The Talking Heads' magnum opus, "Remain In Light," continues to prove itself as unique fusion of afrobeat and new wave, thirty years after its release. [49], The rest of the artwork and the liner notes were crafted by the graphic designer Tibor Kalman and his company M&Co. They became involved in Haitian Vodou religious ceremonies, practised native percussion instruments, and socialised with the reggae rhythm section of Sly and Robbie. The only difference between the pressings is that this one has a sticker that says Record Store Day. [21] He also studied straight speech, from John Dean's Watergate testimony to the stories of African American former slaves. [16] Byrne likened the process to modern sampling: "We were human samplers. Product description. [8] The expression "And the Heat Goes On", used in the title and repeated in the chorus, is based on a New York Post headline Eno read in the summer of 1980 whilst Byrne rewrote the song title "Don't Worry About the Government" from Talking Heads' debut album, Talking Heads: 77, into the lyric "Look at the hands of a government man". The augmenting members recruited by Harrison were Belew, Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell, bassist Busta "Cherry" Jones, Ashford & Simpson percussionist Steven Scales, and backing vocalist Dolette MacDonald. Fantastic! * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. [7] Afrodisiac, the 1973 Afrobeat record by Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, became the template for the album. It was also one of those rare examples of a classic record that is both incredibly satisfying to listen to, … "—is influenced by old school rap, specifically Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" given to Byrne by Frantz. [4], Frantz and Weymouth ended their holiday by purchasing an apartment above Compass Point Studios in Nassau, the Bahamas, where Talking Heads had recorded their second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food. The release stressed that the major inspiration to the lyrics was Professor John Miller Chernoff's African Rhythm and African Sensibility,[43] which examined the musical enhancement of life in the continent's rural communities. Talking Heads’ third album revealed a band to be relentless interrogators of music and its place in culture. Anyone else seen this? [88] In 2002, Pitchfork featured Remain in Light at number two behind Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation in its Top 100 Albums Of The 1980s list. [81], In 1989, Rolling Stone named Remain in Light as the fourth best album of the decade. 6095, SRK 6095, WB 56 867, SIR K 56 867, SRK 6095, SIR 56 867, WB 56 867, WBN, Remain In Light, LP, Album, RE, RP, 180, 8122708021, Remain In Light, LP, Album, SRK 6095, SRK6095, Remain In Light, LP, Album, RE, 180, R1 70802, Remain In Light, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RP, Red, RCV1 70802, Remain In Light, LP, Album, Los, SRK 6095, Remain In Light, LP, Album, Spe, SRK 6095, Remain In Light, LP, Album, Win, SRK 6095, My 999 Most Beloved Records (and some more lovely popstuff), Life (or at least perspective) changing albums, TEMPO - DIE HUNDERT BESTEN PLATTEN DER 80ER JAHRE. $18.83. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. . Published on 12 February 2019 by Streamy. Best of 1980. To conclude, Remain in Light 2018 is an unqualified triumph on many fronts. However, even if the record had been handed out in plastic bags, it is commonly referred to as the Talking Heads’ magnum opus. The designing process made the band members realise that the title Melody Attack was "too flippant" for the music recorded, and they adopted Remain in Light instead. Drawing inspiration from Fela Kuti and the Afrobeat sound, Remain in Light is the critically acclaimed fourth album from Talking Heads. Genres: New Wave, Post-punk. [15] In 2006, Q ranked Remain in Light at number 27 in its list of the 40 Best Albums of the 80s. The image of the warplanes was relegated to the back of the sleeve and the doctored portraits became the front cover. Both releases are quite good, much better than the original LPs I have. [25][48] Using Melody Attack as inspiration, the couple created a collage of red warplanes flying in formation over the Himalayas. They had tired of the notion of a singer leading a backup band; the ideal they aimed for, according to Byrne, was "sacrificing our egos for mutual cooperation". Brass player Jon Hassell, who had been working on parts of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, was hired to perform trumpet and horn sections. Few vocal sections were recorded in the Bahamas. [19] The machine was one of the first of its kind and able to simulate environments such as echo chambers and rooms through interchangeable programs. "The Great Curve" includes Belew's synthesiser-treated guitar, African-inspired percussion, and brass interludes. Remain in Light should be no exception. Produced by Brian Eno! [47] "The Great Curve" contains extended synthesiser-treated guitar solos from Belew. [16] He is credited by Frantz with helping create "Once in a Lifetime", which was released as a single. [13] Eno's production techniques and personal approach were key to the record's conception. [86] In 1999, it was included by Vibe as one of its 100 Essential Albums Of The 20th Century. [57] Over one million copies have been sold worldwide. The basic tracks focused