Talking Heads - Remain In Light

Label:

Sire Records Company

Catalog#:

6095-2

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

1990

Genre:

Electronic, Rock

Style:

Leftfield, New Wave, Indie Rock

Tracklist

1	Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)	5:48	X
2	Crosseyed And Painless	4:47	X
3	The Great Curve	6:27	X
4	Once In A Lifetime	4:22	X
5	Houses In Motion	4:33	X
6	Seen And Not Seen	3:24	X
7	Listening Wind	4:43	X
8	The Overload	6:00	X

Credits

Arranged By [Vocals] - Brian Eno , David Byrne
Bass - Brian Eno , David Byrne , Jerry Harrison , Tina Weymouth
Drums - Chris Frantz
Engineer - Dave Jerden
Engineer [Additional Engineering] - Jack Nuber , John Potoker , Rhett Davis* , Stephen Stanley*
Engineer [Assisted By] - Kendall Stubbs
Guitar - Adrian Belew , David Byrne , Jerry Harrison
Keyboards - Brian Eno , Chris Frantz , David Byrne , Jerry Harrison , Tina Weymouth
Mastered By - Greg Calbi
Mixed By - Brian Eno , David Jerden* , David Byrne , John Potoker
Percussion - Brian Eno , Chris Frantz , David Byrne , Jerry Harrison , Jose Rossy , Robert Palmer , Tina Weymouth
Producer - Brian Eno
Songwriter - Brian Eno , David Byrne , Talking Heads
Voice - Brian Eno , David Byrne , Nona Hendryx
Written-by [Words] - Brian Eno (tracks: 1, 2) , David Byrne

Notes

Originally released on vinyl LP in 1980.

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Review by guzzer Jan 25, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

I listened to this record again today, after not having heard it for probably 10 years. It stands up pretty well, particularly the first 5 tracks.

"Born Under Punches" is a sparse, hard punchy funk that's a marked contrast to the soft brush funk of the day and reminds you of Tackhead. "Crosseyed and Painless" is faster and flows more, a multitude of instruments playing short, percussive loops. The gem of the record is probably the call and response of "The Great Curve", although the I prefer the slightly less frenetic live version - there is so much going on in this aural aussault that you think its going to spiral out of control at any minute.

"Once in a Lifetime" has been played too often to have retained its impact, but by contast the relatively restrained version of "Houses In Motion" still begulies with soft horns, and bubbling bass and synth bass..

After that, its a pity the record ends with a whimper not a bang. "The Overload" sounds like a bad Joy Division imitation and is best forgotten. But otherwise, probably Talking Heads at their best

Rated 5/5

Review by freyguy Feb 04, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)

One of, if not the best overall album the Heads put out in their high quality body of work. Marked funk overtones, brilliant driving, often heavy, beats on many of the songs, and infections sycopations just force your head to take note. The talent of Brian Eno's song production is evident throughout this album - this man and this group were a very good matchup.

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