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Still as good as it ever was.
god damn I’ve always loved the Talking Heads but I had no idea they started out so strong - 10/10 favorite songs are Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town, The Book I Read, First Week / Last Week…. Carefree, and obviously Psycho Killer really incredible album all the way through
Nice background noise. Like Cake, this guy can't really sing, but talks fast and makes it work with the music.
Had only heard Psycho Killer. This was great! Need to go down a Talking Heads rabbit hole...
The older I get, the more I love the Talking Heads. Everything Talking Heads.
Their third best album Insane basslines throughout
Love the talking heads in general, but other than psycho killer wasn't anything that spectacular here.
Great album, deserves a 4 for psycho killer alone
Probably underrated due to its influence on future punk and new wave.
Good. Will listen to more TH
Classic 10/10
Not their best
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One of the favourite albums of my ‘20’s. “Psycho Killer” remains magnificent but I’m afraid much of the rest hasn’t aged well.
A strong debut. Don't think it's as solid-gold as the records later in the catalogue, but hints at the greatness to come. Favorite tracks: "The Book I Read", "Psycho Killer", "Pulled Up", "No Compassion"
Referring to this as not the best Talking Heads release is unfair. There may be no band that maintained as high a standard of excellence for a long career. I can hear on this record the early CBGB influences as well as the idiosyncratic elements that led to the great run of releases in the 80s. There is an edginess that belies the catchy melodies. From day one, the musical interaction between Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth is special (no surprise). My favorite Talking Heads release may differ from day to day, but the band is always in my top five.
Instantly recognizable quirky sound of David Byrne. I like this album, but there are other Talking Heads records that I like better. I do love Psycho Killer. I think that's one of their best songs. This was clearly a very different sound that really stood out back in 1977. May have been categorized as Punk at the time, but much more sophisticated and complex than that label!
I wish I could have listened to this more closely before reviewing. I liked what I heard. There was funk, rock and world music all rolled into a fun package. Psycho Killer is of course a classic song that would raise the score of any album. Great bass parts all around. I don’t think it was perfect but I’m gonna give this a 4.
Wow, it's like a chiller version of Stop Making Sense
“Uh oh, Love comes to town” IS A STRAIGHT UP BOP 10/10 “New Feeling” has a great intro, makes me want to shake my head side to side. Has a good message, I love the riffs in the guitar. I just can’t shake the groove out of me. I can definitely see this song being in a movie. Has some weird highs and lows, but other than that it’s great. 8/10 “Tentative Decisions” has a great little riff intro, the drum beat seems to be really solid, the chorus vocals are really good, but the vocals are kinda quirky for lack of a better word. Ooh I love the second part of the song after the first chorus. Has a good hype up to the next part which is back to the riff then the melody, it’s great composition. Feels kind of like a marching song and dancing song simultaneously. Good outro piano part, with the classic fade out obviously. 7/10 “Happy Day” has an interesting and ear-catching intro, I like the creativity. The vocals are great in this song. The high falsetto notes have kind of grown on me, I guess it’s just a style I’m not used to. I like the intentional pauses in the music, it adds just a fresh little bit to be like “wait what? I gotta keep listening!” And it has good song-writing the rhythm is very good. Writing poems is hard enough, I have no clue how song-writers manage to put in a whole bunch of instruments into a poem and make it sound good! 8/10 “Who is it?” That intro is just so powerful and groovy. I like how this song manages to have this much repition and still feel fresh and new. I like this love song it really contrasts with the crooning that pertains to most love songs. Very creative. I love the cut-off at the end. 10/10 “No Compassion” has a very interesting title. I don’t know how much this song speaks to me. It has some pretty good drums and guitar but it doesn’t stand out too much to me. It’s a good quality of song for the most part. The last part kind of carries the song with the fade in and out imo it just doesn’t have enough to stand out. 5/10 “The Book I Read” has a good intro and stands out a lot! Really gets me excited for the next part, and I love the piano that they included into a rock song! The singing is pretty awesome. I can’t get enough. I can’t believe he’s living in the future.😮10/10 “Don’t Worry About the Government” has a solid intro, and a good bouncy tune. It’s very upbeat I like it a lot. I just wanna bounce around with this song. Singing is pretty good and fits for the song. I like the ending. 9/10 “First Week / Last Week….Carefree” has a very long title, I don’t know what I expect. I love how spunky all these intros are. The sound that plays at the beginning is very cool. It’s very stand off ish which is what we love to see. I’ll definitely remember this name because of its spunk. 9/10 “Psycho Killer” has a violent name. But when I look at the playlists that are related to this kind of music, they all feature psycho killer, so I have high expectations. Good bass line. I like how it builds with the instruments it draws attention. I love it. Has some good metaphors. It’s very memorable. Great outro. 10/10 “Pulled Up” has interesting lyrics. But they start being pretty uplifting. Good bouncy tune, less bouncy than “Don’t worry about the government” though. 8/10 “Love➡️Building on Fire” is an interesting metaphor and I’m intrigued to see how they justify it. I do not get the lyrics at all… but it has a great tune. 6/10 “I wish you wouldn’t say that” has a weird psychadelicky background noise. Feels nice to listen to. The ending has a weird yelling bit in the back. 6/10 “I feel it in my heart” has a spunky intro. Has good lyrics. I like the boldness of this song despite the lyrics contradicting it. It’s a catch-22, it’s interesting. 8/10 “Sugar on my tongue” is the last song on this album. I’m excited to see how this album comes to a close. Ooh that’s a nice sound of an intro, winding down, coming to a close. Great bounciness. Just what I expect for an ending song. 9/10 Overall the album is a 4.8/5
Great voice, tunes and all round fab album!
Honestly, music was dope, but hate the vocals, makes me wanna rip my ears out
Good, not the best Talking Heads album though.
LP
Extraordinarily OK.
Great album
Inventive and interesting but too fraught for my taste.
03/14/2022 Maybe my expectations were too high for this. Psycho Killer is nice, tho.
Nice, I though I was not going to like it but it was good
Has the Talking Heads quirkiness but lacks the exploration from post-pun/funk into the African rhythms that makes their 'Remain in Light' absolutely fantastic. Additionally, while it is a lyrically interesting album, it doesn't have the diversity of Remain in Light and therefore ultimately, it is just a decently good album.
A good band, not exactly the music that enchant me but w/good songs.
