Record

Remain in Light

Talking Heads1980

At a glance

Artist: Talking Heads
Released: 1 October 1980
Label: Sire Records
Catalogue number: SRK 6095 NP promo
Format: 12″ Vinyl
Country: PT
Tracks: 8, 40:08

In the issues

For the obsessed · 1973-1982 · Members

This 1980 collaboration with Brian Eno pulled African polyrhythms and funk into the band's sound, stretching new wave's range and shaping generations of art-rock that followed.

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Afrobeat

For the obsessed · 1968-1997 · Members

Brian Eno and David Byrne folded Afrobeat's polyrhythms into art-rock on this 1980 record, crediting Fela as an essential influence on its sound.

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The original 12″ vinyl: Sire Records SRK 6095 NP promo, 1980.

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Track list

A1Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes on)5:49
A2Crosseyed and Painless4:48
A3The Great Curve6:28
B1Once in a Lifetime4:23
B2Houses in Motion4:33
B3Seen and Not Seen3:25
B4Listening Wind4:43
B5The Overload6:01

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