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{{short description|List of releases by Talking Heads}}
{{hatnote|For individual discographies, see [[David Byrne discography|David Byrne]], [[Jerry Harrison discography|Jerry Harrison]], and the joint project by [[Chris Frantz]] and [[Tina Weymouth]], [[Tom Tom Club discography|Tom Tom Club]].}}

[[Talking Heads]] released 8 studio albums between 1977 and 1988, and have also released several live albums and compilation albums. Their first single, [[Love → Building on Fire]], was released in February 1977, and their first album, [[Talking Heads: 77]], was released in September 1977.

{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist       = [[Talking Heads]]
| Image        = Talking Heads band1.jpg
| Caption      = Talking Heads performing at the [[Horseshoe Tavern]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 13, 1978
| Alt          = Three men are situated on a stage, each with his own respective instrument: a keyboard, a drum set and a guitar.
| Studio       = 8
| Live         = 3
| Compilation  = 8
| Video        = 4
| Singles      = 31
| Music videos = 15
| Option       = 1
| Option name  = Remix albums
}}


==Albums==

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US-albums">{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=talking heads|chart=Billboard 200}} | title=Talking Heads – Chart History: Billboard 200 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS">Peak chart positions for albums and singles in Australia:
* {{cite book | title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] | author=Kent, David | author-link=David Kent (historian) | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=St Ives | year=1993 | isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=304}}
* {{cite web | url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discography Talking Heads | work=australian-charts.com | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013}}
* ''The Best of Talking Heads'': {{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-spirit-of-the-anzacs-in-no-1-20150411|title=ARIA Albums: Spirit Of The Anzacs Is No 1|publisher=Noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=April 11, 2015|access-date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT">{{cite web | url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discographie Talking Heads | work=austriancharts.at | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013 | language=de}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref name="CAN-albums">Peak chart positions for albums in Canada:
* ''More Songs About Buildings and Food'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0038a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=30 | issue=9 | date=November 25, 1978 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314184722/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0038a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | archive-date=March 14, 2016 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Fear of Music'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6876a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=32 | issue=12 | date=December 15, 1979 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317033351/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6876a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | archive-date=March 17, 2016 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Remain in Light'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0298&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 50 Albums | volume=30 | issue=11 | date=December 9, 1981 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315041334/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0298&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | archive-date=March 15, 2016 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Speaking in Tongues'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6315a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=38 | issue=21 | date=July 23, 1983 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Little Creatures'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0564&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=42 | issue=24 | date=August 24, 1985 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033744/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0564&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | archive-date=December 3, 2013 | url-status=dead }}
* ''True Stories'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0857&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=45 | issue=9 | date=November 22, 1986 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Naked'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8972&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=48 | issue=1 | date=April 23, 1988 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Stop Making Sense'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8715&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums | volume=41 | issue=5 | date=October 6, 1984 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites'': {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1870&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=RPM 100 Albums (CD's & Cassettes) | volume=56 | issue=22 | date=November 28, 1992 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109215848/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1870&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | archive-date=November 9, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD">{{cite web | url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discografie Talking Heads | work=dutchcharts.nl | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013 | language=nl}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="NOR">{{cite web | url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discography Talking Heads | work=norwegiancharts.com | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="NZ">{{cite web | url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discography Talking Heads | work=charts.nz | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="SWE">{{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discography Talking Heads | work=swedishcharts.com | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="SWI">{{cite web | url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discographie Talking Heads | work=hitparade.ch | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013 | language=gsw}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK-albums">{{cite web | url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/talking%20heads/ | title=Talking Heads | publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | format=select "Albums" tab}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Talking Heads: 77]]''
|
* Released: September 16, 1977 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/talking-heads-77-mw0000650867 | title=Talking Heads 77 – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Ruhlmann, William}}</ref>
* Label: [[Sire Records|Sire]]
* Formats: [[Gramophone record|LP]]
| 97 || — || — || — || — || — || 21 || — || — || 60
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[More Songs About Buildings and Food]]''
|
* Released: July 14, 1978 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/more-songs-about-buildings-and-food-mw0000650866 | title=More Songs About Buildings and Food – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Ruhlmann, William}}</ref>
* Label: Sire
* Formats: LP, [[8-track tape|8-track]]
| 29 || 46 || — || 42 || — || — || 4 || — || — || 21
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Talking+Heads#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum Search "Talking Heads"|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="BPI">{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=Certified Awards Search|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|format=To access, enter the keywords "Talking Heads"|access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Fear of Music]]''
|
* Released: August 3, 1979 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fear-of-music-mw0000196010 | title=Fear of Music – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Ruhlmann, William}}</ref>
* Label: Sire
* Formats: [[Compact Cassette|Cassette]], LP
| 21 || 35 || — || 27 || — || — || 11 || — || — || 33
