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Psycho killer, good
This is my third attempt connect to the music of the Talking Heads, and this time I've somehow managed to do so. It's still pretty cheesy, and I still don't particularly like it, but I can now appreciate their innovative potential and influence on subsequent artists.
Was alright, but it didn't really grip me. Pulled Up was probably my favourite (though it went on a bit long for me), followed by No Compassion and Psycho Killer. Not really likely to chose to play the whole album again unless it's reflecting on this 1001 albums generator list. I kept hearing a lyric that would pull me in but then I'd feel slightly underwhelmed by where it went, particularly in the na-na-nas of The Book I Read. Overall, feel somewhat neither here nor there about the album. But I am intrigued about the Talking Heads and will likely give some of their other music a listen as I do want to try and work out what it is I'm missing about them.
I think David Byrne sings like a clown on some songs like Happy Day… kinda freaks me out. Otherwise I liked this a lot
alright
not the best that the talking heads have to offer, but what we have here is still pretty good, and psycho killer is nothing short of a stone-cold classic. (fear of music and remain in light, the latter of which i own on vinyl, are their best - a popular opinion but for good reason.)
Facking love this one.
Pretty cool album. Captures their quirky style and musicianship in about as raw a way as you'll find. Not really a surprise that they continued on with their long list of hits after Psycho Killer, which if nothing else puts this one into the "must hear" category.
Love love love they’re amazing
Talking heads debut record is surprisingly fresh and contains many good ideas with standout tracks like psycho killer. Overall a fun listen
Much goodly. Talking Heads was the big thing when i was a kid but i never got into them - '77' though is much accessible, with the same wry social observation. Will Keep.
Something fresh, new, and eccentric in its time, a fun first look at the Talking Heads
The debut album of the Talking Heads. You can see how they evolved into legends. There are several all-time greats on this album. Pitchfork: 8.8 Rolling Stone: Top 500 albums #290 2002, not on 2023 list Best Songs Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town No Compassion The Book I Read First Week/Last Week....Carefree Psycho Killer Pulled Up
Ok. No more Bowie or Talking Heads albums...please!!!
:S
The other 3 I listened to were better.
Talking Heads are one of the most creative rock bands of all time, but this is only their debut and it feels like their potential isn't fully realized yet. It has their fun and over-the-top
Overall good music, I really liked the vibe
Great album. Fun to listen to
wow I listened to this a while ago, and didn't really get it, but I really do now, its totally different from their other later albums, as they started to take influences more from disco and afrobeat etc... This sounds very modern, which I think maybe makes it quite ahead of its time. David Byrne's personality is a major factor in what makes it good I think. He's just so goofy and also I think sometimes crosses the bridge between music and comedy. Its also very arty, which is totally to be expected, but its always very interesting. Some of the guitar parts are quite interesting and experimental for the time as well. I think I maybe took it too seriously the first listen. I feel like the only downside is that he occasionally just aimlessly yells things. which isn't actually too bad, as these songs are quite short. Favourite song: Uh-oh, love come to town, new feeling, happy day, who is it?, no compassion, the book I read, don't worry about the government, first week/last week...carefree, psycho killer, love --> building on fire, sugar on my tongue. I probably like this a bit less than remain in light and a bit more than the buildings and food one, from memory... Overall around 8/10
Great stuff.
I liked this more than I expected. Most of the songs are fun to listen to and seem to work nicely together as an album
i really enjoyed it
A solid debut from a great band. I've heard a few people say that this debut is just a debut; it's good but nothing special compared to their later work. As I agree, I disagree that it's just a debut. If their debut wasn't good, I don't think this band would amount to anything, and I'm so happy it is and I'm so happy they did.
Pretty chill vibes, kinda zoned out and did some "work" to this, also my first one! Good background music.
No he podido prestar toda la atención que se merece, pero lo he sentido muy divertido. Y claro... himno.
Rocking
Psycho killer was good, rest not really my jam
It's Talking Heads. You know what you're getting and there are usually a few bangers per album. "Psycho Killer" is the one folks will recognize on this LP, but the entire album is just really good.
David Byrne is hard to mistake for someone else, as a songwriter but especially as a vocalist. This is VERY Byrne-y. I've never really liked the Talking Heads, but they have a style all their own, and they do it well. I respect it, and it's not annoying, so I guess that means...
third day on here and i’m getting talking heads so i think that’s a good omen. one of my favorite bands of all time, i love this album for more than just “psycho killer” which really elevates it — it also includes a song from my talking heads top ten: “don’t worry about the government.” i think i’m really fond of talking heads when they’re at their weirdest and nonsensical-ist lyrics wise. letting david byrne in the studio to just make noises in the middle of songs is….. he’s the best to ever do it i fear. i love a good moving away from the mic to scream moment, too. so you can imagine i loved this album DOWNNNN
hootin' and hollerin' in the best way possible. for someone who enjoys a lot of bands that cite talking heads as a inspiration, idk why i have never gone straight to the source.
Exquisite idiosyncratic voice, love
Psycho killer excellent, every other song is mediocre
9/10
Groovy weird album. Talking Heads are great.
One of my most favourite record by my most favourite band of all time
I was expecting to love this album more
such a fun and energising album with a unique sound!
I felt like a lot of the songs sounded the same, but not a bad album, not my fave! Do love psycho killer tho
Great listen while ending on a high note
Can't believe I originally had this as a 2/5. Came back to it and loved it. 4/5
Playful and original 4
Of course I already knew Psycho Killer, but being not a fan of Talking Heads per se, I so far had skipped their debut album. Good thing that through this list I got around to listen to it - it's really good. Apart from Psycho Killer, I especially liked the opener, but the rest also doesn't need to hide. What a pleasant surprise! 4/5
It was alright, best song was psycho killer obviously
An excellent debut album for the Talking Heads. This band never had the strongest vocals and that becomes evident on this album as well. I feel like on later projects they figured out how to hide this flaw better, almost using the vocals as percussion. You can definitely hear some of the Punk influences while adding that New Wave synth sound on top. 4/5
Really pleasant album. Talking Heads has a really nice vibe that makes their songs such an easy listen
Pycho killer
The music is interesting, generally upbeat with a positive tone. The vocals however, sound as if Mick Jagger had a smoother voice and wanted to add some Alt-Pop to his catalog. This album falls under that category for me of those who try to sound weird or different for the sake of just being different. Which is fine - but they had to listen back to these vocals and all should have come to the same conclusion that - it sucks. Sounds like a direct influence on modern bands such as The Flaming Lips, with good music and a vocalist that just wants to destroy the tracks to be a 'seen' frontman. Some vocalists are blatantly high on their own supply. If they were unknown and playing a show at an establishment I happened to be at, I'd leave in about 3 songs.