Most of this album was pretty meh to me. It picked up a bit in the second half, and psycho killer is a banger, but overall not super into it.
5 star +++ Absolute whopper debut album. Cover art 5/5 iconic
Brilliant album. It's creative, engaging and enjoyable. David Byrne is a brilliant musician with brilliant vocals. This is one of the best albums so far!
Love it!
Solid
Nothing about this band and especially this album appeals to me. Weird dance breaks with the sax, the fa-fa-fa chorus, nonsensical lyrics. Am I supposed to find it entertaining? clever? pleasant to listen to? It's none of those things. Best track: Psycho Killer, I guess. Says more about the rest of the album than anything else
While listening to this I thought to myself "this is about as good as I remember it. But they did top this album later. This is probably worth a 4" by the end of the album I was in such a good mood that I think it deserves the full 5. Even if it doesn't "deserve it" its getting it from me anyway and no one can stop me.
I'm very intrigued. This is a kooky album
Wacky weird fun. Talking Heads are one of those bands you like but don't know why. Well worth a listen.
I really love this, it's quirky and unconventional and a sign of how music was about to change.
Absolutely
I liked this album less than remain in light.
Great great sound. David Byrne is a amazing.
Not a fan, maybe this is for people that listen more.
As a debut, this is the least assured of the four great Talking Heads albums. The ingredients are there, but haven't evolved to sublime perfection yet. It feels harsh, when the album contains The Book I Read, Don't Worry About the Government, Love --> Building On Fire and Psycho Killer. But while it has the odd subject matter, the funk loving grooves and all the stuff that makes them so good, it's just not as consistently wonderful as Fear of Music or Speaking in Tongues, as it has more filler, like New Feeling on there. Still an amazing album, and an amazing debut.
reminds me of halloween for some reason
Do they make bad songs? Weird, poppy, angular (again), bouncy.
Not my favourite Talking Heads album, but still really like it. Poppy without being overly pop. Great band, and love David Byrne's voice and delivery.
Слова песен в этом альбоме достаточно простые, почти все о любви. Музыка - совсем не мое, но хорошо звучит. 3/5.
1/10 didn’t like
Enjoyable enough but pales in comparison to some of their 80s work.
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Solid art-punk, new wave, dance rock, 70’er
Just wasn’t my taste
Best Song: The Book I Read. Romantic in that creepy vibe that the Talking Heads give off. Worst Song: Psycho Killer (Acoustic). It isn't terrible, but why is the song twice on the same album? They didn't even put the repetition at the end? Overall: It really just feels like more of the same of this pop punk, alternative rock. Never seems to put any gusto behind any of the songs. Feels like a slightly better version of the B52s.
Pretty good, definitely a nice, different sound. Really interesting sound, but no really great songs (don't love Psycho Killer).
I love David Byrne and talking heads but this is one of the lesser albums of the band. Still good and psycho killer is still great but the later albums are much better
Está "Psycho Killer" y ya está. Eso justifica este disco entero. También me gustó "Don't worry about the government" y en general se deja escuchar todo pero quedan eclipsadas por el temazo.
One of the greatest Talking Heads albums, which means it's one of the greatest albums of all time. It has "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town", "Don't Worry About the Government" and "Psycho Killer" a's highlights, but all 11 tracks are new wave classics.
A very important album released when punk and New Wave were on it's verge, contrasted by the threat of disco taking over the airwaves. The Talking Heads, lead by David Byrne emerged from the New York city punk scene playing the dingy clubs such as, CBGB's and Max's that formed a music community of talented and previously unheard artists. The beauty of the first Talking Heads album is it's simplicity, the sound and songs were straight forward, they were unique though, especially Byrne's jittery vocal style and angular guitar sound and Byrne's guitar playing is highly underrated! Though the Heads gained more commercial success as the band's sound expanded into other genre's, Talking Heads 77 will always be considered a landmark record!
It is fun to listen to the beginning of that Talking Heads sound and hear David Byrne cultivate his unique style. While Psycho Killer stands out above the rest of the tracks, overall it is a very good debut album.
I had been listening to "Sand In The Vaseline," a compilation from <checks notes> THIRTY years ago?! Wow. A number of the songs are on this compilation, but I do not have this album. It took me a long time to get used to the elegant simplicity of those songs, as opposed to the well-known "hits" by the band. Because of this, as much as I enjoy the band, I can't give this 5 stars. I mean, yes it does have the great "Psycho Killer" on it. But it then has other songs which... yeah. (For example, "Who Is It?")
This was difficult to judge. The Talking Heads are just so eclectic - is that a good word or a bad word? I found I most enjoyed Tina Weymouth's bass lines (especially on the first track and Psycho Killer). David Byrne is a gifted (but overly complicated?) lyricist even if his singing is a bit off-key. After multiple listens I found myself really digging their funk sound (really notable on Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town, Who Is it?, The Book I Read, First Week/Last Week). I feel like behind the funk there was folk or country or rock or something else I couldn't place. Whatever it is, it earned my respect. I'm still not sure I'll ever be able to spend days on end listening to them, but this album is solid. And their talent is undeniable.
Talking Heads is another band I've listened to plenty but haven't listened closely. Great album. The band had their "sound" down from day one. All the tracks are fantastic. Favorites - Psycho Killer (of course), Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, No Compassion ("they say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time"), Pulled Up. Just so good. Easy 5.
Am I one of few that think this band is a tad overrated? I have delved into their back catalogue in the past and always feel a tad underwhelmed. Really did give this album a chance but I find a lot of their melodies jarring and musicianship in the main is nothing special. I can’t get onboard with Byrne’s voice on this album. I’m sorry , but I can’t. Having said that, I did like ‘Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town’ ‘No Compassion’ & obviously ‘Pyscho Killer’ the latter being aware of before. Some of the tracks to me are awful though- ‘Who Is It’ especially- just a load of bollocks. I really want to like this band- I just don’t based on what I heard so far.
OK - nothing amazing, was never that bothered about them and this doesn't change things
Muy animoso, muy de buenas, siempre está bien escuchar a Talking Heads 8.5/10
First time listen to this album. I just love how weird the Talking Heads were. A lot of these songs were so oddball and irreverent. Tentative Decisions, Who Is It?, etc. And obviously Psycho Killer and Pulled Up are the classics on this one.
Quite enjoyable, half of the songs are good to great and the rest are meh. Psycho Killer is a classic, Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town was a great opener and The Book I Read had a smooth groove. Middle of the road for this list.
