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{{Hatnote|Corresponding Wikipedia article: [[Wikipedia:Stop Making Sense (Album)|Stop Making Sense (Album)]]}} | |||
{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name = Stop Making Sense | | name = Stop Making Sense | ||
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* Talking Heads | * Talking Heads | ||
* Gary Goetzman | * Gary Goetzman | ||
| prev_title = [[ | | prev_title = [[Speaking in Tongues]] | ||
| prev_year = 1983 | | prev_year = 1983 | ||
| next_title = [[Little Creatures]] | | next_title = [[Little Creatures]] | ||
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| name = Stop Making Sense | | name = Stop Making Sense | ||
| type = live | | type = live | ||
| single1 = [[ | | single1 = [[Once in a Lifetime]] | ||
| single1date = October 1984 (US) | | single1date = October 1984 (US) | ||
| single2 = Slippery People | | single2 = Slippery People | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''''Stop Making Sense''''' is a live album by | '''''Stop Making Sense''''' is a live album by [[Talking Heads]], also serving as the soundtrack to the [[Stop Making Sense|concert film of the same name]]. It was released in September 1984 and features nine tracks from the film, albeit with treatment and editing. The album spent over two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It was their first album to be distributed by EMI outside North America. | ||
Limited pressings of the original LP version featured a full-colour picture book wrapped around the album jacket; standard versions had many of the pictures (printed in black and white) and captions on the album's inner sleeve. The CD release of the album includes the full-colour book, but it rearranges the layout to conform to the dimensions of a square CD booklet (compared to the vertically-oriented rectangular shape of the LP book). In 1999, a 16-track re-release—with content and sound closely matching those of the film—coincided with the 15th anniversary of the concert filming. An expanded 40th anniversary edition was released by [[Rhino Records]] in August 2023, marking the first official release of the complete concert recording, alongside a theatrical re-release of the film by [[A24]]. A24 Music announced a tribute album to be released during 2024, featuring artists such as [[Paramore]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Lorde]], [[The National]], [[Girl In Red]], [[Blondshell]] and [[BadBadNotGood]]. | Limited pressings of the original LP version featured a full-colour picture book wrapped around the album jacket; standard versions had many of the pictures (printed in black and white) and captions on the album's inner sleeve. The CD release of the album includes the full-colour book, but it rearranges the layout to conform to the dimensions of a square CD booklet (compared to the vertically-oriented rectangular shape of the LP book). In 1999, a 16-track re-release—with content and sound closely matching those of the film—coincided with the 15th anniversary of the concert filming. An expanded 40th anniversary edition was released by [[Rhino Records]] in August 2023, marking the first official release of the complete concert recording, alongside a theatrical re-release of the film by [[A24]]. A24 Music announced a tribute album, ''[[Everyone's Getting Involved]]'', to be released during 2024, featuring artists such as [[Paramore]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Lorde]], [[The National]], [[Girl In Red]], [[Blondshell]] and [[BadBadNotGood]]. | ||
Stop Making Sense was ranked number 345 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of The 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2000, it was voted number 394 in Colin Larkin's ''All Time Top 1000 Albums''. In 2012, ''Slant Magazine'' listed the album at #61 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". | |||
==Background and recording== | ==Background and recording== | ||
Frantz stated in the [[liner notes]] of ''[[Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads]]'', "When [ | Frantz stated in the [[liner notes]] of ''[[Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads]]'', "When [''[[Slippery People]]''] was originally recorded on ''[[Speaking in Tongues]]'', it had a funky and compact sound. This ''Stop Making Sense'' version is funky and big as a house. (Or should I say church?)" | ||
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===Side two=== | ===Side two=== | ||
# "[[ | # "[[Once in a Lifetime]]" (Byrne, [[Brian Eno]], Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:34 (LP) 5:34 (cassette, CD) | ||
# "What a Day That Was" (Byrne) – 5:08 (LP) 6:30 (cassette, CD) | # "What a Day That Was" (Byrne) – 5:08 (LP) 6:30 (cassette, CD) | ||
# "[[ | # "[[Life During Wartime]]" – 4:52 (LP) 5:52 (cassette, CD) | ||
# "[[Take Me to the River]]" ([[Al Green]], Teenie Hodges) – 6:00 | # "[[Take Me to the River]]" ([[Al Green]], Teenie Hodges) – 6:00 | ||
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# "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:24 | # "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:24 | ||
# "[[ | # "[[Heaven]]" (Byrne, Harrison) – 3:41 | ||
# "[[Thank You for Sending Me an Angel]]" (Byrne) – 2:09 | # "[[Thank You for Sending Me an Angel]]" (Byrne) – 2:09 | ||
# "Found a Job" (Byrne) – 3:15 | # "Found a Job" (Byrne) – 3:15 | ||
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# "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:24 | # "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:24 | ||
# "[[ | # "[[Heaven]]" (Byrne, Harrison) – 3:41 | ||
# "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (Byrne) – 2:09 | # "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (Byrne) – 2:09 | ||
# "Found a Job" (Byrne) – 3:15 | # "Found a Job" (Byrne) – 3:15 | ||
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*[[Bernie Worrell]] – keyboards | *[[Bernie Worrell]] – keyboards | ||
*[[Alex Weir]] – guitar, vocals | *[[Alex Weir]] – guitar, vocals | ||
*Steve Scales – percussion | *[[Steve Scales]] – percussion | ||
*Ednah Holt – backing vocals | *[[Ednah Holt]] – backing vocals | ||
*[[Lynn Mabry]] – backing vocals | *[[Lynn Mabry]] – backing vocals | ||
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*Talking Heads, Gary Goetzman – producers | *Talking Heads, Gary Goetzman – producers | ||
*Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC – mastering | *Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC – mastering | ||
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