Remain In Light

Dude this was groovy as fuck I really enjoyed that. Who doesn’t enjoy a good lil bass riff fr.

Quite a bit better than I remember. Definitely more of a fan of the quirky, overbearing instrumentation this time around but the vocal performance is still a bit lacking.

I didn't realize Once In a Lifetime was by the TalkingHeads. Very catchy song. I am pretty sure I listened to this album twice because my review didn't save. Other than Once In A Lifetime, I remember nothing else despite twice through the album.

I think I need to give it another listen. It might be quite a good album.

I didn't enjoy it so much. I do like "one in a lifetime"

Nope I just can't.

Probably their best

Same as it ever was

The Great Curve and Once in a Lifetime are so peak

Okay

I never heard this before but once in a lifetime was my favorite song when I was little. Still my favorite on this album

I don't feel like I need to elaborate too much on this one. It's regarded as a classic for a reason, courtesy of its thrilling sonic architecture and polyrhythmic genius, although I often see opinions along the lines of the second half being a drop off from the first because of its comparative experimentation and inaccessibility. However, for me, that's when Remain in Light is at its most interesting and volatile.

A few good songs, likely won't listen to the whole album again

Same as it ever was

While album is great, it's sadly not the best version. That belongs to Angélique Kidjo who took the album to a new height by diving into the roots of the music.

An album of fairly cool ideas but ends up being a bit repetitive and not that great to listen to. As a whole it works, but I feel most songs would seem quite weak on their own.

Besides “Once in a Lifetime” this was largely extremely dull and tedious. Extremely forgettable substance-less krautrock-lite

n tem nem o que falar ne

Soooo good

Great album

How do I start a review? Not sure but Remain In Light did lead to a lengthy reflection on cultural appropriation vs. appreciation and this leans more appreciation considering Fela Kuti being cited as a major inspiration from it. I've loved polyrhythms since I learned what they were before this album and it's recording process was even more interesting, extended jamming and what ended up being an album all about feel and rhythm?? Even if you listened while sat still I could bet that you'd find yourself tapping your feet and that's very COOL to me Fav: Born Under Punches (Shocker lol) Listening Winds didn't do it as much for me and that's not saying it's bad at all ok bye

What the fuck was that.

Talking heads great; you may find yourself is an all timer.

Best album ever

I don't hate it but I don't like it either

Yes

2.5 One great song.

Czuję się jakbym wzięła psychotropy i próbowała nagrać album. Nie znajdę tu brzmień które do mnie trafią. Niczym szczególnym nie zachwyca. 2,5/5

I don't really understand any of the lyrics but I liked some because of its beats and instruments- it's giving beachy and like out of this world intros. But most of the songs are giving creepy and culty vibes

Good noise

I'm stiiiiiiiiiiiill waiting for the song to get interesting. I could sorta almost get into some of these songs. But then they'd get obnoxious and undo their hard work for me. They're also too long. I feel like this is where Tool got their inspiration from. What if we do a song that's ok, or even enjoyable. Then just play is 2-3 times in a row without changing anything. That'll really sell.

I'm not a huge Talking Heads fan but I do enjoy David Byrne's work. I like the TH hits, especially "Once in a Lifetime," but the rest doesn't do anything for me. I'm sure this album earned its place on the list for some innovative and influential reason and if I were majoring in Evolution of Pop Music, i guess I'd be fascinated. 3 stars

Man, what the hell

And you may find yourself sick to death of the endlessly looped motifs. And you may find yourself ready to punch David Byrne for his annoying vocals. And you may find yourself wondering how this crap every became marginally popular. And you may find yourself not finishing this album.

An easy 5 for me! My favorite album by one of my favorite bands! I remember being in my dad's truck—I think I had borrowed it—and when I parked in his driveway, "Once In A Lifetime" came on the radio. I found it so bizarre, but so wonderful at the same time. I sat in the truck transfixed by it, desperate to hear what it was. Not long after, I bought a copy of Remain In Light on CD, which I ended up listening to obsessively through my car stereo the summer before my senior year of high school. I've already written about how singular the Talking Heads are—this album just took it all to the next level. Groovy, funny, fresh. "The Great Curve" is a one chord song with so much development that you'd never guess its simple harmonic underpinnings. "The Listening Wind" is a rare narrative from David Byrne, haunting and beautiful. Adrian Belew's guest guitar solos rip through the mix, at once tonally challenging and perfectly suited to the music. This is the Talking Heads at their absolute peak—which is saying a lot for a band that never really had a bad album. If I could give it 6 stars, I would.

Astounding. Funky as heck, Dave Byrne being a crazy genius and just generally fantastic. One of my favourites.

One of my absolute faves - I bet I don’t go more than 8 months without listening to this one in its entirety too often. Such a breakthrough album that changed so much in modern music…

Tough time on this one, I generally like most Talking Heads I've heard before and Once In A Lifetime is an all timer for me. I bounced off this album initially, finding it too repetitive and jam bandy for me. Read up on the style they were going for and listened again, and then again and realized I needed to meet the album on its terms, I still think there are some songs that go too far in the looping/ layering direction but now I really enjoy most all of the songs and think it will be a common place in my rotation and only get better and better each time I go through.

The album starts strong. Track 2 is particularly good. Then a few of the more well known hits. The second half of the album drags a bit for me. Nothing is bad, it’s just a bit repetitive.

7 - starts strong then fades

great one.