Love Talking Heads, some decent listening on here with a couple of classics
Never really been a Talking Heads fan.
Good
Better than I remember, but quite repetitive
The finest day I ever had was when I realized I don't have to like Talking Heads.
Good listen
Gave up halfway through. Just not my thing. Liked Psycho Killer.
Not my favorite Talking Heads. David Byrne’s voice gets a bit old by the end of this. But I do really recommend giving Psycho Killer a listen.
Great debut album by a great and legendary artists
'77 reveals a strange combination of social attitudes, naïve melodies and surreal fables. The oblique strategy David Byrne used to set his psychotic rigmaroles (which I really love) to music was complemented by a rhythm section consisting of danceable and tribal beats. (8/10) FT: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, New Feeling, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up
I found this album easy to listen to, but all the tracks tended to blend into one really long song for me. Other than 'Psycho Killer' which is my favourite from the album, none of them really jumped out at me
Remember Psycho Killer from 77-78... in Podmore. Dave Fisher had the 12" and I put it on a compilation tape for my sister.
This group is an enigmatic blend that defies explanation but somehow manages to find a endearing niche amongst the North American pop greats! The band is extremely tight and the production of the music is crystal clear. You can hear everyone doing their part and all parts and transitions are exactly in their places and precisely on their marks. Byrnes’ lyrics and vocals are both equally complex and precise, but not altogether too serious either. In all, the band was and remains quite unique. Their vision feels so precise that it’s easy to take for granted as just a given while it rolls by on the radio. But listening closer will reveal something really special that always has me scratching my head wondering, where in the world did they come up with this!
4/5. Heard it before but a few great tracks on this debut. Kayleigh and Andy did karaoke to Psycho Killer.
Saved Prior: Psycho Killer, Pulled Up Off Rip: Uh-Oh, Loves Comes to Town Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Eh. I like the hits, but their obtuse rhythms and David Byrne's oscillations between weird inflections and simple melodies either hits or misses, and they mostly missed for me on this album. Truly cannot believe they did not fit a They Might Be Giants album on this list.
As a debut album it is wildly successful at telling us exactly who Talking Heads are and what they’re all about. David Byrne is the chosen one of the new wave art punk revolution. I love the quirky POV of this album, and the playfulness in the lyrics. I’m just such a sucker for weirdo misfits that put humour into their work. Stellar record, just love the shit out of this band for daring to be so authentically different and carving their own path.
Psycho Killer alone get this to positive territory, then the rest takes it to a 4.
It's weird to think of Talking Heads as a bunch of upstarts, fresh on the scene, bringing their own take on weirdness sounding new and unlike anything else while still feeling kind of punk and new wave. As long as I've been alive, they've kind of been an established band, somebody whom everybody just knows; yet here they are on their debut album just stringing together weird lyrics about the most banal things like modern buildings and reading books, meshing them with some pretty jangly guitars and screechy vocals and bringing that all together in a way that can kind of make me see what it was like to hear these weirdoes for the first time, a whole year before I was born. This may have actually been the first time I have heard this album from start to finish. Don't think it will be the last.
Great album. This was good the whole way through, more positive than I was expecting
more like 3.5
As offbeat as I expected from Talking Heads. (Psycho Killer yelling) 5/10
Love how this album opens - one of my favorite talking heads albums
Not bad
Talking Heads are one of my favourite bands and David Byrne is an all-out icon for me, but I'm actually not as familiar with their jagged art-punky roots as I am with their later work (in all its Eno collaborating, stage-show pioneering, groove-busting, big-suit wearing genius). Standing on its own merit, "77" is an arresting listen and a solid debut. Even if the band are paving the way for more ambitious projects to come, the distinct characteristics that make them brilliant are still recognisable across the 11 tracks. "Uh, Oh, Love Comes To Town" is a delicious introduction, buoyed by a bouncy riff and a unpredictable melody that crescendos towards its chorus. Logical sense is under threat from a primal, intangible feeling: love. While love is typically expressed in the simplest form in song and verse ("easy as 1-2-3"), to Byrne it's a source of fear, confusion, paranoia: more comparable to a "stock-broker making a bad investment". Byrne seems to walk variations on this line all through his career and across much of the rest of the album: trust nothing, dissect every feeling, consider every angle. Across the rest of "77", there's a heady range of this sentiment and sharp, catchy tunes. "Psycho Killer" is, of course, an all-time classic for the band, exemplifying Byrne's frantic, neurotic vocals, Weymouth's ability to craft a simple and stand-out bassline, and the band's tight, insular musicianship. "Pulled Up" has long been one of my favourites from their early period. It's a perfect catharsis from "77"'s pent-up frustrations and neurosis, where the band just seem to let go. Filled with infectious energy, breathless enthusiasm, and unhinged vocalisations, executed utterly convincingly and freely. While the instrumentation generally affirms the band's line-up as a no-frills art-punk outfit, it's good to hear some embellishments creeping in (steel pan in "Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town", saxophone in "First Week / Last Week....Carefree", keyboards across many of the different tracks), just tastefully enough to complement the material without detracting. "77" is a brilliant gateway into the oddball musings of Talking Heads: although the best would be yet to come, it's hard not to be swept along by its charm.
Psycho Killer is an absolute hit. The rest of the songs are alright. It is better than a 3 but not a 4.
vaguely absurdist soft touch rock with lots of... spiciness? funkiness? a good fever dream
nothing to write home about
Couldn't get into it, psycho killers is a tune though
i don't have time to write this but it was fun lol
Post-punk masterpiece
Cool 6/10
To be honest I was getting sick of this album, then Psycho Killer came on and I was like, O shit yea, the Pulled Up came on and OH HELL YES what a song!
Though they are still not at the height of their powers here, this early, more stripped down version of the band may be my favorite incarnation in many ways. I think it's because you can focus so clearly on the songwriting itself, rather than it being somewhat buried in the dazzle of the production and arrangements as would start to happen on later albums. Love it all.
Definitely not their best album, I think the only song I'd really want to listen to is Psycho Killer which is a classic. Overall it's still very art-rock and creative, but compared to their latest works there isn't as much here. I want to rate it a 3 in comparison to their other works, but in general compared to other 3s I've given it seems too low, so I'll bump it up to a soft 4.