And so, it begins. Amidst a burning city, hallowed out from white flights and drop dead proclaims from the President, there was a weird yet enlightening bunch of art students who set about to document ongoings that appear normal on its surface but is bubbling something sinister, off-kilter. Not to mention they don't tend to stick around for long in some cases, preferring to linger in bit pieces in ways that would reverberate. Talking Heads, in alarming red and traffic light green, jerk through and angle their way into legendary status with their first outing to the world. Had they stopped there, this would have been the Rosetta Stone of post-punk. But, thankfully for the listening public, there'd be more songs about mundane yet mesmerizing things, regardless of fear or creatures. Nearly fifty years on, this still strikes a chord.
This is the first album generated for me! First song was great, then it felt like filler until No Compassion woke me back up. Psycho killer is obviously a classic, Pulled up is a grower bop.
Decent album. "Psycho Killer" is a great song. Beyond that, I might go back to listen to a couple of new discoveries I liked. Clearly setting the stage for a lot of 80s music. B-/C+.
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Get in the bin. I just can't. No.
his voice is so silly
> the Beatles
As a full album it doesn’t hit everywhere but what a debut
Listened to before
Love the Talking Heads! Not my favorite album by them, but the beats are always fun to dance to and David Byrne is always a thoughtful lyricist
Here we go folk, some fire as music, Love is coming To Town!! Love these heads baby New Feeling: Funky. Like these notes are discordant and jangly but maybe because they're not as loud I'm so okay with it. Layered properly or something, it's just so much catchier than the garbage we've been listening to, sounds like actual music. Happy day is lame No Compassion: "I'm not interested in their problems" hell yeah Okay it's getting a little annoying That book i read: nananananaaaaaa First wee last week: ooo saucy Man Psycho killer fits right in on this album Hell yeah pulled up this rocks
i liked this a lot better. but i mean, in terms of talking heads, are there not better albums? who decides on these?
I’ve heard this one several times. It is a classic! Beautiful blend of genre & theater. Listened to it again just so I can start my journey of this whole 1001 albums thing. It was just as fun as the first time I heard it. Talking Heads & B52’s have this sense of fun that doesn’t get tiring.
Liked some of it but not for me. Doubt I’d go back to it.
9.7/10
Hard to say what genre this is. Funk? Rock? Pop? It's playful regardless. A little too playful, especially the vocals. A good listen though.
5/10
I liked it but not that much. It sounds like it would be fun to be in the band. Psycho Killer and First Week/Last Week are great but I wasn't really into most of the rest. I like that Tina Weymouth learned bass specifically to join this band and immediately performed one of the iconic bass intros (ever?) on Psycho Killer.
I had never listened to a full Talking Heads album before and my goodness was I missing out. It could have been the setting but I listened to this while cruising Costco. The guy in front of me in line was losing his mind (so weird that the queue was long on a Saturday afternoon….) but I was having a great time bobbing along to this album.
As with the previous Talking Heads album this process has thrown up, David Byrne’s stylised vocals for a full album is just too much. Psycho killer and first week/last week aside from the tracks generally blur into one for me.
This is a bizarre album. Its standout track is “Psycho Killer” - which is a song which does not fit the overall vibe of the album (which is quite… happy? For want of a better word). It also makes you wait for said standout track - it finally appears as the penultimate song on the album. By the time I got there, I had lost interest.
I seem to be on a roll of records I would really appreciate if you replaced the lead singer. Musically: loved it. Vocally: Talking Heads: yeah, not for me. David Byrne sounds like they employed someone to intermittently, and completely randomly, stab him with a needle during the recording process. I think I said this on the previous Talking Heads album the generator gave me, but I do understand that Talking Heads without those vocals wouldn't be Talking Heads. But it doesn't mean I have to enjoy it. Instrumentation = 4/5 Vocals = 1.5/5 I'm going to plump for a generous 3/5 because of Psycho Killer.
A one-hit wonder album, nothing stood out past Psycho Killer to me. It was fine, but not something that would have made me have a full buy-in on the band when it released.
Not for me. Singing style grated on me.
10/10 album. Love it. One of my all time favorites.
nice
One of my favorite bands so I am biased. Love everything on here and can’t get enough of their unique sound, no one else sounds like them. The ones after this with Eno’s involvement are even better but this is solid all the way through
Talking Heads
I like some of their later stuff a bit more, but this is a great album.
Ao mesmo tempo que não contem nada que desagrade, também não tem nada realmente marcante ou espetacular (exceto pelo hit "Psycho Killer"). Um disco satisfatório, com melodias agradáveis, mas sem empolgar.
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i like talking heads but i think the best thing for me is the bands they inspired. even after a few listens, i definitely don't care for this album as much as remain in light. psycho killer is cool and weird and a huge tune, but there's definitely some filler here. david byrne going ayayayayay and making weird noises is fun but kinda wears thin after a while. favorites: uh-oh love comes to town, new feeling, the book i read, don't worry about the government, first week/last week...carefree, psycho killer
PSYCHO KILLER CAT CAFE
So creative! No one really like them.
Guys voice is interesting. Its like he's trying to sing bad. Album is fun and also has a melancholic side to it, like its trying its best to escape from the stress in its life by trying to be indifferent. Chill and new for me tho not really my type
Some absolute album sequencing wizardry from Byrne and co. here. The album immediately hooks you in with a quintessential Talking Heads pop song, "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" before getting progressively weirder over the next several songs before closing with maybe the four best songs on the record - "Don't Worry About the Government", "First Week, Last Week", "Psycho Killer", and finally, the impossibly perfect mania of "Pulled Up". P.T. Barnum is often quoted as saying that the key to a great show is to "always leave 'em wanting more," and on Talking Heads: 77, when that final chord resolves, you're satisfied, but you don't just want more, you *need* more.