SAME AS IT EVER WAS Yeah that was excellent, of the tracks new to me I liked The Great Curve most

Honestly, one of the best albums ever. And Born Under Punches is legitimately may be one of the 50 best songs ever recorded. Just to gush about it a little. It best emphasizes the sheer magic of the collision of funky Afro-American rhythm, glossy, avant-garde futurism, and teeth grinding anxiety. The guitar solo here alone is legitimately more exciting, valuable, and fascinating than a lot of bands' entire discographies. And the rest of the album is *very* nearly as good. From alternate dimension funk of Crosseyed And Painless, to the jittery The Great Curve, the tastefully Hip-Hop inspired Seen And Not Seen, the plodding, yet nimble sadness of Listening, and the unlikely hit in Once In A Lifetime. Once In A Lifetime represents a small period of time in which the demands of the public collided with what Talking Heads were giving. And more hits came, but none of them feel quite like this. Remain In Light is just a masterwork, artsy, weird, exciting, punk-y, funky, and remarkably accessible for being so fucking odd. Not to mention David Byrne's magical, irreplacable, vocal presence, and the absolute, locked in precision of the whole band. Remain In Light is a generational accomplishment.

Cool but repetitive and loong

Pretty good

He vuelto a no prestar la debida atención, pero en este caso me ha causado menos impacto

Its experimental, its funky. Its just not my thing. Not mad to have listened to it but wont be putting it on again. I can see why its important for musical history but i prefer others takes.

Strange, bizarre even. The record does some interesting things, but it often sounds like the artists just noodling on their guitars/synths and singing random notes which range from okay to just bad. It feels very random = good. For instance Houses is very funky and sounds like a great jam session, until the thing that sounds like a long fart comes in. The fart leaves, making the song groovy again, only for it to return again and again. It's like they replaced a great trumpet solo with farts. Why?? Some songs lean more into funky or afrobeat influences and less into random sounds and are much better. The drums and bass do some heavy lifting as they are the ones that keep the songs sounding like songs and they do so very well. But because they have to keep steady they have little room to change it up. The result, songs that do strange things on a surface level, but sound repetitive once you start digging deeper. If they were gonna be strange, they should've leaned into it completely and do some beat switches halfway through or just anything different with their drum and bass. A pioneering band that pushed the envelope and incorporated cool styles into their music, but as an album not pleasant to listen to. I genuinely feel tired after listening to this record. I prefer the drummer and bassists' side project Tom Tom club where they still sound strange, but have more room to make good sounding music. 6/10

Weird, slightly unnerving, but amazing musically. That is how I would describe the talking heads and this album embodies all these things. Not an album you'd put on speakers during a laid-back party, but definitely something I'd listen to again.

Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was!! Say that shit David!! Full of momentum. Once this thing gets going it is all gas no breaks. Held together by Weymouth’s formidable bass playing and Byrne’s truly singular writing and vocal performance. There’s something vaguely goofy about their sound, but they are so tight as a band, such good musicians, and just sincere enough that it adds to what makes them great.

Nothing else here lived up to Once in a Lifetime. I didn't have a bad time with it, but a lot of songs felt like jams and I was missing a good amount of structure to hold on to

Banger album!!

Awful

Uno de los álbumes más conocidos de Talking Heads, sino es que es el más conocido, y la verdad es el que menos me ha gustado. Empieza bien a secas pero la segunda mitad casi no me gustó, esas últimas dos canciones las sufrí.

Not massively my thing but not bad

A killer guitar album but the obvious hit is the legendary one.

In the 'Fear of Light' review I alluded to how it and this one are quintessential records of Talking Heads that deserve inclusion (noting that the Stop Making Sense record is also up there). 8/10 [KEEP]

Перша половина альбому дуже яскрава і має феноменальну Once in a Lifetime. Друга половина на мій смак сильно слабша, хоча й цікава.

Класика

Hard to turn off. Feels like I could listen 20 more times and still hear something new.

Of everything that has been or could be said about *Remain in Light*, I still think the most important thing is that it opens with an Organization Man losing his mind ("Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"). That thread - of old orders and ways of seeing the world tumbling, unraveling, or perhaps even revealing themselves to have been illusory all along - is the thesis of the album, and the source of anxiety for its various narrators. Over and over again they are confronted with ignorance, unfamiliarity, even incompetence; witness the lament of David Byrne's character on "Crosseyed and Painless" as he notes, with wry sarcasm, that the facts he's memorized won't save him. More famously, on "Once in a Lifetime," the dislocation is more thorough - the experience of waking up to realize that the life you're in may have come to pass without any meaningful agency on your part. And what's the source of this unease? This is where Byrne's fascination with funk and Afrobeat start to really signify, and not entirely without some queasiness. Take "Houses in Motion," with its repurposed Seventies wah-wah to indicate the sound of a White guy walking through what's now the Black part of town. Or the next track, "Seen and Not Seen," which repurposes an early hip-hop beat as the sound of paranoia - don't push Byrne 'cause he's close to the edge. Coming from someone of Byrne's White-and-nerdy persona this is a dangerously revealing album; there is a lot of fear on record here, and I suppose it would be easy to accuse Byrne of Orientalism or even flat-out racism and be done with it. But I think that would be a misreading of him, and not just because I also know he made *American Utopia*, one of the most optimistically multicultural works of the 21st century. It's also, for example, because of "Listening Wind," in which Byrne finds a twisted sort of kinship with an African militant sharing the same sense of alienation. And further, on the portentious, funereal "The Overload," where Byrne explores the void left behind by the loss of basic human empathy. It seems clear to me that what he is really doing here is a form of cultural expurgation: admitting his biases, admitting even his fears, and then working them out in public for the purpose of ultimately overcoming them. That's the real reason all the African rhythms are here: they're the sound of recognizing that the world you grew up in is vanishing and being replaced by something different - and, rather than lashing out in fear and anger about that fact, tentatively learning to view the change as a source of possibility, even optimism. It's why "Once in a Lifetime" can treat the prospect of abandoning your on-rails Organization Man life as something worthy of such ecstasy: the loss of your place in the world is just a step in the direction of finding a new one in a new world. And if we can't agree on anything else then at the very least we can all agree on that great unifier of man - that certain things are just damn sexy ("The Great Curve").