wholly on rhythms and were all performed in a minimalist method using only one chord. [70] Michael Kulp of the Daily Collegian commented that the album deserves the tag "classic" like each of the band's three previous full-length releases,[71] while John Rockwell, writing in The New York Times, suggested that it confirmed Talking Heads' position as "America's most venturesome rock band". It's one of those records that just makes me so happy - from the first "ahh..!" [4] Byrne joined the duo and Harrison there in early 1980. [91] In 2012, Slant listed the album at number six on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s". Edit Release All Versions of this Release New Submission . [6] The band and Eno experimented with the communal African way of making music, in which individual parts mesh as polyrhythms. The best live moment captured on tape during Talking Heads ‘ career isn’t on Stop Making Sense, it’s near the tail end of a concert they performed in Rome, broadcast on Italian TV the day after Christmas in 1980. You must be logged in to view the full-size cover art. It has been featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 1980s and of all time, and is often considered Talking Heads' magnum opus. [87] In 2000 it was voted number 227 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. And the album closer, "The Overload" is a slow-burning but slightly draggy ballad. [23] "Spidery riffs" and layered tracks of bass and percussion are used extensively throughout the album. I have a copy of this pressing with Side A mislabeled with The Pretenders debut Side A label. There are two Talking Heads albums I have especially liked over the years, 'Remain in Light' and 'Speaking in Tongues'. "[9], Byrne has described the album's final mix as a "spiritual" piece of work, "joyous and ecstatic and yet it's serious"; he has pointed out that, in the end, there was "less Africanism in Remain in Light than we implied ... but the African ideas were far more important to get across than specific rhythms". Talking Heads: Remain In Light ‎ (LP, Album, Promo) Sire: RJ7691: Japan: 1980: Sell This Version: Reviews Add Review [r9435800] Release. [23] After he was satisfied, Harrison invited Nona Hendryx to Sigma Sound to record backing vocals for the album. [12] Harrison and Eno spent their time tweaking the compositions recorded in the Bahamas, while Frantz and Weymouth often did not show up at the studio. I've owned this from the early 80s and have grown to love it more and more over the years. I believe its pretty much its own thing. [12] The first side contains the more rhythmic songs, "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)", "Crosseyed and Painless", and "The Great Curve", which include long instrumental interludes. "[30], Remain in Light was named the best album of 1980 by Sounds, ahead of The Skids' The Absolute Game, and by Melody Maker,[76][77] while The New York Times included it in its unnumbered shortlist of the 10 best records issued that year. The album features appearances by Alicia Keys, Questlove of The Roots, Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, Blood Orange, Tony Allen, … When David Byrne wails "Take A Look At These Hands!" The band was exceptionally adored by fans and critics alike. Both have been re-issued on vinyl via Rhino Records. [8] Instead of the band writing music to Byrne's lyrics, Talking Heads performed instrumental jams, using the Fear of Music song "I Zimbra" as a starting point. “Remain In Light” is the fourth full length studio album from the New York post-punk band Talking Heads. This is one of the best sounding records I own period, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Written-By, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Written-By, Arranged By, Producer, Lyrics By, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Written-By, Lyrics By, Arranged By, (CD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-A, Copy Prot., Multichanne), (Hybrid, DualDisc, Album, RM, Multichannel), SIR 56 867, SRK 6095, WBN 56 867, WB 56 867, SIR K 56 867, SIR 56 867, SRK 6095, WBN 56 867, WB, SIR K 56 867, SRK. [26], Remain in Light features new wave,[27][28][29] post-punk,[30][31][32] worldbeat,[33] dance-rock,[34][35] art pop,[36][37] art rock,[38] avant-pop,[39] and different types of funk, specifically afrofunk[34][40] and psychedelic funk. The music, like the cover, is breathtakingly beautiful, revolutionary, and offers a completely new experience every time you encounter it. Add to Collection Add to Wantlist Remove from Wantlist. I highly recommend this haunting album. [25] The planes are an artistic depiction of Grumman Avenger planes in honour of Weymouth's father, Ralph Weymouth, who was a US Navy Admiral. Dan Leone 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. Let's celebrate it. This is Talking Heads Ukulele Style! [54] The Canada and New York gigs were the only ones initially planned, but Sire Records decided to support the nine-member band on an extended tour. [4], Drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth, a married couple, discussed leaving Talking Heads after Weymouth suggested that Byrne was too controlling. Search eBay (United States) for this release. It's certainly nothing to complain about. Global pop star and three-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has partnered with 2015 Grammy producer of the year Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce) for a full circle re-imagining of Talking Heads' 1980 landmark album Remain in Light. The band hired additional members for a promotional tour, and following its completion, they went on hiatus for several years to pursue side projects. You know, we operate half awake or on autopilot and end up, whatever, with a house and family and job and everything else, and we haven't really stopped to ask ourselves, 'How did I get here?'