Stop Making Sense
by Talking Heads
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 September 1984
- Label: Sire Records
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:14:24
- Community rating: 4.64/5 from 16 ratings
Artists on this release: Gary Goetzman, Gary Kurfirst
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Widely regarded as one of the greatest concert films and live albums ever made, this soundtrack captures the band's 1983 tour performances, recorded at Hollywood's Pantages Theater. Conceived by David Byrne, the show features an expanded nine-piece lineup including musicians like Bernie Worrell and Alex Weir, reinterpreting their songs with deep, polyrhythmic funk grooves. This live album documents the band at their absolute creative and performative peak.
Genres
Descriptors: Live, Rhythmic, Funky, Iconic, Soundtrack
Tracklist
- Psycho Killer - Live (4:24)
- Heaven - Live (3:41)
- Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - Live (2:09)
- Found a Job - Live (3:15)
- Slippery People - Live (4:00)
- Burning Down the House - Live (4:06)
- Life During Wartime - Live (5:51)
- Making Flippy Floppy - Live (4:40)
- Swamp - Live (4:30)
- What a Day That Was - Live; Edit (6:00)
- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Live (4:57)
- Once in a Lifetime - Live (5:25)
- Genius of Love (Tom Tom Club) - Live (4:30)
- Girlfriend Is Better - Live (5:06)
- Take Me to the River - Live (5:32)
- Crosseyed and Painless - Live (6:11)
Credits
- Talking Heads - primary artist, written-by
- Lisa Day - edited by
- Gary Kurfirst - executive producer
- Jonathan Demme - film director
- Gary Goetzman - film producer
- David Byrne - other [conceived for stage by], written-by
- Sandy McLeod - other [visual consultant]
- Jordan Cronenweth - photography [director]
- Al Green - written-by
- Brian Eno - written-by
- Chris Frantz - written-by
- Hugo Ball - written-by
- Jerry Harrison - written-by
- John Chernoff - written-by
- Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - written-by
- Tina Weymouth - written-by