Did nothing for me
This is Talking Heads before David Byrne hijacked the name and started treating the other three as his backing band and long before he started doing Broadway specials. The thing people forget is just how talented the band were as a whole. This album is raw and loses direction in places however overall it is a stunning debut and lacks the cynicism of their last few albums. Arty, funky, punky songs with real heart
End and flows nicely, some great tracks on this and some average one but overall a really good record that I would revisit
Þvílíkt útálandi unglingafyllerí á fimmtudegi!
I'm a fan of this band. Cohesive lyrics and tight pop. I'll continue to get more into them as I age. David Byrne is a genius.
Cool album. I caught a mix of classic rock with some blues that made this a really cool experience. It was definitley a very cool first approach to the music of Talking Heads.
I did not enjoy it.
It's got the Talking Heads sound, but I liked it far less than Fear of Music. Compositions were a bit sparse for me. Looking forward to see if Remain in Light breaks the tie.
I liked the vibe and the beats of the songs. I could listen to more of it. not my favorite, but still pretty good.
I went into this one loving the album, but I listened to it for really the first time through a critic's lens and I am torn between 4 and 5 stars. I think it is definitely my favorite one so far, but I don't know if it is the complete top top of my ranking system. I think it is a 4/5 among my favorite albums and the albums I listen to, but it is probably a 5/5 with random albums, so I think I have to give it the full 5 stars. From the get-go, the driving funk bass with random piano and guitar riffs is really cool, and the tempo changes driven by the drums throughout are so well done. David Byrne also has one of my favorite voices ever because he makes screaming sound good. The back half with a lineup of The Book I Read, Government, First Week, fucking psycho killer, AND pulled up is truly an incredible stretch, and the album takes me back to dancing with my family in the living room, rediscovering it in high school, and my brother screaming Talking Heads lyrics at me throughout #TinaWeymouthStanClub
This one is pretty good. Lots of good songs. Good guitar playing. There's really not much to say, its another generic 70s/80s rock album
Decent
I like the upbeat vibes. It got a bit samey after ahwile.
15th November 2021 Listened on the living room speaker while working. Talking heads are probably the band that I've done the biggest turn around on through doing this. I really love them and have a new found appreciation for David Byrne. Poppy, dark, witty, sarcastic, great fun.
Finally! I was going to sue this whole generator if a Talking Heads album didn't come up on here. They are one of the best bands in the history of music. It's a delight to hear the whole album where they debuted. David Byrne is a global treasure. The whole band deserves all the accolades, but Byrne owns the vision.
Slightly on the repetitive side, but with such fun, spontaneous energy on each track that’s hardly a problem. The instrumentation could be a bit more varied on each track, but for its time this LP still shines.
Psycho Killer made me rethink the kind of music that I considered "my music"
Super clean guitars, unexpected harmonies
The musical equivalent of those weird outcast kids in high school that didn't care about your opinion and had more fun than any of their peers.
Most prominent things happening here are Byrne's interesting early vocal quality, and instruments that are fun and feel slightly B-52s. Up and down in places, just barely clears to a 4 for me.
Ik zie wel kwaliteit er in maar het is niet iets voor mij. te oud
Typical Talking Heads sound. Quite enjoyable for a Sunday afternoon. 3*
It was OK. Not really into this sort of stuff usually. Was heading for two stars but I spent most of Sunday singing Psycho Killer so I'm going to say its sneaked a three.
Disco muy plano para mi gusto, la voz de David Byrne esta muy ensima de todo el resto, además ese 'falso falsete' puede ser simpatico al principio pero resuta bastante irritanta llegando al final del disco. No lo volveria a escuchar.
Talking Heads 77 It's like, really groovy? Nice guitar riffs. Lyrics make no sense. Kitschy songs like Don't Worry about the government is meh Highlight songs: The book I read, Psycho Killer
Great record, Psycho Killer is an all-time fave
Psycho killer bop
Psychokiller what a banger
Easy 4. Love the music. That's a 5 for me. Would listen anytime. Lyrics are a bit soft and/or repetitive or a bit eccentric at times. That's my only qualm. I'm bordering on a 5 but not quite. Great bass lines.
3.5, not sure on 3 vs 4...
Un dels clàssics de la new wave, amb tota la raó per ser venerat com a tal. En uns anys (1977-1981) d'inventiva i creativitat musical com no s'havien donat ni s'han tornat a donar des d'aleshores, '77' destaca com un dels pinacles. L'únic que li falta per ser perfecte és algun tema més a l'alçada de 'Psycho Killer' -una de les millors cançons de la década. Però tot ell traspua qualitat a un molt alt nivell
Very different to Remain In Light and that's perfectly fine. I liked it.
I still like Talking Heads and David Byrne. This is their weakest album by far. It’s really hard to fully experience the “punk rebellion” of certain albums when you’re too separated from what they were upending (70s pop, in this case). I realize that our kids won’t really see some of our music as revolutionary for the same reason.
It's ok but a bit too hysterical at times. Some classics of course though.
I really like Talking Heads, although in my opinion this isn't their best album. However, Psycho Killer is an absolute banger, and there are several other nice songs on here (Pulled Up, The Book I Read).
Short, strained, weird, are just a few of the words to describe vocals on this album. Lyrically, there is not a discernible theme unless that theme was to have no theme, to stay as out of a rut as much as possible... a glaring success. Fun, immediately gratifying, welcomely disruptive, are just a few ways to describe how this album is overall. No commitment required to actually listen to it, but interesting enough to hear it all the way through rather than skipping. Punk, pop punk, this punk, especially from the early days, is not a flavor for everyone. However, like most genres, the acquired taste happens over time and for this listener, that time is now for punk in general. Talking Heads embraces the silliness, encourages a certain type of freedom, and asks the listener to not worry about committing to this album any expectation of profundity. Musically, the album doesn't have the disarray or chaotic elements usually associated with anti-establishment expectations. The compositions are well-timed, clean, and downright professional at times while still maintaining that blatant disavowal of what could only be described as mainstream. Vocals, while weird and, again, seemingly about nothing, astonishingly fit. This listener cannot speak to how this album resonated with anyone in 1977, but for 2021 this album is definitely for the older soul, and that's not a bad thing. In fact, it's good --- perhaps relieving to engage with something that is serious about not being serious, letting their vision be left to the listener's own sense of comprehension, or not. No pressure.
