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Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

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Catalog#:
92-3771-1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition
Country:
Europe
Released:
1983
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Leftfield, Synth-pop, Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1   Burning Down The House 4:00 X
    Percussion - Steve Scales
  Synthesizer - Wally Badarou
A2   Making Flippy Floppy 4:36 X
    Guitar - Alex Weir
  Violin - Shankar
A3   Girlfriend Is Better 4:25 X
    Synthesizer - Bernie Worrell
A4   Slippery People 3:30 X
    Backing Vocals - Dolette McDonald , Nona Hendryx
  Percussion - Raphael Dejesus
  Saxophone - Richard Landry
A5   I Get Wild / Wild Gravity 4:06 X
    Percussion - David Van Tieghem , Raphael Dejesus
B1   Swamp 5:09 X
    Guitar - Alex Weir
  Synthesizer - Wally Badarou
B2   Moon Rocks 5:04 X
    Guitar - Alex Weir
  Percussion - Steve Scales
B3   Pull Up The Roots 5:08 X
    Guitar - Alex Weir
  Percussion - Raphael Dejesus
B4   This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) 4:56 X
    Percussion - David Van Tieghem
  Synthesizer - Wally Badarou

Credits

Artwork By [Cover / Package] - Robert Rauschenberg
Backing Vocals, Double Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer, Written-by [Music] - Tina Weymouth
Backing Vocals, Drums, Synthesizer, Written-by [Music] - Chris Frantz
Backing Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Written-by [Music] - Jerry Harrison
Bass, Percussion, Guitar, Artwork By, Written-by [Lyrics, Music], Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals - David Byrne
Engineer [Assistant Mix] - Franklin Gibson , Jay Mark
Engineer [Assistant Recording] - John Convertino
Engineer [Recording] - Butch Jones
Mastered By - Ted Jensen
Mixed By, Engineer [Mix] - Alex Sadkin
Producer - Talking Heads

Notes

Basic tracks recorded at Blank Tapes, NY.
Final overdubbing and mixing at Compass Point Studios and Sigma Sound, NY.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.
Manufactured in Germany.

Limited edition of 50,000. Clear vinyl.
The packaging, designed by Robert Rauschenberg, is a transparent plastic case with credits printed on circular transparent collages.