I thought this was a very simple album, not bad just simple. The quality of the music production and mixing was quite good. I had some small issues with some of the songs, especially with how they chose to execute the vocals (happy day for example). Other than that though, its still a good album but maybe it bothers me just a little bit more than I’d have liked it to. Most of my favorites in the album resided at the very beginning, along with the late middle to end. The opening and closing for the album were quite strong in my opinion.
4/5.
Den här får mig att dansa. Och den lovar så mycket inför framtiden för att av världens bästa band. Men detta är inte deras klassiker, utan en förövning ... Fyra
Duh
Estuvo bien. No me volvió loco tampoco, me gustó más que rust never sleeps, eso sí. Siento que tengo que ser un viejo sureño americano para amar esta música, no siento las putas vibras, pero me gustó más el sonido.
My favorite Talking Heads album
To be honest, I wasn't expecting to get much out of this, even though I know and very much like _Psycho Killer_, it felt like it was going to be one of those bands where you like one song and the rest doesn't do it for you. How wrong I was! Where yesterday’s pick of **Haircut 100** lacked the hooks, this is chocked full of them, each song is a joy and I'm currently on my 3rd listen of the day. A few highlights.... _Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town_, _No Compassion_, _The Book I Read_ and _Pulled Up_, which was very close to being my choice but it’s Psycho Killer
It's good, but it's weird. More than half of this album sounds like children's music. It's a 3.5 to 4 star albun for me. It's more of a "playing in background" than a "serious listen" album.
3.7/god i can see why people like this band so much
I was surprised to learn that this album was released in 1977 because I have "Psycho Killer" on my 80's playlist. I wonder if David Byrne knew that this was ahead of its time and drew attention to that fact with titling it with its release year. Anyway, it capture such an iconic sound and vision, and the songs themselves are fun, and accessible.
Always unapologetically weird. I can’t help but zone in on the bass on every song. A few songs come off like they’re written by a group of corny dads. Wish the production sounded fuller.
Solid album, they have better ones though
Great album! A few bangers
5 stars just for psycho killer
No. Nope. No thank you.
This album was better than the last talking heads album, a few bangers in this. Each song does sound alot like the last
Excellent debut
Goede flow zeker de moeite waard om het hele album te luisteren. Maar niet helemaal mijn type vocals
Pretty good, not a huge talking heads fan. But this one’s not too bad
Love psycho killer, the rest is okay, but didn’t blow me away.
4/5
Sorry but other than Psycho Killer which is a great song, it was all very much the same
2 talking heads albums in 3 days, and they are decent but honestly not the band for me
Ok
This is the second Talking Heads album that has been presented on this list, and I must say, it is two too many, so it gets a two. I have discovered I really don't care for them. A somewhat generous 2.
The vibe was too good
Day 12 First listen- It was a fun album, I could also hear a little Syd Barrett influence which made me like it a lot. (3.5/5) Second listen- UPDATE!!! I am totally obsessed with this album. This has motivated me to dive deep into talking heads discography. (5/5)
More of the same drivel from Talking Heads that didn't impress when listening to "Remain in Light" album. The saving grace here was the song "Psycho Killer" which was immediately recognized and lightly mumbled along to especially during the "Psycho Kill-UR" pronunciation. AS it really isn't my music, this will get a similar 2/5 as their previous album in the generator.
Psycho Killer is timeless. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.
I guess I expected more
Made for decent background music, but nothing too exciting. I kind of liked the first track had a little upbeat ska like feel to it at the beginning. After that the album got a little too synth pop 80s for my tastes.
Enjoyed it more than I expected, I'm not a big TH fan, but I'd listen to this one again.
Podría resumir este disco en "oh oh oh oh ah AH AH! " Y "far far awaaayyyy". Por momentos inspirador y por otros insufrible este David Byrne. Supongo que no soy su público. Por otro lado se ha sentido como si fuera un álbum conceptual, debería comprobarlo.
I didn't love it.
mjög skemmtilegt, aðeins hrárra en seinni verk en augljóst í hvað stefndi. meirameira.
Por momentos un poco pesado
84% Best: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town; No Compassion; Psycho Killer; Pulled Up Must-Hear? Sure
Not my thing
ive said it before but i rly just need to do an actual listening project for talking heads where i take full time for all their records, but even on cursory revisit its impossible not to be swept up in this little bundle of delights...bryne's hilariously prosaic proclamation that the band aimed to make "good music in a song format" feels like it explains things that i cant articulate. every track is a bundle of musical and thematic ideas u wouldnt Think to make songs out of, presented with an equal uncanniness and warmth, hyper-perception of tiny details that overwhelm into a fuzzy haze...peak autism ofc! ultimately im a little boring, as i do prefer the eno-enabled expansion of the band's palate (cranking up the uncanny side of the slider, and somehow becoming a lot more emotionally transfixing for me in the process), but cmon man its talking heads. for a good while they were just bursting with nonstop good ideas, no matter the size of their canvas
There's a few good tracks, including Psycho Killer, but so much of this album is just really bland and meh. "Bleh". 2.5 rounded up.
Very experimental with instrumentation already on this album which is their debut. Very funk sounding guitars and syncopation. Lyrics don’t seem as heightened as Byrne will become as a lyricist but the themes are still present. Musically the album has a stripped back sound, even with the experimental instrumentation the album doesn’t feel over produced, but almost diy it lofi in character. Reminds me of David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane album. Psycho Killer is the hit on this album. Other notables include Uh Oh Love Comes To Town, No Compassion, The Book I Read, First Week/Last Week, and Pulled Up.
Love the Talking Heads, but this album not so much.
Textbook three stars. Fine, but as someone not super familiar with the Talking Heads, not as compelling as I was expecting.
Okay
"Yes, we listened to Modern Lovers and Television. How can you tell?"
I didn’t need another excuse to listen to this again, but here we go!
If I had never heard this before and someone wanted to play it for me and told me this was David Byrne’s newest album, I’d probably believe them. This is punk I can get behind. I agree with the reviewers that say that the last two tracks, ‘Psycho Killer’ and ‘Pulled Up’ feel and sound most emblematic of what I enjoy about Talking Heads and everything yet to come from them after this first album.
This is much more disco inspired than some previous albums, and I think it suffers for it. Still have some of the Talking Heads signature sounds but I am not as gripped by the songs. The guitars create a nice contrasting yet complementary base for the songs. The bass is sometimes lost, but when distinct enough it is a nice pillar. With the benefit of historical hindsight, this is a debut album with the bones of future greatness. But they clearly expanded and improved on their sound in future releases.
