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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
=== | === Choosing a Producer === | ||
[[Brian Eno]] had previously worked with Talking Heads to producer their previous two album, ''[[More Songs About Buildings And Food]]'' and ''[[Fear of Music]].'' However, Eno was initially uninterested in continuing to work with the band. In an interview from 2024, Harrison has stated that "''[Eno] was not going to do the record. In fact, Rhett Davies was going to be the producer. Rhett Davies was the engineer that Brian brought in on More Songs About Buildings and Food, and he had gone on to produce Dire Straits and various other acts. So he was a producer/engineer."''<ref>Pehling, Dave. “CBS SF Talks to Talking Heads Member Jerry Harrison about Remain in Light.” Cbsnews.com, CBS San Francisco, 14 Aug. 2024, www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/interview-talking-heads-jerry-harrison-adrian-belew-remain-in-light/. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.</ref> | [[Brian Eno]] had previously worked with Talking Heads to producer their previous two album, ''[[More Songs About Buildings And Food]]'' and ''[[Fear of Music]].'' However, Eno was initially uninterested in continuing to work with the band. In an interview from 2024, Harrison has stated that "''[Eno] was not going to do the record. In fact, [[Rhett Davies]] was going to be the producer. Rhett Davies was the engineer that Brian brought in on More Songs About Buildings and Food, and he had gone on to produce Dire Straits and various other acts. So he was a producer/engineer."''<ref name=":2">Pehling, Dave. “CBS SF Talks to Talking Heads Member Jerry Harrison about Remain in Light.” Cbsnews.com, CBS San Francisco, 14 Aug. 2024, www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/interview-talking-heads-jerry-harrison-adrian-belew-remain-in-light/. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.</ref> | ||
=== African Influence === | === African Influence === | ||
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This African influence had begun on the band's previous album ''[[Fear of Music]],'' most notably on the track "[[I Zimbra]]." Harrison has stated that "''we all realized we were really excited about that track and that we wanted to do more of that.''"<ref name=":0" /> | This African influence had begun on the band's previous album ''[[Fear of Music]],'' most notably on the track "[[I Zimbra]]." Harrison has stated that "''we all realized we were really excited about that track and that we wanted to do more of that.''"<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== Disco Influence === | |||
While at times, Talking Heads was caught up in the friction between rock and disco in the 70's. the band was always influenced by disco music, and this can be seen on ''Remain in Light''. Harrison has state that "''In disco music, the kick drum is at least as loud as the snare drum for the whole song. So we worked with engineers that sort of embraced that."''<ref name=":2" /> | |||
==Recording== | ==Recording== | ||
Similar to ''Fear of Music,'' Talking Heads entered studio recording sessions with incomplete song ideas that originated from jam sessions. These would evolve into the full fledge songs for the record, involving complex and heavy layering of many different studio recorded tracks.<ref name=":1" /> | Similar to ''Fear of Music,'' Talking Heads entered studio recording sessions with incomplete song ideas that originated from jam sessions. These would evolve into the full fledge songs for the record, involving complex and heavy layering of many different studio recorded tracks.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
=== Eno Becomes Involved === | |||
At some point during the recording sessions, Eno went to [[Compass Point Studios]]. According to Harrison, this led to [[Rhett Davies]] leaving the project and as Eno began to work as both the studio engineer and producer, "''everything kind of basically ground to a halt.''" Eventually [[Dave Jerdan]] would be chosen as engineer, and "''we started to really move.''"<ref name=":2" /> | |||
Eno had a "previous commitment" that lead to a break following the recording sessions in the Bahamas. Byrne, Eno and Harrison, would reconvene in New York to finish production work on the album. While Frantz and Weymouth were involved in this step, they were less involved in New York than they were at Compass Point.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
==Release and Promotion== | ==Release and Promotion== | ||