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Remain in Light]]''
|
* Released: October 8, 1980 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/remain-in-light-mw0000192118 | title=Remain in Light – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Ruhlmann, William}}</ref>
* Label: Sire
* Formats: Cassette, LP
| 19 || 25 || — || 6 || 22 || 26 || 8 || 28 || — || 21
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
* [[Music Canada|MC]]: Gold<ref name="MC">{{cite certification | region=Canada | artist=Talking Heads | accessdate=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Speaking in Tongues]]''
|
* Released: June 1, 1983 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/speaking-in-tongues-mw0000196011 | title=Speaking in Tongues – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Ruhlmann, William}}</ref>
* Label: Sire
* Formats: [[Compact Disc|CD]], cassette, LP
| 15 || 15 || 20 || 7 || 14 || 11 || 3 || 12 || — || 21
|
* RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
* MC: Platinum<ref name="MC"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Little Creatures]]''
|
* Released: June 10, 1985 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/little-creatures-mw0000191997 | title=Little Creatures – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Ruhlmann, William}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, [[EMI]]
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP
| 20 || 2 || 4 || 18 || 4 || 16 || 1 || 10 || 12 || 10
|
* RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[True Stories (album)|True Stories]]''
|
* Released: September 15, 1986 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=September Hot Album Releases |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-09-06.pdf |work=Billboard Newspaper |agency=[[Billboard (magazine)]] |date=September 6, 1986 |access-date=October 13, 2023|ref=none |page=88}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, EMI
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP
| 17 || 2 || 10 || 16 || 16 || 13 || 1 || 5 || 11 || 7
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Naked]]''
|
* Released: March 15, 1988 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Talking-Heads/dp/B000002LD0 | title=Naked: Talking Heads | website=Amazon | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, EMI
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP
| 19 || 8 || 8 || 13 || 13 || 7 || 7 || 9 || 6 || 3
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US-albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref name="CAN-albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="NZ"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="SWE"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="SWI"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK-albums"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''
|
* Released: March 24, 1982 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-mw0000199932 | title=The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Westergaard, Sean}}</ref>
* Label: Sire
* Formats: LP [[box set]]
| 31 || 41 || — || — || 38 || 7 || 32 || — || 22
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|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Stop Making Sense (album)|Stop Making Sense]]''
|
* Released: September 12, 1984 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Making-Sense/dp/B001FEAA3C | title=Stop Making Sense: Talking Heads | website=Amazon | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, EMI
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP
| 41 || 9 || 12 || 33 || 2 || 2 || 26 || 13 || 24
|
* RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="RIAA"/>
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Live At WCOZ 1977]]''
|
* Released: April 20, 2024 ([[Record Store Day]])
* Label: Warner
* Formats: LP
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| colspan="12" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="7"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="US-albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL]]<br /><ref name="BEL (FL)">{{cite web | url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads | title=Discografie Talking Heads | work=ultratop.be | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=January 4, 2013 | language=nl}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref name="CAN-albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="NZ"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK-albums"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads]]''
|
* Released: October 12, 1992 <span style="font-size:85%;">(UK)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-In-Lifetime-Talking-Heads/dp/B0000074BV | title=Once In A Lifetime: The Best Of Talking Heads | website=Amazon UK | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD, LP
| — || 35 || — || — || 66 || 3 || rowspan="2"| 7{{efn|group=upper-alpha|''Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads'' and ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites'' charted as a double album set in the United Kingdom.}}
|
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites]]''
|
* Released: October 13, 1992 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/popular-favorites-1976-1992-sand-in-the-vaseline-mw0000265562 | title=Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand in the Vaseline – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, EMI
* Formats: CD box set, LP box set
| 158 || — || — || 52 || — || 37
|
* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Once in a Lifetime (album)|Once in a Lifetime]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2003 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/once-in-a-lifetime-mw0002055192 | title=Once in a Lifetime – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, Warner Bros.
* Formats: CD box set
| — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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! scope="row"| ''[[The Best of Talking Heads]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2004 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-talking-heads-mw0000150056 | title=The Best of Talking Heads – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Rhino Records|Rhino]]
* Formats: CD, 2LP, [[Music download|digital download]]
| — || 87 || 96 || — || — || — || 30
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* BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Talking Heads (album)|Talking Heads]]''
|
* Released: October 4, 2005 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/talking-heads-dualdisc-mw0000176392 | title=Talking Heads <nowiki>[DualDisc]</nowiki> – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, Warner Bros., Rhino
* Formats: [[DualDisc]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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! scope="row"| ''[[Bonus Rarities and Outtakes]]''
|
* Released: February 28, 2006 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Bonus-Rarities-Outtakes/dp/B00122REJU | title=Bonus Rarities & Outtakes: Talking Heads | website=Amazon | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
* Label: Sire, Warner Bros., Rhino
* Formats: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Collection]]''
|
* Released: January 15, 2007 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-emi-mw0000553083 | title=The Collection <nowiki>[EMI]</nowiki> – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Monger, James Christopher}}</ref>
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD
| — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Same as It Ever Was]]''
|
* Released: 2009 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/same-as-it-ever-was-mw0000820167 | title=Same as It Ever Was – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
* Label: Rhino
* Formats: CD, digital download
| 73 || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| colspan="11" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Remix albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of remix albums
! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[12 × 12 Original Remixes]]''
|
* Released: August 2, 1999 <span style="font-size:85%;">(UK)</span><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/12-x-12-original-remixes-mw0000546493 | title=12 X 12 Original Remixes – Talking Heads | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=May 30, 2021 | author=Westergaard, Sean}}</ref>
* Label: EMI
* Formats: CD
|-
|}