So good, can't believe I haven't listened to this whole album before. Starts off fast and catchy. Great melodies throughout, fun instrumental use. Another album that I have the feeling of being weird enough to be interesting and different, to catch your attention, but not so weird that it's distracting or hard to enjoy. Love how Tentative Decisions closes with a piano jam. The Book I Read has a great intro. Overall fantastic album.
YAAAAAAAY
Solid, probably wouldn't listen again
Favorites: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, The Book I Read, Psycho Killer Not my favorite Talking Heads, this record (despite being released in their prime) is still pretty primitive compared to what they would achieve on Fear Of Music or Remain In Light. That being said, this is still absolutely a worthwhile listen as a landmark in what new wave would become in the 80s.
Brilliant album, can’t believe I never listened to this FTFT sooner!
The debut of Talking Heads is very Talking Heads. It’s also very good and fun
Who is it has a nice sound minus vocals. No compassion has a cool break around the 3.30 mark. Do not vibe with the vocals at all, which sucks because some of the instrumentation isn’t half bad.
Buddy… The Goat
13/1001 Talking Heads - Talking Heads '77 Heard Before? ✅ Revisit? ❎ There should be a lot that clicks with Talking Heads for me, however, whenever I try and album of theirs it always leaves me a bit nonplussed. It's perfectly fine but yeah, I wouldn'trush back to this again... Psycho Killer is a banger though
New wave is a thousand times better when there is nary a synthesizer in sight. Not an overindulgent note to be found here, which is refreshing. Talking Heads really started out at the top of their game!
Not their best album
Really solid debut. Apart from psycho killer theres some really good songs here: Pulled Up, Love Comes to Town and The Book I Read are worth listening to. Definetly lays the foundation for american post-punk. 8/10 Favourite: Pulled Up Least Favourite: Happy Day
They’d go on to better things but this is still great. Remembered more of this than I expected to and lots of fun to play along to. Some of the non-album singles and bonus tracks could easily have been included and probably should have been!
Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town 4 New Feeling 4.2 Tenative Decisions 4.4 Happy Day 4.2 Who Is It? 4 No Compassion 4.2 The Book I Read 4.4 Don't Worry About the Government 4.1 First Week/Last Week…Carefree 4.3 Psycho Killer 4.6 Pulled Up 4.4 Score: 4.254545455
Love the talking heads
Love the live energy of this album, and just the energy, in general - it feels like the whole group is just feeding and building off each other with every track - love it
An immaculate debut album that introduces everything that is so great about the band. Great, catchy songs that bubble with infectious energy but also, in songs like "Pulled Up," an arty punkish spunk. Also incorporates xylophone, island drums, and fun arrangements. All that and "Psycho Killer." I frickin love this album!
Everyone wants to talk about Fear of Music, More Songs, Remain in Light, for good reason - but this is one of the best debuts in rock history. I love every single song, and it has some of their very best stuff. Don't Worry About the Government is top five Talking Heads for me, the energy of psycho killer into pulled up is just electric, easy five stars
Not really my type of music
Extremally underrated. Even in their first album, you can already see Talking Heads great songwriting, this is almost a 5/5, but one or two less pristine songs hold it back. Still, this is excellent.
6/10
I liked three songs off this album. Gotta be honest, not great.
was good.
It’s awesome, I’ll just probably never listen to it for pleasure.
It’s a debut album that any band would long for. The bands worry about being able to capture their stage energy on tape was figured out. It has many of the elements of what the band would become. Plus one of their early hits (Psycho Killer) that would help get them more broad appeal.
3.5 While it’s a pretty long and distinguished list, the show think I would most want to go back in time to see at CBGB’s is the Talking Heads. Especially this album’s closing pair, “Psycho Killer” and “Pulled Up” Other favorites: “Uh-oh Love Comes to Town”; “No Compassion”; “Don’t Fear the Government”
I love a lot of talking heads, but none of my favorite songs are on this album.
I saw someone call this album “boring,” and I’m here to say the exact opposite: this was so exciting. There is so much music out there thah sounds like everything else, and this is so distinctly Talking Heads and David Byrne, it’s exciting! He might not have the best voice, but he sure is cool and weird.
First half flop second half bop
There was a time when I would've said the Talking Heads were my favorite band, undisputed. I still love them. 77 is not my favorite album by them. The songs are great, but I'm not a fan of the production. From what I recall, they had issues with the producer during recording. The guitar are flat and kind of shrill, the energy is off and restrained. Compare to the energy of their CBGB live shows of the time. The songs are arguably better than their follow-up More Songs About Buildings And Food, but the difference is Brian Eno. Talking Heads became full force under his production and the focus shifting to rhythm. 77 is driven by guitars and Byrne's singing, which is tight and idiosyncratic, but not to the level of peak Talking Heads. 77 hovers somewhere around a 3 or 4, depending on whether you listen to it remastered or not. For some, this will be their favorite Talking Heads album, but for me I connect more with Fear of Music and Remain In Light. While listening to 77 I'm constantly thinking how it can be improved with more eclectic rhythm additions or Adrian Belew guitar effects. It just doesn't feel fully fleshed out to me, but I still like it.
Didn’t grab my attention, but I need to give it more time.
Advent of the original nerd punks. Dry strumming over a scene-heretical groove.
Look, I really like Talking Heads. This album just doesn't land for me the way others do. No question they're brilliant, and no question that David Byrne is one of the best "true artists." In fact, on paper, I should adore this. I just... don't. "Pulled Up" slaps. The rest is... good? Some of this will find its way on mix tapes. The rest will likely never be revisited.
Solid album with little to none tracks that I dont like. Fascinating that this new wave sound not from the 80s. However, i am missing more tracks that stand out like psycho killer.
This is great. Lots of Talking Heads goodness, sparse, aggressive but restrained. Very enjoyable.
Another album that surprised me. I was half-expecting to not like it, but the first track settled my nerves, it was good. After that it was close to 50/50 with some more decent tracks and a few weaker ones.
Avant garde!
Psycho Killer is great, but he rest of this album is good, but not great for Talking Heads.
