More Songs About Buildings and Food

Well alright here we go again with the quirky tunes of Talking Heads!
Their first album came up a couple of weeks ago and now on to their second album.
Yep it still sounds like them.
The production seems to be better this time around.
I find a lot of the time that the songs don’t necessarily stick in my head very much and I find some parts to be a bit monotonous however I’m sure that with a few spins they will stand out more as there are a lot of cool things to listen to here.
Ya I’m not sure if the first two albums by this band should be on this list as I have a feeling that their best albums are about to come after those two.

Boah ne, fand ich nicht gut.

3rd time a charm, huh

There's something about Talking Heads that just clicks with me, and it always has. This is no exception. Thanks for a great album, you weirdos.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

boooring

I've listened to Talking Heads a lot over the years and they are one of the only bands who retain this aura of weirdness about them. I think it's the oddity of the David Byrne vocals over a funky repetitive backdrop - I find myself becoming a weirdo too as the music drags me in. Being weird never stops being fun.

Most boring Talking Heads album so far.

It's not really my favourite sound - both funky and punky should appeal but I find it sounds very rehearsed and the energy that should be there is focused in David Byrne's vocal performance rather than the instrumentals.
Have heard some of their later stuff where Byrne either reigns it in a bit or the instrumentals get a bit crazier and I think either of those work better than here where Byrne sounds like a drunk offbeat wedding singer and not in a cool Tom Waits way but in an uncomfortable way

6.5/10

I just really don’t get this band

Fun album

Consistently fun with some TIGHT grooves, and just the right amount of weird in the vocals to match the funk of the band. As a first time Talking Heads listener, I can say that there was not a single miss on this one. Great stuff!

Also surprised to see Brian Eno here doing songs about buildings and food? I thought he only made music for airports 🤔

Standouts: Found a Job • Artists Only • I'm Not In Love • Stay Hungry

It's an ok album, the cover version is the highlight though.
You can see which direction they were heading.

Theres too many Talking Heads albums on this list but I vibed with album. 3.5/5. Raising to a 4.

Tipiche canzoni alla Talking Heads, gruppo che non ho mai approfondito oltre Psycho Killer, ma che adesso ascolterò sicuramente meglio

David Byrne’s vocals really dont sit well with me for a full album. One or two songs is fine but over the length of this album they started to jar by the time i got to ‘The Girls Want To Be…’

I quite like the music though, although again it gets a bit too samey over the course of the album.

Given this ‘take me to the river’ is a welcome gem toward the end of the album, as it forces something a bit different on both fronts. Big country is also a strong song, just a shame these are stuck at the arse end of the album

I feel like I should really absolutely love Talking Heads - I do really like the music and I enjoy the lyrics, I'm just never fully sold on the vocal delivery. And I get that David Byrne's singing is really their USP so replacing that would really be taking away what makes Talking Heads, Talking Heads. It's definitely a "me" problem.

That being said, their cover of Take Me To The River is obviously fabulous and I enjoyed everything else, just not as much as I wish I did.

3/5

4/5 loved this album back in college

So weird. So fun. So funky. So odd. So unique. So quirky. So silly. So... Talking Heads. From their least to most critically acclaimed works, Talking Heads has a style that is just so Talking Heads, no other artist/band can ever replicate or duplicate because none of them are as weird, fun, funky, odd, unique, quirky, or silly as these four. And for their second album, they can only go up from here, and they did.

Talking Heads were always a band I felt I should like, but I never really clicked with their music beyond the singles I heard from time to time. That changed a couple months ago. I’m not sure what changed exactly, but they finally made sense to me and they became one of my most listened to bands.

I love the funky guitar and the focus on the rhythm section. Such a unique sound. I find it surprising that these guys were regulars at CBGBs because they don’t quite fit my image of the bands I thought played there