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== Critical Reception == | == Critical Reception == | ||
The album received critical acclaim upon its release in 1977. ''The New York Times'' put it as the second best pop album of 1977, just behind Fleetwood Mac's ''Rumours.''<ref>Rockwell, John. “Here They Are: Ten Best Pop Albums.” ''The Indianapolis News'', 31 Dec. 1977, ghostarchive.org/archive/Y40QH?wr=false. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.</ref> Critics praised the album's "witty use of buildings as symbols,"<ref>Milward, John. “'Rumours" Sits Tall in Off-Year for Albums.” ''The Star-Ledger'', 25 Dec. 1977, ghostarchive.org/archive/RNDOv. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.</ref> "confused urbanity"<ref>Milward, John. “Chicago Reviewer Lists His Top 10.” ''The Times-News'', 8 Jan. 1978, ghostarchive.org/archive/WF5sa. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.</ref> and "squawking vocals | The album received critical acclaim upon its release in 1977. ''The New York Times'' put it as the second best pop album of 1977, just behind Fleetwood Mac's ''Rumours.''<ref>Rockwell, John. “Here They Are: Ten Best Pop Albums.” ''The Indianapolis News'', 31 Dec. 1977, ghostarchive.org/archive/Y40QH?wr=false. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.</ref> Critics praised the album's "witty use of buildings as symbols,"<ref>Milward, John. “'Rumours" Sits Tall in Off-Year for Albums.” ''The Star-Ledger'', 25 Dec. 1977, ghostarchive.org/archive/RNDOv. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.</ref> "confused urbanity,"<ref>Milward, John. “Chicago Reviewer Lists His Top 10.” ''The Times-News'', 8 Jan. 1978, ghostarchive.org/archive/WF5sa. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.</ref> "no-nonsense, basic pop,"<ref>Gritten, David. “Talking Heads: Talking Heads 77.” ''Sports Argus'', 14 Jan. 1978, ghostarchive.org/archive/lkuG0. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.</ref> and "squawking vocals."<ref>Toepfer, Susan. “The Last Gasp of the Rock Era.” ''Daily News'', 1 Jan. 1978, ghostarchive.org/archive/Qa3ys. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.</ref> | ||
=== Intellectualism === | |||
Many critics from the first album onwards would label the group as some for of "intellectual." Some called the music "the thinking person's new wave."<ref>Robins, Wayne. “For Best Album, the Winner Is ...” ''Newsday (Nassau Edition)'', 1 Jan. 1978, ghostarchive.org/archive/SazTA. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.</ref> But in contrast to this, in an article from January 1978, David Byrne is quoted as saying "At fist people said we were real intellectual and only smarties would like us. But then all these kids came and liked us and that proves they were wrong."<ref>Murray, Dave. “Talking Heads.” ''Reading Evening Post'', 28 Jan. 1978, ghostarchive.org/archive/hF0S4. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.</ref> | |||
==Release history== | ==Release history== | ||