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- Stop Making Sense
- - 206,236 plays
  - 39 favs
  - 13 shares
Talking Heads
Released 1999

Found A Job
03:15
9,533 plays

Making Flippy Floppy
04:40
9,270 plays

Swamp
04:30
9,153 plays

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songs

- 1
- Psycho Killer
- 04:24
- 18,612 plays

- 2
- Heaven
- 03:41
- 13,979 plays

- 3
- Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
- 02:09
- 10,366 plays

- 4
- Found A Job
- 03:15
- 9,533 plays

- 5
- Slippery People
- 04:00
- 11,589 plays

- 6
- Burning Down The House
- 04:06
- 18,256 plays

- 7
- Life During Wartime
- 05:51
- 14,707 plays

- 8
- Making Flippy Floppy
- 04:40
- 9,270 plays

- 9
- Swamp
- 04:30
- 9,153 plays

- 10
- What A Day That Was
- 06:00
- 8,641 plays

- 11
- This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
- 04:57
- 14,072 plays

- 12
- Once In A Lifetime
- 05:25
- 24,853 plays

- 13
- Genius Of Love (Tom Tom Club)
- 04:30
- 9,126 plays

- 14
- Girlfriend Is Better
- 05:06
- 15,370 plays

- 15
- Take Me To The River
- 05:32
- 10,409 plays

- 16
- Crosseyed And Painless
- 06:11
- 8,300 plays

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album review

When the soundtrack for the classic Talking Heads movie Stop Making Sense was originally issued in 1984, it was only nine tracks in length, even though a total of 16 were performed on film. So when the film was re-released in theaters and on home video in 1999, a new version of the soundtrack was issued as well, including all 16 songs and sporting an even better remastered sound. Recorded over three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre in December 1983 (during the tour in support of Speaking in Tongues), the usual four-piece lineup was supplemented by Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell, percussionist Steve Scales, guitarist Alex Weir, and backup singers Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt. Songs from all eras of the band are featured. The first four tracks are early selections ("Psycho Killer," "Heaven"), performed as bare renditions, plus full-band funky versions of such later hits as "Life During Wartime," "Burning Down the House," "Once in a Lifetime," and "Girlfriend Is Better." Also included are lesser-known album tracks ("Swamp," "This Must Be the Place," "Crosseyed and Painless"), plus a track from David Byrne's 1981 Catherine Wheel album ("What a Day That Was"), and "Genius of Love" by the Tom Tom Club (a side project of drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth). One of the greatest live albums ever, the 1999 version of Stop Making Sense captures the Talking Heads at the height of their powers. A quintessential purchase. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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listener reviews

- - classic
  - - By nathanluksa
    - 4/12/2009 13:53:28
  - i would recommend anyone looking to get into talking heads. it has what are in my opinion the best versions of a lot of their classic songs. definitely one of the very best live albums i've ever heard.
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