Remain in Light
Studio album by Talking Heads
Released	October 8, 1980
Recorded	Compass Point Studios, Sigma Sound Studios & Eldorado Studios, July & August 1980
Genre	Post-punk
Length	39:48
Label	Sire Records
Producer	Brian Eno Reissue Producer Andy Zax with Talking Heads
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Robert Christgau (A) link
Talking Heads chronology
Fear of Music (1979) Remain in Light (1980) The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)

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Style

Featuring funky African polyrhythms, the album became an influential post punk, world music and New Wave recording. Remain in Light uniquely blended African-American, continental African and white American musical forms; Rolling Stone magazine's Ken Tucker noted at the time that there had rarely been "a larger gap between what black and white audiences were listening to." In a review of the album, fellow Rolling Stone writer Gavin Edwards commented that "Talking Heads had already mastered minimalist funk, but here they built jams around thick, slurred rhythms." Many fans and critics of Remain in Light have said that the album is an extended groove whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Apart from the music, the lyrical themes explored on the album reflect what Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians writer Robert Walser considers a postmodern character, in that they "depict disorientation, ironic distance and distrust of centering narratives." As a result of its polyrhythmic architecture and collaborative, funk-driven songs, Remain in Light compelled Talking Heads to include seven additional musicians, including guitarist Adrian Belew and Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell, on their concert tour in support of the album. For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Polyrhythm is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms. ... Post-punk was a popular musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid 1970s. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... This article is about the magazine. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. ... Second Edition, shelved The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians and is regarded as the most authoritative reference source on the subject in the English language. ... The Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. ... Adrian Belew in concert, November 2006. ... This article is about the band. ... Bernie Worrell Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ...

The final track on the album, "The Overload", was Talking Heads' attempt to emulate the sound of the band Joy Division. This is in spite of the fact that no one in the band had actually heard the music of Joy Division. Rather, it was based on an idea of what Joy Division might sound like.^[1] This article is about the band. ...

Touring

As mentioned above, Talking Heads added seven musicians for a tour in support of Remain in Light during 1980 and 1981. The first appearance of the larger group, which in addition to Belew and Worrell included percussionists Jose Rossy and Steven Stanley, backup singers Nona Hendryx and Dollette McDonald, and bassist Busta Cherry Jones, was in August 1980 at the Heatwave festival. Talking Heads began shows on this tour by playing four songs released prior to Remain in Light. Their set began with the basic quartet and then added players and vocalists song by song until the entire group filled the stage. The Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. ... Adrian Belew in concert, November 2006. ... Bernie Worrell Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is originally from Long Beach, New Jersey but grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. ... Steven Stanley is a Jamaican audio-engineer who has since the 1970s worked in reggae and rock genres, most notably with Talking Heads (Remain in Light) and Black Uhuru. ... Nona Hendryx (born October 9, 1944) is a vocalist known for her work as a solo artist as well as one-third of the trio LaBelle. ... Heatwave promotional poster Heatwave was a rock festival August 23, 1980, outside of Toronto, Canada at Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario. ... The Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. ...

Singles

The single "Once in a Lifetime" sold poorly in the US upon its original release (although it reached #14 in the UK), but a quirky music video and its presence on the soundtrack to Down and Out in Beverly Hills helped make it a charting single and minor hit in 1986 (see 1986 in music). A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 1986 American comedy motion picture starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 // 1986 - Goo Goo Dolls are formed in Buffalo, New York. ...

Two follow-up singles were released—one in the U.S. ("Crosseyed and Painless") and one in the UK ("Houses in Motion")—but neither of them made the Top Forty in their respective countries.

Cover

The album cover and liner notes were created by the notable graphic designer, Tibor Kalman. Kalman based the cover artwork on the life story of Tina Weymouth, with a fleet of planes on the back cover representing her childhood as the daughter of a traveling USAF general, and digitally distorted faces of the band members representing her at-the-time current status as a member of the band and the electro-centric direction the band had taken.^[2] Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... USAF redirects here. ... Electropop is a genre of synthesizer pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. ...