===Video albums / Films===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of video albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US<br />Video]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine | title=Top Music Videos | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | volume=100 | issue=28 | publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] | date=July 9, 1988}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Stop Making Sense]]''
|
* Released: 1984
* Label: [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]]
* Formats: [[VHS]], Laserdisc, DVD (1999), Blu-ray (2009)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[True Stories]]''
|
* Released: 1987
* Label: [[Warner Home Video]], [[The Criterion Collection]]
* Formats: VHS, Laserdisc, DVD (1999), Blu-ray (2018)
| 
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Storytelling Giant]]''
|
* Released: 1988 <span style="font-size:85%;">(US)</span>
* Label: [[Warner Reprise Video]], [[Picture Music International]]
* Formats: VHS, Laserdisc, DVD (2003)
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Chronology]]''
|
* Released: 2011
* Label: [[Eagle Rock Entertainment|Eagle Vision]]
* Formats: DVD, Deluxe Edition DVD
| 
|-
|
|}

==Singles==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em;"| ''Title''
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="US-singles">{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=talking heads|chart=Hot 100}} | title=Talking Heads – Chart History: Hot 100 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]<br /><ref name="Allmusic-singles">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/talking-heads-mn0000131650/awards | title=Talking Heads – Awards (Billboard Singles) | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US<br />Main. Rock]]<br /><ref name="Allmusic-singles"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref name="CAN-singles">Peak chart positions for singles in Canada:
* "Take Me to the River": {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0103a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=Top Singles | volume=30 | issue=20 | date=February 10, 1979 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* "Once in a Lifetime": {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0315&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=Top Singles | volume=34 | issue=15 | date=March 21, 1981 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315031250/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0315&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | archive-date=March 15, 2016 | url-status=dead }}
* "Burning Down the House": {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4385&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=Top Singles | volume=39 | issue=10 | date=November 5, 1983 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* "Road to Nowhere": {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0551&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=Top Singles | volume=42 | issue=19 | date=July 20, 1985 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}
* "Wild Wild Life": {{cite journal | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0865&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 | title=Top Singles | volume=45 | issue=11 | date=December 6, 1986 | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | access-date=January 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228014032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php | archive-date=December 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment|GER]]<br /><ref name="GER-singles">{{cite web | title=Chartverfolgung / Talking Heads / Single | url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/talking+heads/?type=single | work=musicline.de | publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]] | access-date=January 4, 2013 | language=de}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRL]]<br /><ref name="IRL-singles">{{cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish singles positions |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |access-date=January 4, 2013 |format=To access, enter the search parameter "Talking Heads" in the "Search by Artist" field and select "search" |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630122742/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=June 30, 2006 }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="NZ"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK-singles">Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
* All except "Girlfriend Is Better" (live), "The Lady Don't Mind", "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (live) and "(Nothing But) Flowers": {{cite web | url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/talking%20heads/ | title=Talking Heads – Official Charts Company | publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] | access-date=January 4, 2013}}
* "Girlfriend Is Better" (live), "The Lady Don't Mind", "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (live) and "(Nothing But) Flowers": {{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/talking%20heads|title=The Official Charts Company - Talking Heads discography|date=26 July 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Love → Building on Fire|''Love → Building on Fire'']]
| rowspan="3"| 1977
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| {{N/A|Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="3"| ''Talking Heads: 77''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Psycho Killer]]''
| 92 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || — || —
|
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Pulled Up]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Take Me to the River#Recorded versions|Take Me to the River]]''
| 26 || — || — || 58 || 34 || — || — || — || 20 || —
|
| ''More Songs About Buildings and Food''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Life During Wartime (song)|Life During Wartime]]''
| 1979
| 80 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="3"| ''Fear of Music''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[I Zimbra]]''
| rowspan="3"| 1980
| — || 28 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Cities]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Crosseyed and Painless]]''
