- Bernie Worrell – keyboards
- Alex Weir – guitar, vocals
- Steve Scales– percussion
- Ednah Holt – backing vocals
- Lynn Mabry – backing vocals
- Lani Weymouth - vocals on "Genius of Love"
- Laura Weymouth - vocals on "Genius of Love"
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1984 | The Billboard 200 | 41 / 53 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | March 1, 1985 |
| BPI – UK | Gold | November 26, 1985 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Platinum | July 2, 1986 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Double Platinum | August 17, 1994 |
| Talking Heads |
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| David Byrne – Chris Frantz – Tina Weymouth – Jerry Harrison |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Talking Heads: 77 (1977) - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) - Fear of Music (1979) - Remain in Light (1980) - Speaking in Tongues (1983) - Little Creatures (1985) - True Stories (1986) - Naked (1988) |
| Live Albums: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) - Stop Making Sense (1984) |
| Filmography |
| Stop Making Sense (1984) - True Stories (1986) - Storytelling Giant (1988) |