maybe the best A side of all time?? Little fall off after once in a lifetime but such a good album

"Once in a lifetime" is an incredible song. I'm not sure about the rest of this album...

Not for me

This album makes a lot of sense.

Feels bluesy, listened to in gym and was actually quiet energetic.

*****

One of their most famous songs is on here but the album as a whole is whatever

The Talking Heads team up with Brian Eno for a final time and create something wonderful together. Interesting to read that Eno was reluctant to work with the band again and also that drummer, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth considered leaving the band prior to recording. Thankfully they all went forward with it, met in Bahamas and made a masterpiece. 5 Stars

Super fun and awesome

Syncopated rhythms

Ok

i find the talking heads to be highly irritating

As you get older, it feels like there will be fewer opportunities to dance all night. To move, unencumbered by what other people think, or what your body thinks it can still do. Maybe, though, there will be a place under the pines where someone has set up the big speakers, and it is dark enough to forget where you are, and who you are, and even who else is there with you. Maybe the tracks are long enough that it all becomes one song. Maybe the beat goes on and on and on…

12 songs Every song was pretty tiring to get through ngl. Now, put 12 of them back to back, and you can imagine how much of a joy this was.

Weird and unbelievably groovy, until The Overload, which is pure Joy Division. The music nerds are right, this one's perfect

Solid output. Love how even the non-singles tracks are always good. Great album closer as well.

Surprised that I don't think I've ever listened to this album before. The highs are real high, but there's enough that's just ok to keep it out of five star range.

Banger after banger, no skips, hell yeah brother

Just such a fantastic band, so weird and wonderful. Songs that surprise you but feel familiar. Got to be one of my favourite artists. Just wish I could’ve seen them. This isn’t my favourite album of theirs, but it’s still great, sort of music that makes you want to be your individual self - without making you feel lonely in doing so. Best Song: The Overload/Once In A Lifetime

It is a great album, they are right in their groove in this album. I think it it quite a front loaded album, first 5 songs are amazing but it drops off a bit towards the end. Best Track: Crosseyed and Painless

Brilliant

The music is interesting, but not terribly engaging. Their style is unique, but it felt mostly like background music for me. It was fine, but not anything I need to listen to more than once. 3/5

Once in a Lifetime

Some incredible songs in this album 5/5

I mean it's a classic. Undeniable Grove, more energetic at the front, more moody and slow in the back. I had to resist singing Once in a Life Time at the top of my lungs lest I wake people.

I went into this feeling like I don't fully get the Talking Heads. I still feel like I don't fully get them. That being said, I still really enjoyed this.

It’s a bop but kinda forgettable, sounded like a precursor to Radiohead. Upbeat, feel good. Songs sounded cohesive. Leah - 7/7 Leprechauns - Favourite - Crosseyed and painless Austin - 4.5/7 Leprechauns- Favourite - Listening Wind

Lived up to the high expectations I had of the album. Definitely a classic. The production doesn't feel dated, changes itself up throughout the album and the themes remain timeless.

music is love

Very good

Great

Excellent

These guys are all right

There's something hectic and nervous in their music that keeps me from really enjoying this.

Once in a Lifetime really is that: an absolute all-timer. The rest here can't match it though it's certainly a tight wee set. Moody

muy bueno pero las que mas me gustan ya las conocia asi que no extraigo nada nuevo 8/10

Very unique style which I'm not very fond of. Psycho Killer is great (not even in this one lol) but afaik that's it.

4.5

While "Once In A Lifetime" is an absolute classic, nothing else on this album comes even close to it. That said, the alchemy of the Talking Heads and Brian Eno's production does mean that this is a good album, it's just not as good as much of the other works by Talking Heads or David Byrne

It may not be Talking Heads best album, but it’s pretty close. Their brand of anxious meets joyous funk is still hard to beat and, of course, Once in a Lifetime is a classic

Great listen but it was over way too soon

Eig echt gut

Stoner Depeche Mode

My brain is just jelly before the Talking Heads. I know I don't like this one as much as Buildings and Food, but I can also see why it is a favorite of so many people. This project has definitely confirmed me as a fan.

Brian Eno makes everything better.

Part reggae, part early electronic music, part pop. Band was perfect visually for the advent of MTV, which took place around the time that this album came out. Very creative and ahead of its time, this band doesn’t mind borrowing while being innovative, especially regarding use of some of the earlier (yet not first) generation of electronics/synths/keyboards.

*1980. *Once in a Lifetime is the only hit here. (But obvs that makes it a minimum of a 4* album.) *I enjoy THs, so this was a pleasure to listen to. Not anything particularly exciting here and no other stand out tracks, but all pretty solid. *Oh wait, do I know Houses in Motion? I don't know, but that one has an especially fun chorus. RATING - 7.5/10

Slapa dat bass! Love Tina Weymouth

Seems harsh to give an album that contains "Once in a Lifetime" only three stars. Not TH's strongest, for me, though.