This opening song is absolutely terrible. I'll just go out on a limb and guess that Psycho Killer is the only listenable song on this album. What do you know...I'm right. This is one and a half stars for me, but I'm feeling generous so I'll round up.
Great debut
psycho killer & sugar on my tongue push this to a 4
This album fucks. Very fun and really interesting to listen to. Not a background music type of sound at all
I've always liked Talking Heads' singles and I'm one of the people who believe that Stop Making Sense is one of the best concert films ever made, but here's a confession, I've never owned a Talking Heads album until recently when I got More Songs About Buildings and Food from a second hand shop. So to get an album with only one song on it that I knew (Psycho Killer) was almost like Talking Heads had released a new album. I enjoyed it, It was kind of familiar but different, with David Byrnes distinctive voice and Tina Weymouth's funky bass. It may be because I'm much more familiar with their singles or because it's their debut, but I felt like some of the songs sounded like demos, also some other interesting sounds in some songs, such as steel drums in the opening track, made it an interesting and enjoyable listen.
timelss, great album
Classic album. I need some Talking Heads vinyl stat. I love the guitar work in particular.
I just didn't get it
What a cool band the Talking Heads were. Their albums have this consistent sound that is definitively Talking Heads, but they are all different, and all great in their own ways. This album doesn't sound dated at all, despite being nearly 45 years old 5/5
Not my favorite talking heads album but has some good songs
7/10 interesting album! Not as good as I would’ve hoped but the singles were solid standouts .
8. I like the talking heads, but not their best album
7/10. Pretty good, but the way they sing grates on me after a while.
They hadn’t quite found their sound yet on this album. Still a great performance from David Byrne with some classic songs. 8/10
Was good, but not good enough for me to really remember the music at the time of writing this review
Only 4 stars because they made even better albums later
Rock new wave un tanto monótono. Un megahit.
Absolute Bops with absolutely terrible lyrics
One of the classic debut albums
Had forgotten how good this album was
Classic.
First ever Talking Heads album for me, even though I've listened to Psycho Killer a billion times. Still not sure if I love or hate David Byrnes vocals, but I found myself enjoying it anyway. Love -> Building On Fire was a fave.
"Oh come on! This is the fourth Talking Heads album I've rolled in two months. I didn't like any of the other ones, why would I like this one." ...Damn it. This album is legitimately good. UGH I mean everything about this is smart and intentional and well-executed. Everything. This album needed to exist and it deserves to be as influential as it was. Still, though. Damn it. I'm angry at how good this is. Argh.
I feel like I would have enjoyed this album more if I was a university student in the late 70s. The album would have sounded fresh and new and doing all kinds of things never heard before. But now, more than 40 decades on, there is so much baggage. Case in point, as dope as "Psycho Killer" is, the song was ruined for me when a fellow told me about how he and his friends would always sing "psycho chicken" and how hilarious that was. Also, as far as Talking Heads albums goes, surely Stop Making Sense is better?
Good, mix of tracks, yeah ok.
Muy buen disco. Psychokiller excelente
Decided I’m a guy who really likes Talking Heads now, saved to my albums
Talking Heads is one of my all time favorites, but 77 has never been my favorite of theirs. Going into this, I was prepared to give it a 4, due to its low ranking among my own Talking Heads cannon. But listening to this with critical ears, it is really a great album. There are some all time favorites in here, like Book That I Read, Psycho Killer, and Sugar On My Tongue. Byrne's style isn't fully developed yet, but the band is already firing on all cylinders. Talking Heads is already an excellent band by '77.
Before the Talking Heads released one of the greatest albums of all time, even before they honed their new eave sound with Brian Eno, they released this: a sound more focused on the art punk tendencies of before. They have not gotten fully weird yet. Alas, their songwriting shines and the extent of their instrumentation and Byrne's vocals are undeniably unique. Far from their best album, but still really good. Says a lot about their discography, methinks.
BONISSIM!!
Really bad hahah
77
2/5 sadly nope.
Hier spielt Byrnes Stimme doch deutlich erste Geige, die Texte gleichauf, da wirkt die Musik kulissenhaft, was mir seltsamer Weise vor allem der Smasher „Psychokiller“ deutlich macht. Der Gesang ist fa-fa-fa-fa- fa- fa-fa-fa-fantastique, die Musik noch im Kühlregal. Bei „The Book I Read“ flirrt es endlich etwas, ja flirrender. Ein selteneres Erlebnis. Noch etwas grün das rote Album 2.3
Hat zu wenig von dem was ich an den Talking Heads wirklich mag: den zwingenden Groove. Dafür mehr artsy Hysterie wie in Who Is It? und letztlich auch dem Hit, Psycho Killer. Mag wiederum das krautige in My Compassion und frage mich sowieso, wann hier mal die großen Kraut-Alben auftauchen in der Liste? Hallo? Es wird Zeit! Als Fazit jedenfalls: ist ok, perfektes Handwerk und so, würde mich aber noch nicht zum Fan machen.
Love their reggae/dub influence
Love the revisit this is a favorite of my parents
Ok, måske ikke lige min stil pga stemmen og den stramme lyd. 4 fordi jeg jeg tror måske jeg kunne blive mere glad for den. Der er kvalitet i den
It's a good album a bit all over the place, uneven. Unique interesting and it has psycho killer one of the graeat songs of the past 40 years. 4.5 🌟
Fuck yeah! Super fun and deep, a little more melodic than I'm used to from them too, which was good
that one single is okay
So different, so fresh in the day. I’m firmly in the Remain in Light camp, but if that didn’t exist this would still be a fun record.
The energy is a bit low for me. This is their first album, and it feels like they were still trying to find their sound. That being said, most of the album was banger material even if sometimes I felt as if they could've gone bigger in some areas. Favorite track: The Book I Read
Kind of an average album. Talking Heads haven't really hit their stride yet. Highlights: 1, 2, 5, 8, and 10.
Goed album. Niet verwacht dat ik alle nummers zo tof zou vinden.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Psycho killer, Sugar on my tongue
I still feel that Byrne repeats himself incessantly. Having said that, this album is better than some of the others.
Was expecting this to be a more challenging listen, but it is surprisingly consistent, and still has some unusual approaches without deviating too much from an alternative/punk/rock formula to not be easily appreciated. Solid.
A good start but they got a lot better...
pulll me uppp
"Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away oh, oh, oh" Heads, Talking
I'd say a good ole classic talking heads album, take my 4 stars!
