Talking Heads 77

This is a really strong debut album. I like but don't love Talking Heads. I think they're a really talented band and have a really unique sound but I tend to gravitate more towards their hits and have never really loved them enough to dig into their deeper cuts. I knew a lot of the tracks on this album, which has a particularly solid second half. Much like Talking Heads as a whole, I really like but don't love this album. It does a great job of setting the table for what to expect from the band going forward. Standout Tracks: New Feeling, Happy Day, Don't Worry About The Government, First Week / Last Week..... Carefree, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up

It took a couple of plays to get into it, but I really like this album. The usual dsrk familiar anxiety-driven themes. Good stuff.

It was interesting to take an American take on punk. I love the whimsical lyrics and delivery, but the album is not particularly varied or exciting musically.

This was the first Talking Heads album I listened to from start to finish. I liked it. Good bass lines interesting lyrics. "No Compassion" layered song with interesting time signature. I didn't enjoy "Don't Worry About the Government". Actually, tail end of the album sort of loses it for me. Although Psycho Killer is good.

I really want to like the talking heads, but I still haven’t totally come around to them. This album is definitely solid though I still struggle with David byrne’s whimper shouts

heel leuk, vroeg me af waarom ik nog nooit eerder naar het volledige album had geluisterd?? leuke baslijntjes

Best nice!

Great debut, lots of fun ideas and sound play on here that would get better with Fear of Music and Remain in Light.

As soon as the first song started I was immediately fully engaged with the album. I knew it was gonna be a good one. And it was. Perhaps not quite as consistent as I originally thought it was going to be, but the album has great standout tracks that serve as an excellent introduction to the band. Fantastic riffs and unique vocals, after listening to this album twice I know I will be delving deeper into Talking Heads discography in the future. FAVORITE SONGS: - Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - New Feeling - Don't Worry About the Government - Psycho Killer 4.25/5

Music from the future, even to this day

Must have been an incredible improvement at the time. Still great today.

Really important album in the music history. Love the band, nice album.

From all that I know of Talking Heads, it's always good and different. It's an incredible first album for this innovative formation and the best was yet to come.

You had the Ramones for Punk in ‘76 and the Talking Heads for New Wave in ‘77. Both playing on the same stage at CBGBs. That’s some cool history. An even better way to hear these songs is on the live album “The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.”

Really strong debut with many standout songs. It’s pretty amazing how fully formed the sound and sensibility is (giving credit to what was related in reading about the making of the album, that the band put off going into the studio for quite a while after interest in recording them began, due in part to feeling they weren’t yet ready).

David Byrne är konstig och Tina Weymouth spelar bas bra vad annat behöver man

Sidner core dvs bangers

Very forward-thinking, setting the stage for the indie rockers and unconvential frontmen of the future. Also great music, like the shifting “No Compassion” and fantastic closer “Pulled Up”

Psyhco Album!

musica bella e originale, da riascoltare almeno una seconda volta. vorrei dare 4.5

Love the disco feel on this, quite easy to listen to and difficult to move a part of your body while listening to this

I quite enjoyed this début album. A good quirky listen; just how I like my Talking Heads.

I recall a time in my life when I didn't really care for music from Talking Heads. I outgrew that dislike and have come to appreciate a variety of works from this band. This album is no exception. I liked what I was hearing musically. It was kind of unusual and interesting.

Fun and interesting.

Crazy that this is their debut album it's good and shows potential for the future. The driving beat makes it impossible to stay still. Psycho Killer an all time classic and Don't worry about the Government, such a weird song, I mean who made songs like that in 1977. The Talking Heads of course

Bosh

Paranoid but pretty - Talking Heads started something special with this prescient record.

¡Magnífico! Este álbum no es post-punk, es de la misma época y, a mi entender, antes nada había sonado parecido a Talking Heads.

Fun stuff

Yes -this is sufficiently different to most everything else around at the time. Although I can't say I love it, I do love a couple of the tracks here, and I definitely appreciate the craftmanship of both the songwriting, the instrumentals and the production. Saying that - Psycho Killer is genuinely an exceptional track so that has to be taken into account.

kitarointia, joka ei ärsytä. tarttuvia biisejä toisensa perään, jäävät kyllä vähän toistensa varjoon eli menevät massaksi, koska soundi on aika sana. välillä vähän 70-luvun suomi-iskelmä-laulu, huvittaa.