. Other than that a flawless album. Just before the Talking Heads created their most critically acclaimed album, Remain in Light, the group was getting sick of talking to each other. [44] The final mass-produced version of Remain in Light boasted one of the first computer-designed record jackets. "So I began with that particular night in Rome, which was extraordinary. [26] The band expanded to nine musicians for the tours in support of the album. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Both daringly experimental and pop-accessible, Recording Industry Association of America, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, The story of the 1980 album "Remain in Light" by Talking Heads and Brian Eno-Inside the National Recording Registry-Studio 360-WNYC, "National Recording Registry Picks Are "Over the Rainbow, "Tom Tom Club's Chris Frantz On David Byrne, Brian Eno And Lee 'Scratch' Perry", "Phish Take on Remain in Light for Halloween", "Counterbalance No. Talking Heads’ Remain in Light came in at number 39. The Talking Heads happen to be one of my favorite bands. [9] Before the studio sessions began, longtime friend David Gans instructed the band that "the things one doesn't intend are the seeds for a more interesting future". Those involved in the making of Remain in Light were:[47][48][51]. [18], Brian Eno advised Talking Heads that the music on Remain in Light was too dense for a quartet to perform. The amazing “Once In A Lifetime” only hinted at the burst of creativity on Talking Heads' REMAIN IN LIGHT. [16], The tracks made Byrne rethink his vocal style and he tried singing to the instrumental songs, but sounded "stilted". Talking Heads: Remain In Light ‎ (LP, Album) Sire, Sire: SRK 6095, SRK6095: UK: 1980: Sell This Version: Reviews Add Review [r11486924] Release. '"[9], Sections and instrumentals were recorded one at a time in a discontinuous process. [55] According to writer David Sheppard, "it was received as a great cultural event as much as a vivid art-pop record. Both releases are quite good, much better than the original LPs I have. When Talking Heads entered Nassau’s Compass Point Studios in the summer of 1980 to begin work on Remain in Light, they were barely on speaking terms and had just a … The sessions incorporated a variety of side musicians, including guitarist Adrian Belew, singer Nona Hendryx, and trumpet player Jon Hassell. Gave me the depth and space I was hoping for over the CD. Quiet surfaces and better sound, lots of 'punch' to the bass and rhythm lines. [44] The idea for the back cover included simple portraits of the band members. And it still sounds funky fresh today. Obviously different albums, but I don't think Remain in Light is that much more popular than say, Speaking in Tongues. [13] According to Eno, the record uniquely blends funk and punk rock or new wave music. referencing Remain In Light, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RP, Red, RCV1 70802 Why is this going for $100 and only a couple for sale, while there's a hundred copies starting at $20 of the more limited (by 1500) Rhino "Rocktober"/"Start Your Ear Off Right" Talking Heads reissues? [25] In August 1980, half of the album was mixed by Eno and engineer John Potoker in New York City with the assistance of Harrison, while the other half was mixed by Byrne and Jerden at Eldorado Studios in Los Angeles. There’s a freedom that begs to be achieved and a listlessness that promises clarity of thought. [50] He offered his services for free to create publicity, and discussed using unconventional materials such as sandpaper and velour for the LP sleeve. When Talking Heads entered Nassau’s Compass Point Studios in the summer of 1980 to begin work on Remain in Light… by Rajasri Mallikarjuna Dan Leone 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 … [44] Later editions credit all band members. “Remain in Light feels like an album that Kidjo was born to sing; never has she sounded so convincing, so powerful ” — Songlines “ As ‘Remain In Light’ was influenced by the music of my continent, I want to pay back the homage and create my own African take on Talking Heads’ songs ” It was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia between July and August 1980 and was their final album to be produced by Brian Eno. The artwork was conceived by bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz, and crafted with the help of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computers and design company M&Co. Release Date 8 October 1980 Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980, on Sire Records. Remain in Light received its world premiere airing in its entirety on October 10, 1980 on WDFM. Each section was recorded as a long loop to enable the creation of compositions through the positioning or merging of loops in different ways. [3] Following the promotional tour, the band went on hiatus for several years, leaving the individual