More Songs About Buildings and Food
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| Missing image TalkingHeadsMoreSongsAboutBuildingsandFood.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Talking Heads | ||
| Released | July 14, 1978 | |
| Recorded | Compass Point Studio, March 1978 | |
| Genre | New wave/Art punk | |
| Length | 41 min 32 s | |
| Record label | Sire | |
| Producer | Brian Eno & Talking Heads | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG (http://www.Allmusic.com) | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70403121920353271&sql=Ao3rz28vc054a) |
| Rolling Stone | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=51033&cf=89) |
| Talking Heads Chronology | ||
| Talking Heads: 77 (1977) | More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) | Fear of Music (1979) |
More Songs About Buildings and Food is a July 14, 1978 (see 1978 in music) art punk album by Talking Heads. The album was significantly more popular than their first, Talking Heads: 77, but still did not break the group into mainstream audiences. Driven by its rhythm section, the band's blend of funky bass, bubblegum, reggae and punk influences, with David Byrne's nerdy, off-kilter voice, established the group as a critical success known for their rabid liveshows, but still with disappointing album sales.
The album's title refers to the "Sophomore Slump" stereotype that holds that bands' second albums (such as this one) usually consist of unfinished or sub-par material from first album recording sessions, or failed attempts at recreating the hits from the first album. Also the title of the album refers to a critics review of their first album, Talking Heads '77. He said that all of their songs were about buildings and food, hence the name of their second album, making fun of that critic, "More Songs About Buildings and Food."
More Songs About Buildings and Food peaked at #29 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, while the Al Green cover "Take Me to the River" peaked at #26 on the Pop Albums chart in 1979 (see 1979 in music).
Track listing
- "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (Byrne) - 2:11
- "With Our Love" (Byrne) - 3:30
- "The Good Thing" (Byrne) - 3:03
- "Warning Sign" (Byrne) - 3:55
- "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" (Byrne) - 2:37
- "Found a Job" (Byrne) - 5:00
- "Artists Only" (Byrne/Zieve) - 3:34
- "I'm Not in Love" (Byrne) - 4:33
- "Stay Hungry" (Byrne/Frantz) - 2:39
- "Take Me to the River" (Al Green / Mabon Hodges) - 5:00
- "The Big Country" (Byrne) - 5:30
Personnel
- David Byrne - Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals, Artwork, Cover Art Concept, Synthesizer Percussion, Synthesizer Drums
- Jerry Harrison - Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Talking Heads - Producer
- Benji Armbrister - Assistant Engineer
- Rhett Davies - Engineer
- Brian Eno - Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Mixing
- Chris Frantz - Percussion, Drums
- Joe Gastwirt - Mastering
- Ed Stasium - Mixing
- Tina Weymouth - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Tina & the Typing Pool - Vocals (bckgr)