One of the shining lights of the late 70s punk and new wave scene at CBGB, Talking Heads are scrappy, jittery, and unlike most anything America had heard before. The darkness of the lyrics constraint beautifully with the chirping guitar.

Now this is new-wave I can get behind! I really did not get Talking Heads in my younger days. Now I find myself enjoying them more and more with each re-visit. Their debut is rough around the edges, but very much points forward towards material yet to come. 'No Compassion' slaps hard, and 'Don't Worry About the Government' is so good and gives Byrne an excuse to flex his musicianship. Finally, 'Pulled Up' is a nice closer, but 'Psycho Killer' definitely steals the show. "Say something once, why say it again?"

Dragged on and was boring at parts. Often seemed to lack direction. Highlights were the lyricism in weighed down (the prison song) and bass in shorter, more inviting songs like

Start of a great run of albums, not my favourite but worth a start. New wavey groove art rock.

A very cool mid-80s sound coming in a few years early. Intersesting and edgy, without feeling quite like a major hallmark. Still bonus points based on all the goodness to come, best signalled by the steel drums rather subtly slotted into the opener.

A trip back to the midish 70's.

Good album they would hit the creative stride in later but some good stuff on here, Uh-oh, Pulled up and of course Psycho Killer.

The albums I like best on this list are the ones that are like nothing that have been heard before. This counts. Although the songs are a little bit repetitive within the record, this was a new direction.

This is a good album with an amazing single. Psycho killer isn't just my favorite Talking Heads song, it's one of my favorite songs ever.

I started listening before reading up on the album and thought like it sounded like pretty solid Talking Heads, very much their typical sound. I like Talking Heads well enough and am enjoying the album. I'd say 3.5 stars except now that I've clicked through to realize that this is their debut, wow! Apparently they sprung to life fully formed and confident in their sound. Psycho Killer is iconic and all the more amazing for being part of their initial offering. Definitely rounding up on this one.

wonderful listen, just felt like it dragged on too much for me to give it a 5, i got tired of it.

Great vibes. Love this style of rock.

Bit of an odd one, I was kind of expecting to be disappointed but was surprised how much I enjoyed it. It’s very cool to like Talking Heads and when I’ve listened to albums in the past been a little underwhelmed. This was a quirky, perky, punky, funky, reggae party. It got a little too quirky at times to the point of getting on my tits but all in all good fun. Not quite as cool as the hype might lead you to believe but a decent 4.

pretty gewd

Really enjoy the Talking Heads, great sound and energy

Like it

HL: Tentative Decisions, Psycho Killer, The Book I Read Relief that Psycho Killer isn’t the best song on this album; good for a debut; Talking Heads are a band I haven’t paid much attention to before this year, so better late than never. September 9, 2022

Ei bändin paras levy, mutta breikkauslevy silti. Ennenmän tykkään niistä myöhemmistä kunnon jorauslevyistä, mutta kyllä tääkin nelosen saa! 4/5

Talking Heads on kyllä just se bändi, josta aina nauttii mut silti kuuntelee tosi harvoin. Täl levyl alku on timanttia, mut vähän epätasainen jälkipuolisko.

Hyvä bändihän tämä on. Tykkään ehkä vähän enemmän myöhemmistä levyistä, mutta ansaitsee tämäkin 4/5.

Nice, simple, rock n roll

Love the sound and general weirdness of it. For a 5 star rating it would've needed a few more outstanding songs like Psycho Killer.

pretty good. Groovy

Early, quirky Talking Heads before the celebrated Afro disco and Eno albums. Interesting and unusual, but still good indie guitar pop without any shouty, punk.

Boring. Не сказать, что совсем проходной (для меня 🤓), в нем есть что-то определенно интересное, но как-то этого мало. Твердая 4. Мотивы, вот, прикольные, штуки всякие экспериментальные в музыке — тоже здорово Скорее, 3,5

content wise, david byrne is on fire. I really like him as a lyricist. his songs can be funny, subversive, and powerful. I don't always love the songs themselves but for some reason as a person that doesn't really pay attention to lyrics that much that's what makes this 4 stars for me. This man annunciates. that helps.