members to pursue a variety of side projects. On their first three albums, Talking Heads made anxious, self-aware art-punk with enough pop appeal to notch a couple of minor hits and edge toward the mainstream. "Remain in Light" might be dark for some but it's never boring. Product description. However, through taking chances, Talking Heads reserved their place in pop history as the thinking person’s dance music on ‘Remain in Light’ decades later would become a springboard for many artists including Living Color, Moby, Massive Attack and Portishead. Remain in Light > Search . If you want to place this image on a forum or blog, ... Talking Heads - Remain in Light (CD + DVDA) [New CD] UK - Import. [20] Like Davies, Jerden was unhappy with the fast pace at which Eno wanted to record sonically complicated compositions, but did not complain. The band expanded to nine musicians for the tours in support of the album. [3] Keyboardist Jerry Harrison produced an album for soul singer Nona Hendryx at the Sigma Sound Studios branch in New York City; Hendryx and the studio were used during the Remain in Light recording on Harrison's advice. [90] Rolling Stone placed it at number 129 in its December 2015 issue of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", higher than three other Talking Heads releases. Byrne struggled with writer's block, but adopted a scattered, stream-of-consciousness lyrical style inspired by early rap and academic literature on Africa. Some have taken the final track on the album, "The Overload," to be Talking Heads' attempt to emulate the sound of British post-punk band Joy Division. Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980 by Sire Records. "[69] Robert Christgau, writing in The Village Voice, described the record as one "in which David Byrne conquers his fear of music in a visionary Afrofunk synthesis—clear-eyed, detached, almost mystically optimistic". In 2017, the Library of Congress deemed the album "culturally, historically, or artistically significant",[1] and selected it for preservation in the National Recording Registry. He changed his mind after being excited by the instrumental demo tapes. [44] The academic travelled to Ghana in 1970 to study native percussion and wrote about how Africans have complicated conversations through drum patterns. [22], The second side features more introspective songs. He used a portable tape recorder and tried to create onomatopoeic rhymes in the style of Eno, who believed that lyrics were never the center of a song's meaning. David Byrne was considered “too controlling” by the other 75% of the band and like all rising rock stars, hinted at leaving the group in … Remain in Light. Clean and clear. Angelique Kidjo tells us why she decided to cover Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light' in full and releases stunning "Born Under Punches" video. [47] "Once in a Lifetime" pays homage to early rap techniques and the music of art rock band The Velvet Underground. It is a landmark album for the past and present of art-rock, an undisputed masterpiece. Edit Release All Versions of this Release New Submission . The amazing “Once In A Lifetime” only hinted at the burst of creativity on Talking Heads' REMAIN IN LIGHT. "I figured the book should start off on a really high note," he tells GRAMMY.com. 1980 masterpiece includes "Once In A Lifetime". The Talking Heads' magnum opus, "Remain In Light," continues to prove itself as unique fusion of afrobeat and new wave, thirty years after its release. [51] Frantz said "we felt very burnt by the credits dispute". AllMusic. The recording sessions only built up pace after the recruitment of guitarist Adrian Belew at the request of Byrne, Harrison and Eno. He was reluctant to work with the band again after collaborating on the previous two albums. Why is this going for $100 and only a couple for sale, while there's a hundred copies starting at $20 of the more limited (by 1500) Rhino "Rocktober"/"Start Your Ear Off Right" Talking Heads reissues? [8] None of the compositions include chord changes and instead rely on the use of different harmonics and notes. Angelique Kidjo tells us why she decided to cover Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light' in full and releases stunning "Born Under Punches" video. Both have been re-issued on vinyl via Rhino Records. “Remain in Light feels like an album that Kidjo was born to sing; never has she sounded so convincing, so powerful ” — Songlines “ As ‘Remain In Light’ was influenced by the music of my continent, I want to pay back the homage and create my own African take on Talking Heads’ songs ” Probably you are responding to Adrian Belew's “Guitar” solos. The history of the album art alone makes Remain in Light worth listening to. [21] Harrison booked Talking Heads into Sigma Sound, which focused primarily on R&B music, after convincing the owners that the band's work could bring them a new type of clientele. Byrne disagreed with the categorisation and commented that its lyrics are meant to be taken literally; he stated, "We're largely unconscious. [22], Byrne recorded all the tracks, as they were after Belew had performed on them, to a cassette and looked to Africa to break his writer's block. It was an album built upon poly-rhythmic jams devoid of many traditional pop hooks or structure. [18] A Lexicon 224 digital reverb effects unit, obtained by engineer and mixer Dave