Critical reception

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Remain in Light the 88th greatest album of all time. In 1989, it was rated #4 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 126 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was voted the second best album of the 1980s by Pitchfork Media. A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently... This article is about the magazine. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Magazine Cover, November 2003. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ...

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Writing credits controversy

Talking Heads and Brian Eno had originally agreed to credit all songs to "David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth."^[2] However, after the album was released, the back cover and inner sleeve of the LP credited the writers as "David Byrne, Brian Eno, Talking Heads." To further convolute matters, the sticker labels on each side of the LP credited all songs solely to David Byrne & Brian Eno with the exceptions of "Houses In Motion" and "The Overload," which were credited to Byrne, Eno and Harrison. Later CD editions of the album have reinstated the originally intended writing credits of Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison and Weymouth for all songs.

Reissues

In 2005/6, it was re-released and remastered by Warner Music Group on their Warner Bros./Sire Records/Rhino Records labels in DualDisc format, with four unfinished outtakes as bonus tracks on the CD side ("Fela's Riff," "Unison", "Double Groove" and "Right Start"). The DVD-A includes both stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution (96 kHz/24bit) mixes, as well as a Dolby Digital 5.1 version and videos of the band performing "Crosseyed and Painless" and "Once in a Lifetime" on German television. In Europe, it was released as a CD+DVDA two disc set rather than a single DualDisc. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “WB” redirects here. ... Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. ... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ... DualDisc is a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5. ... Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies by Dolby Laboratories. ...

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth. David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. ... Brian Eno (pronounced IPA: ) born on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. ... Chris Frantz (born Charlton Christopher Frantz, May 8, 1951 in Fort Campbell, KY, United States) was the drummer for both the Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club. ... Jerry Harrison (born February 21, 1949) was the keyboardist and guitarist for the influential New Wave group Talking Heads. ... Tina Weymouth A founding member of the influential New Wave group Talking Heads, was born Martina Michéle Weymouth on November 22, 1950 in Coronado, California. ...

Side one

1. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" – 5:46
2. "Crosseyed and Painless" – 4:45
3. "The Great Curve" – 6:26

Side two

1. "Once in a Lifetime" – 4:19
2. "Houses in Motion" – 4:30
3. "Seen and Not Seen" – 3:20
4. "Listening Wind" – 4:42
5. "The Overload" – 6:00

Once in a Lifetime is a song by Talking Heads, from their album Remain in Light, Written by David Byrne and Brian Eno, it was later used for the promotion of the concert film Stop Making Sense, and was named one of the 100 most important American musical works of...

2006 DualDisc reissue previously unreleased bonus tracks

9. "Fela's Riff" [unfinished outtake] – 5:19
10. "Unison" [unfinished outtake] – 4:49
11. "Double Groove" [unfinished outtake] – 4:27
12. "Right Start" [unfinished outtake] – 4:07

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Personnel

• David Byrne – lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion
• Jerry Harrison – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Chris Frantz – keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Tina Weymouth – bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

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Additional personnel

• Brian Eno – bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, mixing
• Adrian Belew – guitar
• Jose Rossy – percussion
• Robert Palmer – percussion
• Nona Hendryx – backing vocals
• Jon Hassell – trumpets & horn arrangements on 5

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Recording personnel

• Brian Eno – producer
• Dave Jerden – engineer
• Rhett Davies – engineer
• Jack Nuber – engineer
• John Potoker – engineer
• Stephen Stanley – engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering

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Charts

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Certifications

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References

1. ^ Bowman, This Must Be the Place
2. ^ ^{a b} Bowman, David [2001] (2002). This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century, First ed. (pbk.), New York: HarperCollins, p. 184. ISBN 0060507314. Retrieved on 2007-02-18. 

3. Morrison, Craig. "Talking Heads." American Popular Music: Rock and Roll. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2006. Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Song by song essays for Remain in Light from More Words About Music and Songs.
• Rolling Stone review
• "Shedding new light on Talking Heads' Remain in Light" by Seth Rogovoy. (Features interview with Living Colour's Vernon Reid.) Berkshire Eagle, April 27, 2001.