Gets better with every listen
Man. Where do I start. The Talking Heads opened me up to a whole world of music that I would have considered too jokey or gimmicky until I took the plunge. They really were an entry point for me to 80s new wave and post-punk music. I came to this record after I had gotten into the live performance "Stop Making Sense" and the studio albums "Speaking in Tongues" and "Remain in Light." There is a live double album called "The Name of this Band is Talking Heads" and that's where I first heard the song "The Book I Read" which is a standout on this record and even better live (like most Talking Heads songs). And, that's one of the many things that makes Talking Heads unique: They're an incredible studio band (thanks Brian Eno!) but are also transcendent live performers. When I listen to this record now, as a Talking Heads fan, it feels very quaint. Like they were all just learning their instruments. It isn't quite "there" yet, and I guess that's charming. But I'd rather listen to most of their other records (which better be on this list, dammit!). Highlights: "Psycho Killer" of course; "The Book I Read" and the opener "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town." And, David Byrne was a charismatic frontman even from this first record - love his lyrics and delivery on every song. What an arteeeeest.
Fun album. Clearly influenced a lot of what came out in the 80's.
This is absolute gold. I love his voice and love how you can hear every lyric, it cuts through. And he does some really interesting quirky sounds in his voice. he just drops them in there. However you can tell its early talking heads and a lot of the songs sound very similar
The weakest of the bands 4 albums in the book. It’s still quite good, but the songs just don’t gel as well when compared to the contents of the other album.
Album clave que marca muy perfectamente el paso del punk al new wave.
classic
eh - exactly what I expected from the Talking Heads
1001 songs and they're all 70-80's bollocks, clearly a very specific persons late teens and 20's, not my jam at all.
really amazing album, great cohesion and songwriting. their music only gets better after this point
Meh.
I came into listening to this knowing the band very very well but having never listened start to finish to any of their albums so this should be interesing. I listened to the version without Love → Building on Fire Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - what a funky start, love that tropical style xylophone or keyboard or whatever it is. "I neglect my duties, I'll be in trouble, but" "The answer is obvious: love has come to town" - get down jerry! new feeling - all about the drums and the guitar here with a nice bassline but no as good lyrically. Tentative Decisions - groovy bass and a bit all over the place which goes well with the lyrics. "[*The printed sleeve lyrics end here with the instruction "repeat with reversal of gender."]" is. very david byrne album falls off a bit here but picks back up towards the end so could do without next 3 tracks or bring in some of the later release / version tracks instead but they fit in with the album Happy Day - possibly the highest note I have heard him sing - "Born with the things that I know" - drags on a bit more than it should but I have never heard it before and sounds very different to their later work vocal wise although can obviously see a lot of his style in it. who is it? - pyscho killer pre-cursor? No Compassion - autism/Aspergers showing here but a good song and very self aware title the book i read - "The book I read was in your eyes" is a great line Don’t Worry About the Government - "Loved ones, loved ones visit the building Take the highway, park and come up and see me I'll be working, working but if you come visit I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important" is great lyrics and his delivery gives it extra first week / Last Week....Carefree - meh - "aye-ya-ya-ya-ya" used before the chorus is a call-forward to physco killer pyscho killer - somewhat of a joke song but very catchy and possibly their most known song or at least one of bass line is excellent, great opener to their concert album "We are vain and we are blind I hate people when they're not polite" This album is odd I feel like the band or possibly byrne alone have stepped back from it, there are several love songs on it as far as my interpretation and he later goes on to talk about not writing about big things like love except to a lamp (although that interview is likely a take on interviews so might be deliberate) and only 2 songs you ever really see them play although that could be more to do with the strength of their discophraphy I love david byrnes voice, he is the antithesis to morrissey. Jerry Harrison is very underrated especially in early talking heads, he is the majority of the guitar and the keyboards throughout. "the better a singers voice, the harder it is to belive what they are saying" For a debut album you can hear a lot of the core of what would propel them throughout their career together. 4 based on the "4 - enjoyed it, will listen again"
Sozzy is going to hate me for this but 3 stars. It’s not their best work hence only one of the songs appearing on the “Stop Making Sense” set. Their sound hasn’t matured into their iconic “banger factory” just yet in this album. Psycho Killer aside of course.
I expected much more from this. They've so many great songs that I figured their debut must have been a banger but most of the songs were just....meh. And a couple I never want to hear again - Uh-oh Love with the Carribbean steelpan sound, or Tentative Decisions with the soldier rat-a-tat drum. But David Byrne's voice goes a long way, and it's interesting to listen to their first album knowing what's to come. Just not interesting enough for me to listen to again.
Other then psycho killer, the album was pretty average.
Bumping.
3.5
It was eh
3/5 would be less if Psycho Killer wasn’t on it
Kinda good and enjoyable. Easy to listen to.
A great first album. Weird but catchy and lively songs. Not too heavy. And there's a reason why Psycho Killer is a hit. Got me to listen to other Talking Heads albums.
can’t believe psycho killer was on this mess of an album
Loved the steel pan on Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town. Other than that, not my fave. I have heard Psycho Killer before but I'm not really sure why that's the most popular song from this album, seems like nothing special to me.
meh
Finally came across something in this list that I've listened to before lol! Such a classic, still completely unique to this day. I love love love Talking Heads so much, everything from the instrumentation to the lyrics is so interesting and fresh that you can't listen to any song just once!
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better.
Never listened to the Talking Heads outside of the hits.
a classic and awesoeme debut
Exactly what youd expect from the Talking Heads, relatively enjoyable.
Great album. Love the steel drums. Psycho Killer and Pulled up are my favorites off the album. Probably a 4.4 to give room for Talking Heads later albums
It was OK. Though, to be fair, this isn't the first time I've given Talking Heads a shot. They're kinda not my jam. That's cool though. I see what people see in them.
I like the Talking Heads, but only in small doses. It does have Psycho Killer, so that’s a plus.
Enjoyed it
Creative, interesting, doesn't grab me.
Psycho killer killed my boner for this album
God bless David Byrne and his weird pop music. This one for me, it's all just a lead up to Psycho Killer, but it's also a bunch of happy-sounding pop with weird darkness under it, so I'm game.
Cool album
Excellent instrumentation and some really fun tracks. Vocals aren't my cup of tea, though.
