Proving you could rock despite having attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Talking Heads' innovative brand of downtown art-pop featured David Byrne's manic yelp, pointed lyrics about mundane subjects, and R&B-meets-Velvet Underground grooves, all without ever tipping over into pretension. The group began making twitchy pop in the punk era, but by the early-1980s the Heads had graduated to a dense, funky style incorporating a phalanx of additional musicians including Adrian Belew and P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell. They made a slight return to their pop/rock roots before imploding at the end of the '80s, moving on to solo projects and production work.
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Run a Quick Search on "TALKING HEADS - Popular Favorites 1976-1992/Sand In the Vaseline" Talking Heads to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "TALKING HEADS - Popular Favorites 1976-1992/Sand In the Vaseline"Browse more products related to "Talking Heads"Album DescriptionThis 2 CD set is an out of print collectible! It is the original 1992 Sire release. Catalog 9-26760-2. There is a hole punch through the UPC and booklet. Product NotesReleased four years after the Talking Heads called it a day with 1988's Naked, Popular Favorites provides a thorough overview of one of the most important American bands of the '80s. From tightly wound early efforts such as "Psycho Killer" and "Don't Worry About the Government" to the seriously funky likes of "I Zimbra" and "Burning Down the House," David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Franz grew as musicians as they stretched the original concepts of the unit to the breaking point. Over the course of two discs and 32 selections, the anthology chronicles the Heads' development from Bowery art punks (albeit of the most civil stripe) to unlikely arena stars. A smattering of unreleased tracks and notes from the original quartet nicely flesh out the retrospective. --Steven Stolder If You Enjoy "TALKING HEADS - Popular Favorites 1976-1992/Sand In the Vaseline (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "TALKING HEADS - Popular Favorites 1976-1992/Sand In the Vaseline (CD)" by Talking Heads (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Rock & Pop Bestselling Downloads
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