Not really my jam. Lots of creativity and layers, but it's all a bit 80's experimental for my liking. Some stand out songs, and detail being added all over the place. Definitely worth revisits in comparison to other albums I've heard.

Kommer nok aldri til å bli noen stor fan av disse, men av de tre som har kommet så langt liker jeg dette best. Var litt mer moody og nedpå som passet bra med jobbing.

There aren't many albums in existence that can boast a centrepiece quite as good as the frankly outstanding 'Once In A Lifetime', but thankfully the seven tracks that surround it are more than just supporting filler. It's an album that picks up the groove from the first minute and runs with it. You always know when you're listening to a Talking Heads track, the blueprint is so strong, but that's not to call them formulaic. There's experimentation, variations on a theme and a distinctive arc to the album itself. I've never quite got into their stuff in a major way but individually there's loads to like about it.

it was unique and different from what i usually hear, didn't finish it yet but it's good fs , liked one song outta it a bit more so yeah

Beuker

VERY groovy

Not sure why this one works for me but it does. Possibly it’s the propulsive beat and high energy sound. Woke me right up.

yes! favourite song: born under punches

Crosseyed and Painless/Great Curve/Once in a Lifetime might be the best 3 consecutive songs on an album ever.

Le début j'ai bien accroché mais là fin était longue

Sympa sympa un peu long

Un peu envoutant, musique de fond qui marche très bien

Buen álbum buen rock.

5/10 Medio pelo, algunas canciones mejores que otras pero no me convence

Fun and wonky with some hits. Not phenomenal

I don’t have the music words to explain why this is 5 stars, it just is.

Overall Rating - 3.06/5 (6.13/10). Overall, a good 80s New Wave album.

I was the first amongst all my friends to buy their debut album and I've been hooked ever since. I remember that when I played it for them they all laughed and said these guys would never make it. This is Talking heads at their absolute peak but it is not their only great album. This album proved that the Talking heads were not just David Byrne's backup band

Not my vibe honestly, afro punk, good introduction, ig I'm not ready for it rn, maybe revisit sometime when I'm more mature. The beats are hype tho

Enjoyed Crosseyed and Painless and Fela's Riff on the Deluxe version. It’s got Once in a Lifetime on it, but apart from that it got a bit samey, and some weird bits didn't really work

Das Live Album ist besser.

It was a good album

Sounds like if Andy Warhol made music

Buon album, non il mio genere peró anche se molte canzoni sono cover mi sono comunque piaciute

What an album this is, a joy to revisit it. Expansive. Antsy. Tuned in. Taking in African influences and creatively playing and dancing with them. Wild and accepting. Big and human. My fav by them for sure.

talking heads? more like yapping faces

Not for me I feel like the tracks don’t really go anywhere and just kinda float along, which is probably done intentionally but still just not for me.

Groovy, polyrythmic, experimental.

Once In a Lifetime and Seen And Not Seen are good, everything else sucks and is very annoying.

amazing

Born under punches - 2/5 Crosseyed and painless - 3/5 The great curve - 4/5 Once in a lifetime - 5/5 Houses in motion - 3/5 Seen and not seen - 2/5 Listening wind - 4/5 The overload - 1/5 Fela's riff - 4/5 Unison - 5/5 Double groove - 3/5 Right start - 4/5

My father has a Talking Heads vinyl. It's in the dragon's den. Having now listened to Remain in Light, I understand why it never made it out. The African polyrhythm influence is genuinely interesting — and unlike some albums that try this, it's actually integrated rather than bolted on. "Once in a Lifetime" is strange and compelling. But the overall vibe is anxious, detached, deliberately weird in a way that kept me at arm's length. I can hear what they were doing. I just couldn't quite get inside it. 2.5/5 — filed under 3. Interesting enough to respect, not quite enough to return to.

Wow, first real surprise of this project! My first time listening to Talking Heads. Will surely come back. Unique mix of danceable funk/rock, elements of world music and weird electronic noises. Also, how the songs were arranged, I had the feeling to be taken on a real journey. 4/5 - excellent

It took me a long time, years, to fully appreciate this. But it's a masterpiece, a towering achievement.

not my cup of tea but still good. good to ride a car prolly

Achei um pouco repetitivo, mas não é desagradável

Hahahah jeg har manglet en reminder om hvor godt jeg synes det her er!! Genialt at sidde og skrive opgave til. Highlights: Once in a Lifetime

The versatility of this group is something to be amazed: it's a chaotic explosion of sounds that sprout from different and (apparently) separate sections of music: the energy of punk rock fused with the ellegance of jazz and post-punk, funky beats with electronic experiments and a homage to a variety of sounds that comes from traditional cultures across Africa. An artistic equation such as that was unconventional for the late 70s (despite all the weirdness the punk and new wave movements already represented) and betting on it being released to the mainstream could have ended in disaster. But just lay your ears upon "Once In a Lifetime" and you'll realize that, no matter if you like it or not, Talking Heads are a band that came to stay: 🕺 goes on, and the heat goes on 🕺

Not my favorite Talking Heads album, but it's still had notable tracks on it

Unique. Innovative. Fun. Loved it!

i don’t think i like the talking heads bery much…

I’ve heard this before and I used to own it on vinyl. It was lost during one of my many moves in my early 20s and is probably sitting in one of my former roommates’ collections. This gets written up as a funk or afrobeat or new wave or dance pop album, and it is all those things, but at its heart it is a punk album by a punk band. Punk cast a much wider net in its early stages that included Talking Heads, Television, and the Minutemen before it was narrowed down to one inbred white gene that it is considered today. And this is one of the best punk albums.