Definitivno album vrijedan slušanja, nije među najboljima pošto Talking Heads ima puno kvalitetnog materijala/albuma, singlova. Za početak karijere, sasvim dobra odskočna daska gdje je glavni hit Psycho Killer keskese ih digao u poznatije vode.
Not as wild and interesting as some of their later stuff but still a very good record and a great debut
Some great stuff and some very annoying stuff.
I used to listen to a lot of Talking Heads and David Byrne, and still do from time to time, although much more focused on their later stuff. So inventive, so intriguing in so many ways, and often times quite catchy and fun. This is their debut album and I hadn't really listened to it in full before. It was good to read the Wikipedia article on it, too. It mentions how friendly they were with Lou Reed and how he gave them some advice. I definitely hear some Velvet Underground/Lou Reed-esque vibes in here (I have a feeling we'd say that about a lot of the 70s CBGB's bands). I can also hear how at this point in their career they could've pushed their sound into the punk scene or more into the pop/rock space, which is where they pretty much went (both genres are great; no judgment intended). This is good stuff; really quite good when I remember this is their very first album (hey, it's got 'Psycho Killer,' a rather iconic song).
How do you categorize Talking Heads? Funk? New wave? Avant-pop? There is something unsettling about this album. David isn’t completely happy. Perhaps even angry. But he’s having fun anyway.
byrne's lyrics can be super lame, but they can be excusable when the song rules. great album.
Lovely smooth bass and thoroughly enjoyable album.
Very good.
Meh, not my kinda style 3/5
Прикольный, но ничего необычного. Дефолтная музыка.
не моё
Really good! Loved the music
Really enjoyed this journey! Wasn’t familiar with much of their work outside of the big singles
An interesting album that must have been way ahead of its time when it first came out. So far I only knew Psycho Killer and I would never have guessed that the song is older than mid-90s. From the polished sound and varied song-writing I would also never have guessed that this is a debut album. The album doesn't sound amazing to me either, but I did enjoy it enough to see myself re-visiting it.
fodasticoo
Hm, hier hatte ich mehr Funkines erwartet, den Psychokiller liebe ich, der Rest ist irgendwie nicht hängen geblieben.
Kurz in der Mittagspause reingehört, die Sonne kam raus und die Musik klang ganz entspannt. Bisschen sehr avantgarde, qu'est-ce que c'est? (puh, sieben Jahre Schulfranzösisch sind wie aus meinem Gehirn gelöscht. Schade eigentlich).
just plods along being fairly inoffensive or captivating and then BANG. suddenly one of the best songs ever written powers out. Psycho Killer really does save this album.
Great
is it good - yes i think so, do I like it - well not loads. i will kick the can another 10 years and try again then
My favorite talking heads album
Good tunes
It was ok - nothing really blew me away though
2.5 - 3 / 5 it's ok
As a recent Talking Heads convert I can confidently encourage anyone, who’s into any of their other albums, to give this release a listen. I love it almost as much as Fear Of Music. In saying that I absolutely love Fear Of Music so this one is still a favourite. Go put a smile on your dial! 4 Stars!
The first time I heard the Talking Heads was their smash hit Psycho Killer, which I didn't much like. It struck me at the time as a novelty tune, goofiness for it's own sake, and I wasn't amused. But unlike many other groups, Talking Heads is best understood in the context of their albums rather than their singles, and so it is with Talking Heads '77. It turns out that front man David Byrne's dyspeptic yelp is of a piece with his elliptical musings about emotional states and offbeat philosophizing. Although Talking Heads is lumped in with punk and new wave, it doesn't have a lot in common with either. For one thing, the songs are a lot more complex musically than most punk and new wave. For another the rhythm section of Tina Weymouth on bass Chris Frantz on drums is frequently funky, drawing from pop, R&B, and Latin music. Taken together, these elements result in music which is as brainy as it is fun. And finally, Psycho Killer reveals itself as simply the most outré and extreme of the songs on Talking Heads '77, and frankly, the least interesting of the bunch. Taken together, Talking Heads '77 is a consistently terrific album and as clear a statement of purpose as you could want from a band's first album.
With the exception of Psycho Killer, Talking Heads' albums fail to uplift me. Their "best of" is another story.
Ganska bra! Psychokiller är mmm bra
Groundbreaking.
Classic debut again! New Wave is born in a massive suit. Best Tracks: Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up
Love this. Never heard it before. I'm a fan. Made me feel very productive!
Most excellent.
I'm surprised every song on this LP is familiar since I didn't own it and for sure haven't listened to it in over three decades. It's interesting to see how much their music evolved from this album until Speaking In Tongues. Their music ended up being a much bigger sound with many different layers. For sure they got better this is also very good. I didn't have to decide if it was 4 or 5 since, if a 5 I would need to invoke my Fela rule and not give two 5's to the same artist in a week.
The guys voice is weird. Hard to take him seriously. Psycho killer is redeeming tho
Goooood stuff
They set the precedent for music
Maybe it's time to take of my rose tinted glasses with this album. I was a massive fan when I was a spotty teen, living on a diet of Monster Munch, cherry cola and danger wanks. I haven't listened to this reford in going on 25 years, so hearing it now and being transported back to that excitement, that optimism, that youthful exuberance that I felt then makes me feel that maybe, just maybe I'm not the old man I thought I was. It was a relief and a pleasure to rekindle my love affair -like sugar on my tongue.
I liked the album more as it went on and most of my favorite songs are towards the end of the album. It's definitely a Talking Heads album and as weird as I expected it to be. It's not one of my favorite albums but it deserved to be on this list for sure. Favorite songs: Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up Decent 7/10
⭐⭐⭐⭐
In my youth I once snuck into the Sydney Opera House to watch David Byrne sound checking. He didn't play any of these songs so this anecdote probably doesn't have much relevance here. Great album though.
Q. What does Shack eat for supper? A. Lamb Chops!
J’ai adoré. Tu vois que plusieurs groupes ont été influencé par leur sonorité. Les petits bouts chantés en français, les beats saccadés le drum léger et la base pesante. OUI
Talking Heads. No one sounds like them. Psycho Killer!
Täähän olikin ihan okei! :) Talkkareiden eka levy ja tästä on ilmeisesti ollut sitten suunta vain alaspäin. Levyn avausbiisi ja Psycho Killer jäivät erityisesti mieleen (jälkimmäinen kuulosti jotenkin tutulta, liekö kuullut jossain aiemminkin?). Vähän sellaista taiteellista vibaa tässä levyssä on, mutta mielestäni pääpaino on kuitenkin perinteisessä musiikin tekemisessä eikä pelkästään kokeiluissa ja sekoilussa.