Ah dear old David Byrne and Co.... probably one of the best debut albums ever here. Just classic post punk art rock. Great tunes and super delivery from David. "Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town" "Tentative Decisions" "First Week, Last Week....Carefree" and of course the classic "Psycho Killer" are my favourites. Rightfully on the list, top stuff.

Yeah fantastic

Hadn't heard this whole album before. Some of these tunes I thought were from later albums and not their debut. I really enjoyed it, it was less quirky than I was expecting and way more polished.

Amazing album. Different from what I usually listen to. Very groovy, very funky. Insane/fun beats. I love it. “Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town” is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard.

Some good stuff. Kind of all sounds the same though!

Was hopeful after seeing that Psycho Killer is on this album, but a bit disappointed that none of the other songs are as memorable.

Magnificent, and it just gets better with every listen.

77. 1977 was a fantastic year for the rise of New Year. Among Devo and Elvis Costello stood a CGBG art punk band called Talking Heads, characterized by lunatic vocals by David Byrne, a voice like no other, and repetitive poetic lyrics on themes of the psychology of an outspoken paranoid social outcast. I also love that Caribbean sound. Is that just the guitar and steel pan? If not for their later albums, people would regard this album much higher. There's no Eno touch, and they haven't quite found their sound yet. But it's raw and full of creative ideas. "Uh Oh Love Comes to Town" starts off sounding like a reaction to disco. "Happy Day" is a beautiful underrated song acts as a sign of their Little Creatures sound. "No Compassion" sees one of my favorite punk techniques: a fakeout of the song ending followed by a re-do. Personally, I quite enjoyed nearly all the tracks. At least something cool and unusual stuck out to me from every track. And sure, some of the tracks are forgettable, but those cool moments stick. Plus, how could you say no to a commie album cover?

Still as good as it ever was.

Had only heard Psycho Killer. This was great! Need to go down a Talking Heads rabbit hole...

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

FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FAR

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"

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.

“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

Good, not the best Talking Heads album though.

LP

I'm very intrigued. This is a kooky album

I really love this, it's quirky and unconventional and a sign of how music was about to change.

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.

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.

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.

Good

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

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!

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

Love how this album opens - one of my favorite talking heads albums

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.

vaguely absurdist soft touch rock with lots of... spiciness? funkiness? a good fever dream

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!

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.

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

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 liked the vibe and the beats of the songs. I could listen to more of it. not my favorite, but still pretty good.

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.

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.

Great record, Psycho Killer is an all-time fave

Psycho killer bop

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

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).

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.

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

Only 4 stars because they made even better albums later

Rock new wave un tanto monótono. Un megahit.

One of the classic debut albums

Classic.

"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.

Muy buen disco. Psychokiller excelente

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.

77

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

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

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.

I'd say a good ole classic talking heads album, take my 4 stars!

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

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"

Bumping.

3.5

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!

I like the Talking Heads, but only in small doses. It does have Psycho Killer, so that’s a plus.

Enjoyed it

Cool album

Not as wild and interesting as some of their later stuff but still a very good record and a great debut

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.

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.

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

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!

Ganska bra! Psychokiller är mmm bra

Groundbreaking.

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. 

Goooood stuff

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

⭐⭐⭐⭐

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

Great

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

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.

Tip top stuff! Much better than the other Talking Heads album so far encountered. Their best album? I should say so!

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

4 wegen Psycho Killer

4.2 *

The first and last songs are great! Everything else is just okay. I guess it's enough to earn 4 stars.

J'ai trouvé que malgré le fait que l'album date de 77, ça ne sonnait pas ''vieux''. En fait je pense que plusieurs groupes contemporains se sont probablement inspiré de leur style. Pour ce qui est de l'album, j'ai trouvé la première moitiée plutôt ordinaire, mais la seconde est excellente. Je dirais qu'à partir de Psycho Killer, c'est assez solide. Mon hit: Sugar on my tongue

Loved the funkiness of the melodies. Whether it was the vocal line or the guitar line, there was always something fun happening.