Fav songs: New Feeling; Psycho Killer I love how weird TH are and some of my forever favorite songs are by them. This is a good, solid debut but there is better TH. I'm not sure it's absolutely necessary to listen this particular album but I won't say it shouldn't be on the either.
I hate people when they’re not polite.
Composition: 10/10 Vocals: 4/10 Instrumentals: 8/10 Overall: will listen again
Steel drums!
La inconfundible voz de David Byrne hace una critica de la sociedad de los 70s (que sería totalmente valida en la sociedad de hoy en día) en el álbum debut del grupo. Melodías psicodélicas hechas con guitarras eléctricas y potenciadas con potentes baterías, mediante las cuales se burla del trabajo, el amor, las construcciones, las leyes, la felicidad, la sociedad en general y los problemas de los humanos “No Compassion”. Incluso hasta del término caer y levantarse en la canción que cierra el álbum “Pulled Up”. La canción más exitosa del álbum y una de las más interesantes “Psycho Killer” narra la inestabilidad mental de una persona no solo en la letra; también en la forma de cantar, en introducir otro idioma entremedias del tema, como es el francés o la inclusión de monosílabos sin sentido “fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa” “Talking Heads: 77” es uno de los álbumes que dieron forma al new wave y el art pop/rock.
3.4 Honestly just never got it, this early era of theirs is just not high up for theirs faves: psycho killer, uh-oh, no compassion
Liked it. Nice vibe.suprise outcast sample at the end sugar on my toung. Familiar with psycho killer
Tradicionalno vrhunski 👌🏻 super, super album!! Baš mi fino sjeda. Zanimljiv, raznolik, dobar paketić. 4/5, 8/10
НЕВЬЕБЕННЫЙ альбом, ни одного скипа, под любое настроение. Дэвид Бирн берет тебя вот так за грудки и говорит: бро, давай трястись, и делать АЯАЯАЯА, и смотреть в людей как стена в стену, и так далее. Лучшая песня - Psycho Killer.
Loved it!!
What a stunning record. It's crazy to me that this was their debut, it sounds so incredibly refined and impressively put together. I ended up listening to this about 3 times through, and I think that my overall thoughts are that this is a fantastic listen, with highlight after highlight present, and only a couple tunes that I wasn't so keen on. My favorite part about this record is hands down the basslines, holy god they are so groovy on literally every track. I mean like... good lord just listen to "New Feeling," "Tentative Decisions," "The Book I Read," "Psycho Killer"... I could go on. Absolute masterful display of songwriting and instrumentation here.
I really enjoyed this album. I love the bass line and playing. Will listen again.
Talking Heads debut feels like a debut. Not their best work, but an important album. "Psycho Killer" is the big hit and is probably the most interesting song on the album. Overall, not the best, but certainly not the worst.
I think I just don't get it
On their debut, Talking Heads: 77, David Byrne and company take the skeletal framework of punk and wire it to a twitchy, intellectual nervous system. The guitars are clean but cut like razors, the rhythms are tight but always slightly off-center — a kind of funk played by alien architects. The band sounds less like a rock group and more like a mathematical equation with a sense of humor. Tina Weymouth’s bass doesn’t just hold the groove — it pulses, cool and bone-dry, like it's solving a problem in real time. Chris Frantz's drumming is crisp and mechanical, but never dull; it makes neurosis danceable. Jerry Harrison's rhythm guitar jabs and jitters, often sounding like it’s trying to dodge itself. And then there’s David Byrne — not singing so much as panicking in key. His vocals tremble, shout, and occasionally shriek, like a philosophy student having a breakdown in a phone booth. On “Psycho Killer,” he delivers paranoia as performance art. On “Don’t Worry About the Government,” he sounds sincere and unhinged at once, like a man in love with infrastructure. Talking Heads: 77 isn’t warm, but it’s weirdly inviting — all angles, all anxieties, all sharp edges. It’s new wave before the term had a haircut. If punk was rebellion, Talking Heads were reconsideration: smart, stylish, and suspicious of everything — even themselves.
This was awesome love the rendition of sugar on my tongue
It's very solid for early talking heads. What a unique sounding band.
This is a weird one because I enjoy Talking Heads very much but I couldn't get super in to this album. It's missing something that the other David Byrne projects on here have had, and I can't put my finger on it. I just didn't like it as much as their other records and I didn't have any desire to dig deeper like I did with them. This isn't bad at all, just not as engaging as it could be. It's still a Talking Heads album so it gets points just for that, but comparing it to their other work I found it less experimental, less interesting, and less, well, good.
Heard it before. I will be honest, this album is kinda boring except for 3 songs (No Compassion, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up) 2/5
flemme de fou
David Byrne said that at the time, the band felt a bit disappointed by the end result of this record, because it didn’t really sound like Talking Heads. Imagine hearing your own band played back to you, sounding like the coolest band in the world, and being like, “I don’t know, it doesn’t really sound like us.”
Whilst being fairly iconic it’s nowhere near the standard of the next 4 albums. Again how this is on here over speaking in tongues is confusing.
Love a bit of talking heads and psycho killer is a banger but a lot of this merged into one big ol mediocre song
2.5 - not bad
5 - love
Talking Heads had a very interesting evolution during their existence, but I am glad to say they were still fully-formed and confident and exciting on their debut here. While I do believe that the next several Talking Heads albums are generally more interesting than the material here, these are still great songs, and also impressively, all of the weird little nooks and crannies in what would become Talking Heads' sound are pretty much all here, just a little bit more subdued. We see Talking Heads here exploring the elements of funk, angular post punk, and futuristic textures here, but just to a lesser extent, and often in a different way than they would appear later. An interesting consequence of this is that pretty much every other Talking Heads album sounds more like each other than this, so it kind of feels like a unique treat in their discography. Some of the little experiments here are totally unlike anything that would appear later, like the steel drums on Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town. Also, I must mention, that David Byrne is as fascinating and idiosyncratic as he ever would be here. His voice is not exactly deadpan, but it is more spoken than sung most of the time, and he is kind of riding a line between nervous and manic in a way that captures the really interesting energy that he is known for. The lyrics also have all the Byrne-isms that we know and love, if you don't know what I'm talking about, just read some, it'll explain better than I can. A lot of the themes here are about anxiety and alienation and neuroticism, but the images are obsessed with objects and buildings and business-men, and the rules of English grammar are largely adhered to. Anyways, there is a fair share of highlights here. The jerky, click-y Who Is It? is a sign of things to come. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town is groovy in a way the band would never really be again. The Book I Read and Don't Worry About The Government are both great Talking Heads deep cuts with some of the best lyrics on here. And lastly, Psycho Killer wasn't a hit at the time, but any song this good is bound to find its audience. Ultimately, even though Talking Heads would grow substantially after Talking Heads 77, this is still pretty great at a lot of its moments. There are some tracks that I don't click with, but I am very pleased with this as a whole.