| — || rowspan="2"| 20{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Crosseyed and Painless", "Once in a Lifetime" and the album cut "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" charted together on the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="3"| ''Remain in Light''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Once in a Lifetime]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1981
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Once in a Lifetime" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | author=Whitburn, Joel | author-link=Joel Whitburn | title=Billboard's Top Pop Singles 1955–2010 | publisher=Record Research | isbn=978-0-89820-190-1}}</ref>}} || — || 23 || 28 || — || 16 || 24 || — || 14
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Houses in Motion]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 26 || — || — || 50
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''Life During Wartime'' (live)
| 1982
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| ''The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads''
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Burning Down the House]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| 9 || rowspan="2"| 2{{efn|All tracks from ''Speaking in Tongues'' charted jointly on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.|group=upper-alpha}} || 6 || 94 || 8 || — || — || — || 5 || —
|
| rowspan="2"| ''Speaking in Tongues''
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)]]''
| 62 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 51
|
*BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Slippery People]]'' (live)
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 4 || — || 68
|
| rowspan="2"| ''Stop Making Sense''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Girlfriend Is Better]]'' (live)
| — || — || — || 59 || — || — || — || — || 21 || 99
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Lady Don't Mind]]''
| rowspan="5"| 1985
| — || — || — || 24 || — || 42 || 24 || 15 || 8 || 81
|
| rowspan="4"| ''Little Creatures''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Road to Nowhere]]''
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Road to Nowhere" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.<ref name="Whitburn"/>}} || — || 25 || 16 || 51 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 5 || 6
|
*BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[And She Was]]''
| 54 || 33{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"And She Was" and the album cut "Television Man" charted together on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.}} || 11 || 10 || — || 53 || 9 || 31 || 16 || 17
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Stay Up Late]]''
| — || — || 24 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''Once in a Lifetime'' (live)
| 91 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 22 || 15 || —
|
| rowspan="2"| ''Stop Making Sense''
|-
! scope="row"| ''This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)'' (live)
| rowspan="5"| 1986
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 100
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Wild Wild Life]]''
| 25 || — || 4 || 13 || 66 || 40 || 9 || 42 || 2 || 43
|
| rowspan="5"| ''True Stories''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Love for Sale]]''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Hey Now]]''
| — || — || — || 65 || — || — || — || — || 45 || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puzzlin' Evidence]]''
| — || — || 19 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Radio Head]]''
| 1987
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 23 || — || — || 52
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Blind (Talking Heads song)|Blind]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| — || — || 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 59
|
| rowspan="2"| ''Naked''
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[(Nothing But) Flowers]]''
| — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 79
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Sax and Violins]]''
| 1991
| — || — || 49 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| [[Until the End of the World (soundtrack)|''Until the End of the World'' soundtrack]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Lifetime Piling Up]]''
| 1992
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 50
|
| ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites''
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

==Music videos==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:21em;"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Director(s)
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Once in a Lifetime]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1981
| [[Toni Basil]], [[David Byrne]]
|-
! scope="row"| [[Crosseyed and Painless|''Crosseyed and Painless'']]
| Toni Basil
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Burning Down the House]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| David Byrne
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)]]''
| David Byrne
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Slippery People]]''
| 1984
| [[Jonathan Demme]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Road to Nowhere]]''
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| David Byrne, [[Stephen R. Johnson]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Lady Don't Mind]]''
| [[Jim Jarmusch]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[And She Was]]''
| [[Jim Blashfield]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Stay Up Late]]''
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| [[Theodoros Bafaloukos|Ted Bafaloukos]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Wild Wild Life]]''
| David Byrne
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Love for Sale]]''
| David Byrne, [[Melvin Sokolsky]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[(Nothing But) Flowers]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| [[Tibor Kalman]], [[Sandy McLeod|Sandy MacLeod]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Blind]]''
| [[Annabel Jankel]], [[Rocky Morton]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Sax and Violins]]''
| 1991
| [[Wim Wenders]]
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Lifetime Piling Up]]''
| 1992
| {{n/a}}
|-
|}

==Notes==
[[Category:Talking Heads|Discography]]
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<references group="upper-alpha" />
[[Category:Discographies]]
[[Category:Talking Heads information]]