The third and final album that the band made with Brian Eno and this process moved them to a stylistic position light years away from the '77 punky debut. Polyphonic textures, patterns, loops and tracks formed out of cyclical jams were the basis of this innovative record. I recall being hugely curious of 'Once in a lifetime' as an 11 year old after seeing it on Swap Shop and then heard nothing else from the Heads until 'road to nowhere' 5 years later. Rediscovering it a decade later made me realise it was one of the finest tracks of them all. Pop music was becoming art yet again but not in the wake of the 60s and progressive counterculture, from the Post punk new wave.......

Alright… this is something that younger me would have totally jammed out to and probably did. This sets the tone for the 80’s in the best way. Current me wouldn’t listen to this entire album except for Once in a Lifetime… that track is still such a banger.

That was a really fun ride! Loved some of the experimental stuff. A couple of tracks didn't really resonate, but the first couple really did. Just a fun vibe overall.

That’s a five from me. Musically it tickles my brain the right way. It just makes me smile and want to dance. I have lots of great memories of this album. I bought it in vinyl at amoeba in Hollywood, saw Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew play it in full in Chicago a few years ago, and recently saw David Byrne play some songs for this album. Everyone it just makes me want to smile and put on an oversized suit and dance. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hmm. I don't know how to feel about this one. I feel like I should like it more than I do. It feels unique, innovative, and super interesting, but it didn’t connect with me very much emotionally. 6/10 Pretty Good

80s love but all a bit meh. Surprised at this.

I know this and these guys. It’s good

its really good but like chill...

Very creative but it's not something I would regularly listen to. Definitely a cool work of art.

Förvånansvärt bra. Bättre i album än som singlar låtar.

I know their top 5 or 6 hits, and only one of them on this album. Disappointed if I'm honest, was hoping for something that just never came. Skipped through most of the tracks. Shame.

I'm a huge fan of this band, and this is one of their best records, though I probably prefer "Fear of Music" as it's weirder, and "Speaking in Tongues" as it's way more funky. That said, it's a great listen, with many different moods and a unique sound. Brian Eno did a great job producing this album and "Fear of Music".

Once in a lifetime might be one of the best songs ever.

Really good - still not sure if it’s as great as so many say it is, but keeps getting better after each listen.

Bruh

Not my favorite Talking Heads but still good

Funky electictiveness!

have already listened to this album but it's been a bit so I guess it's worth listening to again. The album was alot more ambient than I remember

Lowkey layered.

overall: 7/10! groovy funky vibes and idrk what else to add

Pleasantly surprised. Never much cared for their music. This is good though (apart from the overplayed kids classic of a single)

Välillä nopeaa fkattavaa musiikkia. Toisaalta taas kone ja syntetisaattori. Tarttuvia biisejä.

Yeah I liked it. Good vibes. Little bit too funky for me

Very interesting listening! I liked the songs, unique sound. 3.5

Bara Once in a Lifetime ensam är värd högsta betyg. Uppfinningsrika, eget och det svänger otroligt. En femma

Not one of their greatest.

Fantastically weird album. Really gets going at The Great Curve and doenst let up.

Unbelievably infectious music. No wonder it changed the world like it did.

enjoyed this, but not as much as '77. will give it chance to grow on me though like the other one

A stunning album of both breadth and depth, Talking Heads unmoor themselves from conventional song structures without losing the emotional pull that typical verse-chorus songs can have. The musicians here juxtapose rhythmic complexity against often-static harmonic progressions in a combination that works remarkably well track after track.

One of my favorite bands because of their uniqueness and creativity. Very very unpredictable music, experimental with an insane production value. This is not their best album but its an amazing album none the less. Must listen for any music lover looking for something out of the box

too many bongos

pretty solid album, not much to say, enjoyed.

Talking bout talking about the Talking Heads. 9/10

Funky, weird, vaguely proggy?

Hate the noises on the first track Every song sucks except Once in a Lifetime 1.5/5

Hace poco lo estuve escuchando, de verdad me parecio un album excelente

Boring

Same as it ever was

Groovier than expected Tina Weymouth carries Favorite song: The great curve

Not my fave talking heads record but it’s still a banger

Let them speak.

Same as it ever was (5 stars)!

Great album! So many great rhythms, it kept jolting me awake with exciting new bits. Once In A Lifetime just an all time classic

just so, so incredibly interesting i grew up with this album so hard not to be overly fond born under punches through to houses in motion is a near perfect run

David Byrne is a genius and this album is so fun

ive only heard a handful of talking heads songs (the popular ones) so i was really not expecting this album to sound like That - kind of reminds me of the manhunter soundtrack - had already heard once in a lifetime and was expecting the rest of the album to sound like it but i was wrong - seen and not seen kind of freaks me out + sounds like a stripped down version of this is your life - i like how eerie listening wind is - the overload sounds like a slowed down interpol song interesting album, starts off super funky and slowly starts to become more sinister towards the end. cant believe this is the same band that made psycho killer

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT. Freaking classic.