my least favorite of the first 5 Talking Heads albums. not necessarily bad, and Psycho Killer is a really iconic and important song, but flat and a bit underdeveloped compared to their later work deserves to be one of the 1001? eh they have 4 albums on the list. the argument for it is there, but the other 3 albums i would leave on before this. so no. /shrug
Psycho killer still goes hard but the rest of the album is just okay
Every following album Talking Heads did up to the mid 80's was better than this, but it's a good start nevertheless.
A welcome breath of fresh and invigorating musical air. Look up the top ten billboard albums of 1977 and see for yourself.
Ironically, I had this lp on vinyl. Re-listening now Tentative Decisions stands out to me. I'm not a David Byrne fan but I imagine this made quite a splash in 1977. I like Tina Weymouth's bass a lot.
I hadn't listened to his album in its entirety. Obviously impossible to have missed Psycho Killer. But this is high quality for a debut isn't it. Great to explore in relation to their later work, which suffice to say I was playing for the rest of the day!
Some very fun grooves on this but I think I just vastly enjoy the energy of Remain in Light a lot more, which is what prohibits me from giving this a five. Good stuff that I think could be (and I know will be) done better!
I liked this so much I'm going to keep Talking Heads in my rotation. This album was so easy to listen to as well. I can even hear where modern artists took inspiration from these songs.
Pretty good
I enjoy talking heads but I feel this album is a little middle of the road other than Psycho Killer which is clearly amazing. Personally prefer the album talking in tongues.
Best Talking Heads album? I think so. Really defines what they are as a band and very creative as well. Their peak album for sure.
I was on the road where I picked up this girl. I'm sure many things happened in between but what I vaguely remember was getting a motel room not far from home town. Like maybe a county or two over. Hour two tops. She would be someone I recognized sometimes a whole new person but no one I could love until I trusted. I got the sense I was being followed . By who idk. Someone from her past, law enforcement maybe. Very The Trial feel. I called my mom who asked me with no emotion if she was the one and I told her what I just told you. The motel was a mess. Maybe she sensed it already but she looked unhappy then she was gone. I spent a long time cleaning up that motel room and all the while telling myself not to forget something. When I left I was definitely forgetting something and I was definitely being followed. One car starts up when I pull out of the parking lot. A guy on a bicycle is behind me. I drive and drive. I'm worried about gas. I feel the tank is full but I have no money. I pull into a convenient store. Everyone looks at me suspicious. Though I don't see anyone but tye guy on the bike is close. I realize I left everything at the motel. I turn around. The weather looks like it does in the late afternoon before or after heavy rain in a wooded area. I drive up and down hills when I noticed a teenage mullet head kid playing basketball on stilts with Thors hammer. At first I'm afraid he's going to bully me but he apologizes for being in my way. I finally make it back to the motel and the guy on the bike catches up with me. Cop aviators, cop mustache nut with a mullet and dirty gray tank top. I walk up to him, afraid. He has a basket on the front of his bike full of puppies
⭐️⭐️✨/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I don’t understand the love of the Talking Heads. I’ve given them several chances but it’s just not for me. David Byrne’s voice just sucks so bad, and it’s exceptionally bad on this album.
Pretty cool, but considering it's David Byrne (I love some of his solo stuff), I was perhaps expecting more? But this is undoubtably cool quirky stuff. Maybe I was in the wrong mood, but nothing really stood out. Psycho Killer is ace though.
I listened to the original release which has eleven tracks. This is a debut album, and is very solid in my opinion. Psycho Killer was the only song which made it to radio play, but the rest of the tracks are almost as good.
A horrible album cover (unless this came out on Christmas Day), but a fine album. It sounds happy, which I like. According to Wiki, the producer (Jon Bon Jovi's cousin) was a real method-acting weirdo. It must be said: these guys really are into buildings. Highlights: 'Tentative Decisions', 'No Compassion' (very relatable! also, are there still analysts even?), 'Don't Worry About the Government' (also very relatable! would make a good Severance fanvid)
Que buen álbum, se nota que para esos años estaban adelantados a la época, tiene un temonn que es psycho killer que ese mismo viernes tuvo su propio video musical
I know Talking Heads and their history but haven't listened to full albums. There debut was not at all what I expected and not something I enjoyed much either. It is so boring, almost lifeless sounding. Some songs sound like a very bad David Bowie impression. However, Psycho Killer is 1000% better than anything else on here! That song is awesome.
approachable and easily enjoyable but not all that interesting
Weird music for weird people. I'm weird. 🥳
Love Talking Heads but this album is so repetitive!!
Aside from Psycho Killer there really isnt much in this album that is for me. A lot of the songs sound similar and are sprinkled with weird for the sake of weird. Just not that enjoyable to listen to, at least for me.
No Compassion is a very funny song This one almost gets a 5!
Imagine this being your FIRST album
Never listened to a full Talking Heads album, this is a very good one, an awesome debut album. Really enjoyed it!
It feels like I'm listening to the circus performers while high, but I'm not enjoying the experience, also feels like when someone keeps talking your ear off about casual stuff you don't care about and won't stop. The music feels repetitive, spontaneous but sloppy, and the lyrics/vocals mimic spoken word, but as if adapted from high school poetry. Nope, not for me.
Fuck yes. Couldn't help myself singing along to Psycho Killer.
God damn this is a great album!
Love this record!! High energy, groove, foot tapper!
First time listening to a Talking Heads album fully - chaotic, great fun and a great base layer for future tracks. Psycho Killer is obviously a classic. Look forward to listening to their other albums following this. 9/10
Nothing for me
funny album! a little loud
Good debut album, but still far from maturity.
Bit too unconventional and quirky for me, has the foundation of something of really like but feels too all over the place
a banda ficaria melhor nos discos seguintes, mas essa loucurinha já era uma delícia.