"Psycho Killer" is obviously a classic, but overall not their best *album*.
A classic and stands the test of time, maybe even improved with age
It was like fine, I don’t know that I could understand all the words and I felt like I was my mom listening to my music but it wasn’t a bad time one might say
I listened to this while shopping and I gotta admit I felt like it was a 2 track album. 2 longs songs that did not seem different from each other nor keep my attention. Nothing to write up on this album.
Great
Si ya los Talking Heads me gustan poco, este disco de la banda sin pulir me resulta Infumable.
2nd Talking heads album, and only a week in
An odd vibe just like Man Man. I'd have to be in an unusual mood, but it is fun. Includes Psycho Killer.
What an incredible first album, only giving it 4 instead of 5 because I know what’s coming for the band but this is pretty close to flawless
Jest to chyba drugi albumik gadajcych glow jaki mam na liscie, wiec nie bede nic nowego pisal o bandzie, sama muzyka jako debiut ma wiele do poprawy, ale czuc wyraznie brzmienie zespolu, zelaszcza na trakach takich jak psycho killer, czy otwierajacy love comes to town, witty lirycs with the dose of some exotic element for example use of french language, jest czyms co zdobylo bandzie rzesze wiernych fanow, bo juz nawet debiutancki krazek sprzedal sie dobrze, wiadomo ze zasluge ma tutaj banda ktora juz promowala sie wczesniej z ramonesami czy innymi rokowcami, jak z modern loversami, bo wlasnie do nich najbardziej sie upodobniaja tutaj jesli chodzi o styl, zwlaszcza o wokal, ktory ciezko w niektorych momentach nazwac spiewem, ale bryne wiedzial co robi recytujac witty lirycs over the pop rock shiting about nothing, jako ze to debiut to influencje z kazdej strony mozna wyczuc, ale jesli byly to wplywy osob takich jak lou reed, to wydaje mi sie ze pozytywnie wplynelo na to mozna teraz sluchac, troche nieporczna ta skala piecio gwuszdowa, bo jednak troche slabszy album niz remain in the light, ale jednak nie trojka, wiec zostaje czworka z zastrzezeniem, ze jednak jest to diament jeszcze nieoszlifowany
Fun listen
Meh
Was gonna go 3 but ends on a big high
This album is dope. 'Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town'? Such a track. Love the steel drums. David Byrne has ass burgers out the wazoo but whatever. Not as good as Speaking in Tongues but sufficiently freaky.
Pues la verdad es que tengo sentimientos encontrados...
With melodic, bright tunes and the usual anxiety ridden lyrics, TH sounded quite different from their “punk” contemporaries, the Ramones & Clash, for example. I always felt Psycho-killer sounded out of place, musically and lyrically, on this album, or any TH album, for that matter, but you can’t begrudge them for recording a hit & signature tune. I had decided in advance that I’d give the first 4 TH albums a 5, but after re-listening to 77, I waivered. Then I listened again this morning and decided that with songs like “New Feeling” and “Don’t worry about the government” and especially “No Compassion” I’m back to 5.
Tip top stuff! Much better than the other Talking Heads album so far encountered. Their best album? I should say so!
“Talking Heads 77” by Talking Heads (1977) It was new. It was different. It was influential. And it (almost) stood the test of time. Here’s an album that’s like a scary clown. You know the comedy is a pose, but you’re not sure if or when he’ll bring out the knife. Lyrical obscurity works well when it draws the listener in. On this album, songwriter David Byrne is mostly successful. In “Don’t Worry about the Government”, for example, he doesn’t even mention “government”, but rather the “I”, and “me”—satisfied, conveniently situated, and balanced. His protagonist IS the government, and hence the ominous undertones begin to percolate upward in the psyche of the listener. This is a parody, but it is not a joke. And it is more meaningful now than it was in 1977. Good stuff. Musically, it’s a mixed bag. Vocal dubbing is sometimes necessary, it is hard work, and on this album, where it is attempted, it fails. Calling it “new wave” does not relieve one of the obligation to sing. Byrne’s voice seems to always strain to reach up to the pitch. It makes the listener tired. But the instrumentals are quite good. The musical highlight of the album is the understated but supremely effective bass guitar of Tina Weymouth. Produced in 1977, this debut album by Talking Heads clearly demonstrated that they were going places. But not yet. 3/5
Maybe it’s because we had some really great albums and also some huge stinkers this week, but this album didn’t feel like anything special. I did like Psycho Killer which I’ve heard somewhere before but the rest of the songs felt very off beat and abrupt in the way the guitars cut. The singing was a little off as well but I know the Talking Heads meant well. Their album cover is bland and kind of sums up the album itself. It isn’t bad, per se, but I was not a huge fan of this one.
L’album bipolaire, les 5 premières tounes oufff j’angoissais noir tellement c’était faible. Mais J’ai bien été recompensé par ma patience, quelque bijoux en fin d’album Je l’évite les 5 premières tounes de la pur scrap, j’ai failli abandonner, mais j’avais tougher pour Abba Je lévite: No compassion & the book i read
This was a good album. Nice to listen to it and very nice recognizable singles, but also very repetitive. Good to know a little bit more about this important band.
Guay. Sus canciones parecidas a Bowie. Suenan muy parecidas a Phsyco Killer.
discovered im not the biggest fan of talking heads. Theres only a few songs besides the big hits that stood out to me. Probably wouldn't listen to in entirety again. Favorite song besides psycho killer (classic so doesn't quite count) is Dont worry about the government. Id give the album a 6/10
This is an astonishing debut album. Totally new and original sound, Art Punk is an apt description. Killer songs include Don’t worry about the government, no compassion, pulled up and of course, one of their very best Psycho Killer. I really wish they have half stars as this is a clear 4.5 for me. Yes it’s very good but not quite perfect. I’ll reserve that for another talking heads album, so to differentiate it this gets a really high 4
"Who is it? What is it? Who is it? What is it?" Idk who or what it is but it isn't good. They wrote psycho killer which is good and everyone have them a free pass on the rest of the album. It seriously feels like at times he doesn't know what to say and just says random words. This genre is usually my favorite but I'll not miss putting this album to bed and never listening again.
Pretty Good. Too much talking. Gets better towards the end.