Remain in Light
by Talking Heads
- Type: Album
- Released: October聽8,聽1980
- Label: Sire
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:59
- Community rating: 4.34/5 from 165 ratings
Artists on this release: Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Brian Eno, 'Remain in Light' merges African polyrhythms, funk, and electronics, built upon a novel recording process of looping instrumental jams to create dense, layered tracks. David Byrne鈥檚 stream-of-consciousness lyrics, inspired by early rap and African studies, complement the rhythmic complexity, cementing the album as a landmark of sonic experimentation and a pivotal moment in the band's collaborative evolution.
Genres
Descriptors: funky, polyrhythmic, dance, experimental, rhythmic, guitars
Tracklist
- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (5:49)
- Crosseyed and Painless (4:45)
- The Great Curve (6:27)
- Once in a Lifetime (4:19)
- Houses in Motion (4:33)
- Seen and Not Seen (3:24)
- Listening Wind (4:42)
- The Overload (6:00)
Credits
- David Byrne - frontman, songwriter, singer, vocals, guitar, digital delay unit, mixing
- Brian Eno - producer, vocals, mixing, composition
- Adrian Belew - guitarist, guitar solos
- Nona Hendryx - singer, backing vocals
- Jon Hassell - trumpet, horn overdubs
- Tina Weymouth - bassist, artwork conception
- Chris Frantz - drummer
- Jerry Harrison - keyboardist, composition, mixing
- Robert Palmer - additional percussion
- M&Co. - artwork, design
- Rhett Davies - engineer
- Steven Stanley - engineer
- Dave Jerden - engineer, mixing
- John Potoker - engineer, mixing