Great bass lines
Couldn't finish it
i want to be like david byrne when i grow up 4-/5
Non male, ha un buon ritmo. Magari lo si prende se ci si capita addosso.
❤️
#600. It's exactly what you'd expect from a Talking Heads album. 1 or 2 good songs accompanied by a lot of weird. 2/5: meh [I wonder if anyone will notice i just copied and pasted this review four times?]
Just not to my taste and I had a hard time connecting to it and enjoying it. Honorable mention to Psycho Killer, no doubt the one song I liked the most.
Talking Heads are one of my favourite bands of all time, so seeing their name was both a relief and a reason for excitment. However, I haven't listened to this record in a while, so this re-visit should be interesting! "Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town" is a a classic, a great happy feel-good song. The chorus is memorable, and David Byrne's performance already sets the stage for what's to come. Lovely! New Feeling is fun and funky. Not much to say other than that I enjoy it. I know Byrne's vocals are not for everybody but I sure like them here. Tentative Decisions is fine. Some good moments, but not a stand-out. The same can be said for Happy Day, although it is better. The chorus is better than the versions, and the ending's the best part. It's easy for Who Is It? to be lost among the pack, but it has always been one of my favourites, for some reason. It's stupidly simple, but the instrumentals are so fun, and it doesn't take itself seriously at all, so I love it. No Compassion changes things up mood-wise, and I love it, specifically when these guitar riffs start appearing after Byrne's end-of-verse-statements. It does feel like there are two different songs here though, one being sandwiched between the other two, and I do prefer that middle part. Book I Read is another highlight, as it seems to capture the moment of connection you feel when someone shares an interest with you. Again, this is just a feel-good funky song (I dare you to drink a shot every time I say a variation of the word funk). The hook's great. The verses are great. That bridge is expecially and finale are great. Just great all around. Don't Worry About The Government is so great, but I kinda hate the "loooveeed ones, loooveeed ones, visit the building" part. I don't know. I hate start, maybe not the whole thing. But then the song returns to those great verses and I fall in love again. Yeyyy First Week / Last Week... Carefree is a less weird but still weird enough, very catchy song. Psycho Killer... wha to say. One of those songs that's been in my life as long as I can remember. I specifically remember singing the "fa fa fa fa" part with my uncle. So, I've been prepared to like David Byrne's adlibs since a kid. But besides personal attachment, this is just a banger. It's Byrne's over the top performance mixed with some great instrumentals, which result in the band's most famous song. Great stuff. Pulled-Up is a great closer because, besides being a good song, it includes one of the best executions of the "yey I'm happy" feeling that is present is every track here. Again, the delivery adds so much to it, but the base is good on its own. Nice message too, hurray for friendship! So yeah. I loved this. There were some tracks that didn't leave as much of a mark, and the band would go on to do some (even) better music, but this was one hell of a start! Not much else to say, I'm gonna go have a lovely time dancing alone in my room to Talking Heads. Bye!
"Talking Heads: 77'" is the debut album by American rock band Talking Heads. New wave, art rock and art punk are the Wiki-listed genres. OK, that sounds about right at this stage. The band was courted by different labels for a few years before they settled on Sire. The bandmembers included David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drum, steel pan), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Jerry Harrison (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Byrne, Frantz and Weymouth met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design where they formed a band. They eventually moved to NYC with their first gig at the famous CGCB club opening for the Ramones. This debut was very well received and, commercially, reached #60 in the UK and #97 in the US. The first single "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" opens the album. A happy-sounding song. Anchored by a funky bass and drums. An easy guitar and a Caribbean-like keyboards at the breaks. Byrne is doing crazy things for love. A groovy guitar intro to "New Feeling." Slippery guitar guitar slashes. Another song with a bit of a funk edge. The famous creepy bass and drums begin their big one from this album "Psycho Killer." Jingly, angular guitar slashes. The narrator is tense and nervous and he can't relax. Serial killer Son of Sam was going on around this time. Also, Tina Weymouth knew French and supplied the French lyrics. A frenetic ending as the the song builds throughout. The closer "Pulled Up" cranks up the beat a bit. Kind of a herky-jerky vibe to this. Byrne ups the intensity. What who pulled him up. Family? A friend? Cocaine? Some things are better left a mystery. This album has always been quirky and happy-sounding to me. The nervous, jingly, anxious guitar. The bass/drums really anchor the songs and give some songs an element of funk. I don't know if I've heard that so specifically before. The vocals/lyrics are catchy, obscure and playful. You definitely can hear originality and hints of where they may go. Is it their best album? No, I would say any one of their next three albums. But, it is a very good album and still a decent listen.
Like kje Talking Heads, syns Psycho Killer e irriterande
Great debut album. It does miss the more detailed Brian Eno production of the band's following three albums, but the songs are there. Very inventive melodies and hooks, funky rhythms, even if a still a little shy at this point. Definitely stands out among its peers. Key tracks: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town Tentative Decisions The Book I Read Psycho Killer Pulled Up
This really seems like the kind of album I would like. '77-era punk. NYC art-school nonsense. The playing is just so stupid, and even at this early stage David Byrne is insufferable.
Fun, quick, perfection. This is how you album
Lekkere dansmuziek I guess, voor de tijd, maar nee, niet voor mij
Psycho Killer is iconic, but the rest of the album was disappointing 70s rock.
hell yh
Had no idea psycho killer was from the 70s. The rest is ok, but doesn't go as hard. 3* Highlights: psycho killer, pulled up
Good stuff
Not bad
Once more the music is fine but christ why get a monkey to be the frontman
Leuke muziek. Lekker voor op de achtergrond.
Definitely not my favourite album. In fact a day later the only song that has any resonance is Psycho Killer.
I only knew Psycho Killer beforehand and honestly listening to this album gave me a lot of context into their music style. It was cool to understand, but I didn’t particularly like it.
Oh, so annoying and sometimes freaky. I love Psycho Killer, though…
Didnt like it at all
It's Talking Heads. Great album. Great songs!
