Remain in Light

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{{Infobox album
| name = Remain in Light
| type = studio
| artist = [[Talking Heads]]
| cover = RemainInLight.jpg
| alt = Album cover containing four portraits covered by red blocks of colour, captioned "TALKING HEADS" (with inverted "A"s) at the top and (much smaller) "REMAIN IN LIGHT" at the bottom.
| released = {{Start date|1980|10|8|mf=yes}}
| recorded = July–August 1980
| studio = {{ubl|[[Compass Point Studios|Compass Point]], Nassau, Bahamas|[[Sigma Sound Studios|Sigma Sound]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[New wave]]
* [[post-punk]]
* [[dance-rock]]
* [[afrofunk]]
* [[worldbeat]]
* [[art rock]]
* [[art pop]]
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=10}}
| label = [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| producer = [[Brian Eno]]
| prev_title = [[Fear of Music]]
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Remain in Light
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Once in a Lifetime]]
| single1date = January 1981
| single2 = [[Houses in Motion]]
| single2date = May 1981
| single3 = [[Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)]]
| single3date = August 1981 (Japan)
| single4 = [[Crosseyed and Painless]]
| single4date = November 1981 (Germany)
}}{{Extra album cover
| header = Back cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = RILback.jpg
| border =
| alt = Album cover containing a drawing of a mountain range and four mostly red warplanes flying in formation. There is green text on the left hand side and a barcode in the top right corner.
| caption = Artwork originally created as front cover
}}
}}

'''''Remain in Light''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Talking Heads]], released on October 8, 1980, by [[Sire Records]]. Produced by [[Brian Eno]], his third album with the band, the audio was recorded at [[Compass Point Studios]] in the Bahamas and [[Sigma Sound Studios]] in Philadelphia during July and August 1980.

After the release of ''[[Fear of Music]]'' in 1979, Talking Heads and Eno sought to dispel notions of the band as a mere vehicle for [[frontman]] and songwriter [[David Byrne]]. Drawing influence from [[Nigerian]] musician [[Fela Kuti]], they blended African [[polyrhythms]] and [[funk]] with [[electronic music|electronics]], recording instrumental tracks as a series of loopin grooves. The sessions incorporated a variety of side musicians, including guitarist [[Adrian Belew]], singer [[Nona Hendryx]], and trumpet player [[Jon Hassell]].

Byrne struggled with [[writer's block]], but adopted a scattered, [[Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)|stream-of-consciousness]] lyrical style inspired by early [[Hip hop music|rap]] and academic literature on Africa. The artwork was conceived by bassist [[Tina Weymouth]] and drummer [[Chris Frantz]], and crafted with the help of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]'s computers and design company [[M & Co. (design firm)|M&Co]]. The band hired additional members for a promotional tour, and following its completion, they went on a year-long hiatus to pursue side projects.

''Remain in Light'' was acclaimed by critics, who praised its sonic experimentation, rhythmic innovations, and cohesive merging of disparate genres. The album peaked at number 19 on the [[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]] and number 21 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], and spawned the single ''[[Once in a Lifetime]]'' and ''[[Houses in Motion]]''. It has been featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 1980s and of all time, and is often considered Talking Heads' magnum opus. In 2017, the Library of Congress deemed the album "culturally, historically, or artistically significant", and selected it for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]].

==Background==

==Recording==

==Release==
''Remain in Light'' released on October 8, 1980.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_music = Byrne, Eno, [[Chris Frantz]], [[Jerry Harrison]] and [[Tina Weymouth]]
| all_lyrics = [[David Byrne]], except ''Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)'' and ''Crosseyed and Painless'', written by David Byrne and [[Brian Eno]]
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)]]
| length1 = 5:49
| title2 = [[Crosseyed and Painless]]
| length2 = 4:48
| title3 = [[The Great Curve]]
| length3 = 6:28
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = [[Once in a Lifetime]]
| length1 = 4:19
| title2 = [[Houses in Motion]]
| length2 = 4:33
| title3 = [[Seen and Not Seen]]
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = [[Listening Wind]]
| length4 = 4:43
| title5 = [[The Overload]]
| length5 = 6:25
}}

== Personnel ==
Those involved in the making of ''Remain in Light'' were:{{sfn|Bowman|2001|p=178}}

'''Talking Heads'''
* [[David Byrne]] – lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion, vocal arrangements
* [[Jerry Harrison]] – keyboards, guitars, percussion, backing vocals
* [[Tina Weymouth]] – keyboards, bass, percussion, backing vocals
* [[Chris Frantz]] – keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals

'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Brian Eno]] – keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
* [[Adrian Belew]] – guitars, Roland guitar synthesizer
* [[Robert Palmer]] – percussion
* [[José Rossy]] – percussion
* [[Jon Hassell]] – trumpets, horns
* [[Nona Hendryx]] – backing vocals

== Production ==
* [[Brian Eno]] – producer, mixing
* [[Dave Jerden]] – engineer, mixing
* [[David Byrne]] – mixing
* [[John Potoker]] – additional engineer, mixing
* [[Rhett Davies]] – additional engineer
* [[Jack Nuber]] – additional engineer
* [[Steven Stanley]] – additional engineer
* [[Kendall Stubbs]] – additional engineer
* [[Greg Calbi]] – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
* [[Tina Weymouth]] – cover art
* [[Chris Frantz]] – cover art
* [[Walter Bender]] – cover art assistant
* [[Scott Fisher]] – cover art assistant
* [[Tibor Kalman]] – artwork
* [[Carol Bokuniewics]] – artwork
* MIT Architecture Machine Group – computer rendering
[[Category:Albums]]
[[Category:Talking Heads Albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Brian Eno]]

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