Wenz: Nothing really stands out to me in this album though 😅 Shermz: same. But I do like the groovy tunes tho

If I had to nominate an all time best or favourite album, I'd try to dodge the question of course - but it would be this one that sprang instantly to mind. It's not perfect - it definitely tails off towards the end - but the rest of it more than makes up for that. The polyrhythms and layered vocals are the very definition of my kind of thing.

In the end Once in a Lifetime drags this up to a four.

This is a great album! I love Talking Heads, and this was a fun album!

How many times have I listened to this over the years? More than I can count. It’s brilliant, there’s something new every time.

It was an ok album i guess. Cool sound but not that special or different…

GOATed

Good album

I like Talking heads a lot and this is a good one

Brillant album. The mesmerising rhythm that flow across the record. Fantastic 5

As I recall the last Talking Heads album was meh, even though I’ve heard and liked them before… and this was what I’d been hoping for from that one. Putting aside the unnecessary Outtake additions at the end and a bit of weirdness, quite enjoyed!

I didn’t particularly like anything about it. Some songs might have been fine, but I don’t feel like listening again to form a more nuanced opinion. I mostly disliked or didn’t care about the songs.

Favorite songs: Crosseyed and Painless, Once In a Lifetime, Listening Wind

Amazing album. Every track.

One of my most favorite !

Probably my 4th favourite album of theirs and it still knocks half of these albums out of the park. a pretty much perfect piece of art.

More funky than I imagined. Definitely fun.

Also too loud and too much for me

Angular, African, amazing.

Love this record! I like all their first five records. In some ways I could pick the debut LP as the best, with it's rougher energy aligned more to post-punk. Or I could convince myself that Speaking in Tongues is the best, with its smoother take on new-wave-funk. But ultimately, Remain in Light is the gem of their discography because it sits at the crossroads of those two sounds. I love the zany disco-punk kind of sound, which feels like being transplanted onto a dance floor in an alternative reality. I love David Byrne's eccentric charisma and memorable, surreal songwriting. It's a memorable and unique record, and I'm pretty sure you could play any ten notes from this and it would be immediately recognisable as Talking Heads material. Play another ten notes, and you'll already be dancing and having fun. 5*

Incredible musicians. I am not sure I could listen to a lot of this, it is fairly complex music. But amazing record overall.

Interesting and unique in a very special way

Top 10, Top 15 albums all time.

clássico absoluto, disruptivo e muito divertido de se ouvir (pelo menos a primeira metade)

Assez mystiques, des sonorités presque tibétaines, qui utilisent des looRs ou des effets musicaux éléctroniques, parfois très pechu et parfois très très intropesctif. Je n'aime pas particulièrement la voix qui est assez molle et redondante et les effets "electroniques" rendent les mélodies trop alternatives pour moi. Groupe iconique "new wave" des années 80 aux USA, la critique note à l'époque qu'il y a rarement eu « si peu d'écart entre ce qu'écoutent les noirs et les blancs » car sons africains très présents.

A masterpiece

Such a good sounding album, critics think of this as the Talking Head's Magnum Opus, but it isn't my go-to Talking Heads album. I like the early stuff and how fresh it was. This is VERY polished in some respects and that isn't always where the best music comes from. A great album to sit and ponder. The more I listen to it, the better I like it. Repeated listening has jumped it up another star from me. It makes me want to listen to late Clash albums again.

Well for my 800th album and 5th electronica album in a row. Remain In Light is certainly an album that i have quite a bit to say about. The only song from this album that i was familiar with before listening was Once In A Lifetime especially because i have seen that song used in quite a lot of YouTube Poops and i enjoy that song for it's quirky nature. I also thought the other songs here were interesting in their own ways and coupled with the good production, made it a pretty enjoyable listening experience. My only issue is that nearly every song felt like it was at least a minute too long which made them fairly repetitive. It is still an enjoyable album, just one i would have liked more if it weren't so repetitive. Best Song: Once In A Lifetime Worst Song: The Great Curve

Lots of fun. Some rythms around, I enjoyed once in a lifetime and seen and not seen

Demasiado experimental y pesado para mi

Groundbreaking. A top ten album for me. 5 stars.

There are some incredible tracks in here and the album is coherent (unlike some where 1 or 2 tracks stand out) I listened to this one a few times and it's a band for me to now delve into the back catalogue

Side 1 is excellent but the albums tapers off towards the end. Adrian Belew's guest guitar work is a stand-out. A sonically interesting listen.

I want to like this album so bad, but I just can't give it a 5. It is just not that significant to me and I wish I liked this band more than I do, but I won't lie to myself or anyone that gives me that gasp face. 4.

okay, pretty experimental. i thought the fela influence was really cool to hear and recognize

cant imagine i have any valuable addition to the commentary surrounding this perfect perfect album ... below is my rym review --- talking heads and brian eno consistently manage to make the most detailed and tightly written songs with maybe the best and most memorable grooves on any album ever the world moves on a woman's hips

This change my life. This change music. Maybe the best album ever made. MASTERPIECE. 10 stars.

A favourite

Good! Cool vibes, nice early '80s mood.

Third Talking Heads album on the list, third two-star rating on my part. Not looking forward to a fourth album. Danceable in an annoying way, and the songs go on for too long

One of the best albums ever. Never get tired of it. One of my main go-to albums forever. Top 10 for sure.