Here comes the intellectual department of CBGBs with a quirky debut collection. At this stage the keynote is eccentricity and thoughtful simplicity, without the cloying pretentiousness which marred much of their later output. That said there’s no lack of ambition either lyrically or musically, where amidst the lo-fi feel I detect something of Tom Verlaine’s Television. Psycho Killer was the breakthrough single and a live favourite. It’s off kilter dynamic is perfectly judged. Don’t Worry About The Government is a great number. I’ve always been fond of the song Pulled Up, but then I was in a band that covered it, so…
i just don't like em
Generally enjoyable, but I think I like the adaptations they make to their later music better
It's probably a coincidence but getting a Talking Heads album right after reviewing Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth's band is really something. I'm already somewhat familiar with this record but I haven't heard it in five years. What I hear all these years later is a band that has something special and is slowly figuring out what it is. There's some good points and not so noteworthy points on this album, but overall they can play. The real good songs on this album are just that: really good. The opener, New Feeling, No Compassion and of course Psycho Killer are all great. It's an extremely solid debut album that pales slightly in comparison to the more ambitious works found on their subsequent music. However, it's a promising start by a band that is finding its way. When you have a song like Psycho Killer on your first record, you have something special. A fine end to the week. 7/10 (4/5 on this scale)
The Talking Heads never really clicked for me. That remains true but less so. Can't say what it was this time around. Ask me how I feel about them again in 5 years. I might be a talking head talking Talking Heads. 8/10
Should have renamed their band to the 'Talking Asses' judging by the sheer amount of incoherent, infantile lyrics. I feel like the singer is singing at me like I'm a toddler in kindergarten. It's a damn shame because the instrumentals are good, funky even, but if I have to hear this guy do one more na na na na~ or Oh Oh OH~...
The instrumentals sound like those songs characters in sitcoms come up with when they claim they play in a band but are clearly terrible. It's not just the voice, the entire thing sounds sedated. Maybe that was the general mood back then? Nah, someone should have been sober enough to stop this stuff.
More Talking Heads. Good album.
Loved this album low-key. Good music good vibes, what’s not to love? 4 stars
I gotta say, Talking Heads is consistently the band that continually shocks me the most the age they were making music. Their music just never sounds dated and I think will always stand the test of time. They just made good stuff that’s remained good. And this album is no different, even despite being literally named 77 and being from 1977, it sure defies every expectation it sets for itself.
Фоном звучит нормально, не раздражает. Большего, увы, сказать не могу. 6 из 10.
It’s been a long time since I listened to this album - usually I reach for Remain in Light or Fear of Music first as far as Heads albums go. But this was. Great snapshot of their early years.
Pretty decent stuff. Not a huge Heads fan, but this is a solid album
Absolute ripper of a debut album.
This is so really good album. Many of the songs that I heard for the first time were great!
Not their best.
I just don't care for Talking Heads. I don't get it.
too much cacophony
A good listen enjoyed a lot of these tunes I generally skip over.
Very repetitive but it wasn’t bad. I liked most of it, was a decent punk vibe. Interesting singing voice/tone, both liked and disliked it.
I feel like I would like it more if the singer didn’t sound like he was busting a nut every two seconds. It’s just all really weird and bizarre sounding. The iconic psycho killer is good though but I feel like it lacks depth to be something I would want to listen to more. It’s just catchy.
Solid debut album, not much else to say honestly. Though psycho killer makes me wanna watch American psycho and snort cocaine
Sånn irriterende kul 70-tallsmusikk
Qu'est-ce que c'est? C'est génial
Omfg outrageously good
Psycho Killer the obvious standout, Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town an excellent tone setter for a pretty good and fun album. No Compassion also a standout.
Great Friday vibes
The heads aren't just all talk
Not really my taste
another rock album where the main song I heard about was in the rock band library. Idk nothing jumped out at me as amazing. Kinda your typical 70s rock. Put it on a couple times but found myself walking out of the room where the music was without pausing. Not the best not the worst. Bog standard as it was.
3.5, not my fav talking heads album
Andra albumet med Talking heads. Gillar soundet, det är en liten 80-tal utan för mycket..men också glada, pigga melodier. Det kanske inte blir övertygande 4:a men med psycho killer så trillar det över. Sen är nog bästa låten på Spotifyversionen "love-building on fire" men den är egentligen inte med på detta album.
Bra skiva, även om jag tyckte att Remain in the light var snäppet bättre. Hade önskat någon eller ett par låtar till i klass med Psycho killer, men trots det så gillar jag verkligen både deras sound och sång överlag. En lite svagare fyra blir det.
Never disappointed by Talking Heads.
Brilliant. Autism meets punk meets funk. Zero notes, an absolute classic for a reason.
Tentative Decisions is pretty good, the first couple of tracks were super corny. Happy Day was ok and I did like No Compassion. Don't worry the government I've heard before and enjoyed, along with Love Building on Fire. First Week and Pulled Up are kind of catchy. I do like the groove of Sugar On My Tongue. This is kind of hot and cold, jumping between corny and pretty good so far for me. I do love Psycho Killer track and know that one really well. I think I'm between a 2 and 3 on this album.
The rhythm section is on fire and doing lots of really interesting things. The songs themselves are largely unmemorable. Really the only exception is Psycho Killer, which is the only song most everyone knows from this album. Going with 2 stars. Would be 1 star, but the rhythm section had some really cool things going, so I'm giving them an extra star.
I loved this album. Have been a fan of theirs, but never gave this one a listen as I assumed it all sounded like Psycho Killer and was more minimalist than other albums of theirs. I was wrong and there was an interesting mix of sounds and styles.
You talkin' to me? Många Talking Heads plattor blir det.
If I had to name the quintessential example of the New York alternative new wave scene, it would be Talking Heads. While other iconic artists emerged from the CBGB era—like Television, Blondie, Ramones, and Patti Smith—for me, David Byrne is the cornerstone (right after the PSG). Talking Heads: 77 isn’t their best album (I usually go with Remain in Light or Fear of Music, depending on my mood), but it stands out as their rawest—aside from The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, which perfectly captures their early sound—and probably their most distinctly “new wave.” And that means something. Oh—and I can’t forget one of my favorite tracks: “Psycho Killer.”
Talking Heads are our official family band. A common interest which formed a bond with a new girlfriend who eventually became my wife. She even incorporated some of Byrne's lyrics into her vows. They aren't the reason we got married.....I like to think I had a little bit to do with that. However, that is how we get to "official" status. 77 is a great pick. I hope there are more albums on this list as they never released anything less than amazing. I would love if the stars would align to allow a reunion tour, but that is likely never going to happen. While we wait for the impossible, we have 77.