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Remain in Light [CD + DVDA]
by: Talking Heads

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227330026
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Wea
Manufacturer: Wea
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Wea
Release Date: January 16, 2006
Studio: Wea
Sales Rank: 17701

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Way back in 1980, the original wave of Talking Heads fans were pleasantly stunned to hear Remain in Light, produced and co-written by Brian Eno, on which Byrne and company are joined by guitar god Adrian Belew, and funk legends Bernie Worrell (keyboards) and Steven Scales (percussion), among others, for a fuller, funkier sound nobody imagined they had in them. The first three songs are long, layered, full-body dance parties, with incessantly repeated phrases (musical and lyrical), and increasingly catchy melodic hooks that won't let go for days. "Once in a Lifetime" was the big hit, but the rockingest track is the third, "The Great Curve", after which the songs get more linear and subdued. It's still great stuff, right through to the especially Eno-like droner, "The Overload", but the second half is maybe better to sleep to than dance to. Which is fine: after the exuberance of the first three songs, you'll need a little nap. --Dan Leone

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Best Talking Heads album
Being in the ownership of every studio album the Talking Heads have released, "Remain In Light" is my favourite of them all. If you're new to Talking Heads, I would recommend BUYING THIS ALBUM - it's much more accessible than their more widely-known "Fear Of Music" and yet holds most of the experimental nature of the previous album which serves "Remain In Light"'s brilliance.

The first track, "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" is my favourite Talking Heads song, and the album also features the amazing "The Great Curve" and the widely-accredited "Once In A Lifetime".

Aside from this album, get "Fear Of Music". I'd also reccommend "Naked" - it's underrated and amazing.

Rating:

- inspiring
This album cannot be faulted. A seminal example that of funk rock that is absolutely timeless and sends shivers up my spine at every listen...music like this will never be repeated with such class

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- A magical record
If anyone needs to be persuaded why Talking Heads were just a great band, not merely a great new wave band or a great post-punk band but a band up there with anyone else, 'Remain In Light', their ineffably spooky and moving masterpiece, is surely the evidence required.

The band's singer and chief songwriter David Byrne was, by his own admission, suffering writer's block around 1980. He had just written the bulk of three increasingly brilliant and increasingly dark Heads albums - '77', 'More Songs About Buildings And Food' and 'Fear Of Music' - and was understandably a little burned out. Producer Brian Eno and he were forming a close friendship and working partnership that other members of the band, chiefly bass player Tina Weymouth, ... Read More:

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- Percussive Masterpiece
Remain In Light followed the experimental textures of Fear Of Music, although here the polyrhythmic beats are more accessible especially on the awesome track Once In A Lifetime with its poetic lyrics and gripping hooks. My other favorites here are the funky dance track Crosseyed And Painless and Houses In Motion. The first is the apex of the first percussive and funky part of the album while the second has more in common with the last tracks like Listening Wind, Seen And Not Seen and Overload, where the tone becomes somber and introspective. Overall, the instrumental mix and the arrangements are most impressive and this album, though experimental, is more accessible than Fear Of Music.

Rating:

- a classic
not much point in going into detail about the album, as the previous reviewers pretty much tell you everything you'll need to know. if you read the first review however, you will see one of the most relevant comments. this album was undoubtedly groundbreaking. it was the culmination of about 5 or 6 years of hard work and 4 albums, for david byrne and co, and with some help from eno they produced one of popular musics greatest moments. worth every penny.

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