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''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 (music)|singles]] "[[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|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' [[Masterpiece|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]]. | ''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 (music)|singles]] "[[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|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' [[Masterpiece|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== | |||
==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 (Talking Heads song)|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}}<ref name=kalman415>{{cite book |last1=Kalman, Tibor |last2=Hall, Peter |last3=Bierut, Michael |title=Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist|year=1998 |publisher=[[Princeton Architectural Press]]|page=415|isbn=1-56898-150-3}}</ref><ref name="inlay2006" /> | |||
'''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 Corporation|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 (technologist)|Scott Fisher]] – cover art assistant | |||
* [[Tibor Kalman]] – artwork | |||
* Carol Bokuniewics – artwork | |||
* [[MIT Media Lab|MIT Architecture Machine Group]] – computer rendering | |||