Pretty interesting album. It's got a lot of funk feel, but just calling it funk seems reductive. It's more like an amalgamation of a bunch of different influences and styles mixed into one package. You can tell African music was a big source of inspiration for the music here. I ended up liking it a lot. I already knew a few of the songs and enjoyed the others just as much. The whole thing was a strong listen. I wouldn't say it was an all-time great album, but I did think it was pretty good. Overall: 3.8/5

Nice

This is some of the most abstract, cubist pop music ever written and it's incredible. Every song is truly a "how did they write this thing" musical curiosity. I can still remember the first day I heard this on CD in John Horner's beat up Camry 18 years ago. One of my all-time favorite records.

Just an overall fun album. Vocals are great and seemed during the time would have been a very influential albums towards the '80s sound'.

cant be arsed to do ts again

unfathomably mid, what the hell is the appeal

Love it

Fantastic album by a legendary band. Not chock full of greatest hits radio singles (though it does have my favorite track by the group), it's a solid start-to-finish album, with great musicianship and songwriting.

OK

Pretty alright. Good energy, but nothing grabbed me.

Good album, but it is not Stop Making Sense...

Me encanta

Benieuwd hier naar, Talking Heads is een band die ik eigenlijk heel vet vind maar toch niet zo goed ken. Ik heb de laatste tijd best vaak het Stop Making Sense album aan gehad. Dat klinkt gewoon echt heel vet, maar toch heb ik nog weinig keren echt een album van ze geluisterd. Hier valt natuurlijk meteen Once in a lifetime op, als grootste hit. En sure, dat is absoluut de grote hit! Maar ik vind The Great Curve daarvoor ook echt een vette plaat. Je hoort duidelijk dat ze inspiratie hebben gehaald uit Afrikaanse muziek, vooral op dat nummer met een bongo(?) en duidelijk Afrikaanse ritmes. Daarnaast is het tempo een stuk hoger dan een hoop van de muziek die ik van ze heb gehoord, met uitzondering van Listening Wind dan natuurlijk. En het laatste nummer The Overload, wat een duister nummer is dat zeg! Je word er bijna ongemakkelijk van, hoe broeierig dit nummer klinkt. Even, hoe staat Stop Making Sense niet op de lijst?? Er staan een aantal andere live albums wel op? Dat is een instant 5 sterren voor mij, beetje in de geest van Alive 2007 dat soms een live album bepaalde nummers nog beter maakt. Dit album? Ja ik vind het heel vet, ben niet een even grote fan van alle nummers en het contrast richting het einde is G R O O T met de new wave/ funk aan het begin. Maar dit is absoluut een album wat je moet horen voor je doodgaat. 100%. FAVO: Born Under Punches, The great curve, Once in a lifetime

One of my all-time favorite albums. Still feels relevant.

This album is a good example of why I don't like to look at the top songs before I listen to them. I liked the Great Curve the most and then found out that Once in a Lifetime is basically the most popular TH song of all time, which I definitely didn't enjoy as much

It's interesting. First song sounds like someone with psychosis singing along to the sound of tipping a bucket of clock springs and tin cans downstairs. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Then I heard some bleep bloops and thought.. Eno must be involved. I checked wikipedia, and he was. It starts making sense. I don't mind weird production like this, I don't have a fear of this sort of music. That being said, Crosseyed and Painless is forgettable, it sounds like background music from a 90s kart racing game for the playstation. It's got interesting guitar. On a repeated listen it holds up better. The Great Curve is like, it's fine? But there isn't really much to it. The runtime was too long for what it was and it was immediately forgettable. Once in a lifetime is amazing. 10/10. The only song on the album that is so far worth the hype. Houses in motion is boring. It's kind of funky but ultimately goes nowhere. Seen and not seen is atmospheric and artsy but again, boring. This is a boring album with one good song. I hope it picks up. I guess I just don't like Talking Heads. Bummer. This album is so boring, when it's not being repetetive and staccato boring, it's being dirgey atmospheric boring. The last 2 songs were a slog to get through. I just didn't get any enjoyment from them, nothing happened, they started boring and maintained the boringness without any development for the entire unnecessarily long, bloated, padded track lengths. This album has Once in a lifetime and Born under the punches, and apart from those two gems, the rest of it is pretentious, boring, looped, monotonous, filler. Disappointing. I thought I would enjoy this more but I am thoroughly unimpressed.

Those first three tracks are pretty much perfect.

It’s too much going on Idk I could’ve liked it but it’s not an easy listen

Only liked one song, not really for me at all

4.5

Never really listened to the talking heads before but it’s pretty good

I'm not sufficient enough to love this album

Some really great tunes on this one, but I thought the album as a whole would be better. It's ok, not excellent.

the first song is pretty cool, i like it

Loved the vibe. Not my fave album by The Talking Heads (The Talking Heads ‘77 is my go-to); made me feel like walking through a cool neo-noir movie, and I think it could go well with a rewatch of They Live. In some ways reminds me of something on the line of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott Heron. Will check the lyrics again later, but it’s a solid 4 out of 5 for now

this is the most important new wave album, this is amazing experimentation and fusion in an album, the amount of skill and genius intent this album took is frightening

The progression seem to go from cheerful and funky to end in a kind of eerie monoton track which was not a great finale in my opinion. Some parts, aspecially a few outros, feels a bit protracted. I do however love the funky feeling in many of the tracks that builds on rhythm guitar and great bass lines. That along with the feeling that the beat in many songs circled round a different key percussion. That soundscape with Byrnes awesome, kind of shaky and fragile, voice in the high notes makes for a great contrast.

Didn’t like anything about it.