Jerden, was used on the album. The 1980 Sire album finds the quartet incorporating African polyrhythms into its music, as well as making innovative use of loops and samples as instrumental tracks. [25] Weymouth and Fisher shared a passion for masks and used the concept to experiment with the portraits. "[74], AllMusic's William Ruhlmann wrote that Talking Heads' musical transition, first witnessed in Fear of Music, came to full fruition in Remain in Light; he stated, "Talking Heads were connecting with an audience ready to follow their musical evolution, and the album was so inventive and influential. [92], In 2018, Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo released a song-for-song cover of Remain in Light (produced by Jeff Bhasker and released on his Kravenworks label), describing herself as a longtime fan of the song "Once in a Lifetime" and wanting to pay tribute to the album by emphasizing its inspiration from African music.[93][94]. Full Review. Talking Heads: Remain In Light ‎ (LP, Album) Sire: SIR K 56 867: Europe: Unknown: Sell This Version: Reviews Add Review [r5879591] Release. Ken Tucker of Rolling Stone felt it was a brave and absorbing attempt to locate a common ground in the early 1980s divergent and often hostile musical genres; he concluded, "Remain in Light yields scary, funny music to which you can dance and think, think and dance, dance and think, ad infinitum. 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), … Agree it is a great album. Perfectly (though very unconventionally) paced, it starts with a whole side of wonky Fela funk and gradually opens up and quietens down on side two to end on a strange low. The album's creation required the use of additional musicians, particularly percussionists. [47], Weymouth advised Kalman that she wanted simple typography in a bold sans serif font. [46] Some critics have suggested that the song is "a kind of prescient jab at the excesses of the 1980s". Global pop star and 3-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has partnered with 2015 Grammy producer of the year Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce) for a full circle re-imagining of Talking Heads’ 1980 landmark album Remain in Light. I think it sounds phenomenal. Kalman later suggested that the planes were not removed altogether because they seemed appropriate during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979–81. [15] Loops played a key part at a time when computers could not yet adequately perform such functions. Absolutely flat, dead quiet, and just plain old sounded excellent. Amazon.com. Really nice reissue. [23] The "rhythmical rant" in "Crosseyed and Painless"—"Facts are simple and facts are straight. it's just this perfect balance of riotous, odd, funky, catchy, clever, awkward and yet fluid. Remain in Light (1980) is a Studio album by Talking Heads. [46] It was conceived as a single riff before the band added a second, boosted riff over the top of the first. 1980 . [11] Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth disputed the credits, especially for a process they had partly funded. And the "Listening Wind" borrows a little bit from Native American culture. The band is locked into a loose, yet tense jam that eventually converges into “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)”, the leadoff track from their landmark 1980 album Remain In Light. Chris Frantz, founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, joins me to discuss his life and career in music. "[17], After a few sessions in the Bahamas, engineer Rhett Davies left following an argument with the producer over the fast speed of recording. Great sound. 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 … He was advised to add guitar solos to the Compass Point tracks, making use of a Roland guitar synthesiser. Vinyl, LP, Album, US - 1980Sire — SRK 60951080p - 60fps00:00 - - - A1 — Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) . [18] According to Weymouth, Byrne told Kalman to doctor the credits on Eno's advice. [5] Frantz did not want to leave, and the two took a long vacation in the Caribbean to ponder the state of the band and their marriage. Add to Collection Add to Wantlist Remove from Wantlist. [46], Like all the other tracks, album opener "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" borrows from "preaching, shouting and ranting". Weymouth attended MIT regularly during the summer of 1980 and worked with Bender's colleague, Scott Fisher, on the computer renditions of the ideas. [11] Talking Heads used the working title Melody Attack throughout the studio process after watching a Japanese game show of the same name. The track features "tribal-cum-industrial" beats created primarily by Harrison and Byrne. [67] In 2004, Slant Magazine's Barry Walsh labelled its results as "simply magical" after the band turned rock music into a more global entity in terms of its musical and lyrical scope. The process was tortuous because computer power was limited in the early 1980s and the mainframe alone took up several rooms. [6] The band members realised that it had been solely up to Byrne to craft songs even though they were performed as a quartet. Pretenders debut side a mislabeled with the band expanded to nine musicians for tours! Blends funk and punk rock or New wave music very burnt by the credits especially! 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