| Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
(1979)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Artist/Composer |
Talking Heads |
| Length |
40:35 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
New Wave |
| Label |
Sire |
| Index |
1122 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Packaging |
Jewel Case |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
I Zimbra |
03:08 |
| 02 |
Mind |
04:12 |
| 03 |
Paper |
02:39 |
| 04 |
Cities |
04:10 |
| 05 |
Life During Wartime |
03:41 |
| 06 |
Memories Can't Wait |
03:30 |
| 07 |
Air |
03:34 |
| 08 |
Heaven |
04:00 |
| 09 |
Animals |
03:30 |
| 10 |
Electric Guitar |
03:02 |
| 11 |
Drugs |
05:09 |
| Personal |
| Purchase Date |
2004 |
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| Details |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Rare |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
| UPC |
075992742825 |
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| Notes |
| AMG Review -- "By titling their third album, Fear of Music and opening it with the African rhythmic experiment "I Zimbra," complete with nonsense lyrics by poet Hugo Ball, Talking Heads made the record seem more of a departure than it was. Though Fear of Music was musically distinct from its predecessors, mostly because of the use of minor keys that gave the music a more ominous sound. Previously, David Byrne's offbeat observations had been set off by an overtly humorous tone; on Fear of Music, he was still odd, but no longer so funny. At the same time, however, the music had become even more compelling. Worked up from jams (though Byrne received sole songwriter's credit), the music was becoming denser and more driving, notably on the album's standout track, "Life During Wartime," with lyrics that matched the music's power. "This ain't no party," declared Byrne, "this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around." The other key song, "Heaven," extended the dismissal Byrne had expressed for the U.S. in "The Big Country" to paradise itself: "Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens." It was also the album's most melodic song. Those were the highlights. What kept Fear of Music from being as impressive an album as Talking Heads' first two was that much of it seemed to repeat those earlier efforts, while the few newer elements seemed so risky and exciting. It was an uneven, transitional album, though its better songs were as good as any Talking Heads ever did. |
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