You can read a bunch of music nerds reviews of this and mine will probably just agree with them. This albums full of bangers, not my favorite Talking Heads album, but a perfect one none-the-less.

Crosseyed and Painless, Houses in Motion... Once in a Lifetime ain't bad either. Absolute heater

Another example of why going through this list is worth it. This is a great, weird, funky, fun, and moody album, sounds never put together on an album before. And I was only familiar with the one huge song. Another good thing about going through this list is that the great songs always sound so much better when they aren't playing incidentally on the radio or popping up edited into 30-second snippets on tv. This is really worth a sit-down listen with the volume way up. 5/5. Not surprised that I like it this much, but it feels good to fill this gap in my music experience. Has to be on this list.

I'm in the minority, but this is easily my least favorite Talking Heads album. Eno's production is heavy handed and the infusion of Afrofunk leaves you with a record that sounds nothing like anything in their discography. It may be a critical darling but there's a reason why it's their worst selling album.

Another record that I wouldn't need to listen to in order to review it because when it first came out we played it constantly. The rhythms are infectious; the lyrics weird, interesting, and occasionally inspiring; and Brian Eno worked on it (he's why I started listening to the Talking Heads in the first place back then). I'll admit I had gotten a little tired of hearing "Once in a Lifetime" after the thousandth time I heard it on the radio, but listening to it closely again today reminds me of how those lyrics helped me adjust to a large, sudden life change at the time. One of those records that has stuck with me - 5 stars.

Não consigo achar esse tão bom quanto o speaking in tongues.

Remain In Light is a zany experience. It's really interesting. It takes a hot second to get really firing and then it's off to the races. First half of the album is great, then the last few songs kind of go off the rails in a strange, creepy, ambient stream-of-consciousness monologing kind of way. It's like the album devolves from a happy mixed-genre funky mish-mash to a slow, dreary, psychadelic contemplative place. I'm here for it. Favorite tracks on this listen were "Crosseyed and Painless" "The Great Curve" and "Once in a Lifetime" - an absolute classic - this trio of songs is incredible. I like the twists of electronic influence, love Byrne's style, and it's overall a really cool album. I dont know if it's an all timer though. With some time to sit with it and more listens, maybe. A very strong 4 for me.

Love how funky it is. bass is peak. really fun to listen to. favs: the great curve, seen and not seen, double groove

Enjoyed the listen, even though is not my type of music

It was mid

Certainly an interesting experience, very groovy all around. Mostly pleasant to listen to, though some songs perhaps overstayed their welcome. The overall audio experience was certainly creative and interesting, though, as were the lyrics and vocals. I didn't enjoy it as much as I find it interesting and respect the artistry involved. However you spin it, it's quite intriguing for me, hence why I'll give it a higher score than would befit my personal enjoyment.

You can hear the genre-melding and you can hear why it's a critical darling. While I enjoyed the same parts as most critics did, it is to a lesser extent- personally I find the album a bit too avant-garde. Nevertheless the musicality here is excellent from everyone involved, and you can hear the influences on later works. Not for me, but I can absolutely see how some might regard this higher than me.

Chill, forgetable.

Very experimental. I would definitely try it out again.

Once in a Lifetime

нормально

8.5/10

Great album

Hugely influential, inventive, funky, brilliant

Yes yes YES! The live version of Once in a Lifetime on Stop Making Sense is one of my favourite tracks of all time. SMS is my favourite Talking Heads album - my parents had the CD and played it at top volume when I was a kid. The regular recorded versions of this tracks always felt a little lifeless, but I still love them all. Watched the 4K restoration in a cinema when it came out and had the best time. In saying all of that, some tracks here bore me to death. The other half is fantastic. 4/5 because one of my fave songs of all time is on this record, but it is far from perfect.

Favorite Track: Once In A Lifetime

SO funky, this album satisfies my bodies craving for rhythm. Juicy guitar, drums you don't hear every day. And wow the lyrics and vocals. I love it when an album from start to finish just puts me in a trance, forward moving--- I really liked this album ^o^ Once in a Lifetime is my favorite (of course), Listening Wind made an impression on me too.

Mostly noise only 1b good song

Classic

good as background music, but not my cup of tea

The Talking Heads formår at trække noget sjældent frem her ved at introducere en sprød, frisk, eksotisk og fremmed lyd, samtidig med at de forbliver inden for popstrukturen. Her fungerer David Byrne som præsten, der tager os med gennem en gudstjeneste gennem verdener, tanker og farver af magisk særhed. Smukt og tidsløst.

Har jeg set frem til! Jeg vidste dog ikke at Peter A.G. var kreativ direktør for Talking Heads inden han lavede GNAGS :i Kommer nok aldrig til at sætte det på igen, men "Once in a Lifetime" og generelt Anders Winther Kaufmann's kærlighed til albummet, giver jeg det lige præcis 3 stjerner.

En lidt underlig én. Det er både godt og kedeligt på samme tid. Kræver nok lidt mere fordybelse end blot en enkelt gennemlytning.

*83 Rytme Frands er landet og han ryster det hele.

Rigtig fedt og lyder på mange måder mere "moderne" end det er. Jeg skal høre mere Gnags/Talking heads : )

Slet ikke mit yndlingsalbum fra dem, men det ændrer ikke på den status, bandet har hos mig. Talking Heads er for mig et af de største bands nogensinde, og selvom albummet her ikke er en 5'er, kan kvaliteten og håndværket ikke underkendes i min optik. 4