Wasn't sure at first, but warmed up to it by the end. 4*

Después de la desilusión de Teardrop Explodes toca ahora sí una banda verdaderamente sobresaliente en New Wave, incluso adelantada para el mismo género y que llegaría a la cima del mismo. Con un dejo de sonido y ritmo punk inmediatamente se muestra la capacidad de mezclar distintos géneros y estilos; desde la primera canción se siente la capacidad que tienen de infundir con una enorme energía cada una de las canciones. Entre sonidos de punk, disco, funk y coros pegajosos con letras disonantes se sienten como un rechazo a la idea del rock macho de hombre, se muestran mucho más abiertos, conectados y desinhibidos, lo que les lleva a ser mucho más no conformistas, rebeldes y honestos que la misma música punk de la que salieron (haciendo incluso en comparación que el "punk de verdad" se sienta un poco ridículo). Desde este debut se ve claro que no serían la banda típica. Salidos directo de CBGB's se empiezan a separar artísticamente del género que los junto de inicio. Serán una banda con dejos de punk pero una pasión por el R&B, una innegable capacidad de llevar un sonido único y letras inesperadas para la música que las acompaña. Creo las dos canciones que reflejan mejor a la banda del disco serían Psycho Killer, fácilmente la canción más conocida de ellos y Pulled Up por otro lado cierra el disco de manera increíble mezclando pop, punk y sonidos tipo motown en una combinación que sería la firma de la banda de ahí en adelante. Es un disco que todavía hoy en día se oye fresco e innovador y pocas bandas pueden sentirse tan radicales y mainstream al mismo tiempo.

Amazing album. 8-9/10 1. Pulled Up 2. Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town 3. Psycho Killer

Anything by the Talking Heads is always a good time. A solid debut album.

i really enjoyed this album. it was very funky

This has everything. Steel drums. Great guitar riffs. Top hot of the Talking Heads. Great 1st album.

Really funky, my favorite talking heads album I’ve heard

I listened four times through. Really great.

Optimistic, nice to listen to

Todo el disco tiene onda, no serán los pioneros en el new wave pero si creo que unos de los mejores. Se distingue cada uno de los instrumentos perfectamente en cada rola y no pareciera que es de finales de los 70's

Not as good as Remain in Light, but still absolutely banging. A lot of fun, but I prefer the later stuff when they had found their stride more. Enjoyably wonky, has no doubt influenced the way I look at music.

Very nice record, I liked the guitars a lot

Fun

Very cool album, keeps it interesting Gotta love psycho killer

Psyhco Album!

Really into this! I already knew Psycho Killer was great, but the rest is really catchy rock as well. Kind of whimsical too.

I mean psycho killer, that alone gives this 3

I love talking heads. I remember back in elementary school the middle school teacher asked everyone who their favorite artist was, everyone was saying Queen, I was proud to be the only one who said Talking Heads. Talking Heads 77 isn’t my favorite album by then though.

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Wasn’t the best talking heads album but psycho killer is a great song

Great record!

Great

Feel like I’m going to have heard their entire discography by the time we’re done here. I’m not complaining though

favourites: love>building on fire, uh oh love comes to town, new feeling, psycho killer

banger

Je n'ai aimé que les titres que je connaissais déjà, c'est mon côté conservateur

Some alright melodies and proper old school music that I like. I do not rate the singer, and with a different singer and a slight melody alter would massively boost the songs. This therefore makes it 3 stars

Good debut signalling the bangers we have to come from the band. Solid but didnt blow me away.

I couldn't possible doubt that this album is super interesting & experimental - the tracks keep you guessing and have a real energy to them. As enjoyable as parts of the album was though, I can't get on board with David Byrne’s vocal style, and the jaunty tracks do get old after a while. Psycho Killer is an obvious killer track, but other than this there wasn't a standout moment to shout about - alot of tracks blur together and lose a bit of their impact for me.

3/5

Är ganska bra, men jag har svårt för sångaren röst efter typ två låtar vilket drar ner betyget.

Highlights: The Book I Read, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up. It's a good debut, for sure. Fantastic closer (Pulled Up). But Talking Heads get better with each album. If I were to sacrifice an album for their magnum opus- Stop Making Sense- it would be this one. Overall: 5/10

Was pretty repetitive

Talking Heads is one of those bands I've heard a lot about but never listened to. I expected a rock band, but instead the music is infectious: groovy, funky, danceable, and with doses of psychedelia. The lyrics are not so much sung as spoken in a shout, and they're witty. It's quite unique, no wonder it seems to be popular. I liked that I got the debut instead of something later. My personal favorite song was "No Compassion", because it has more of the darker elements I like in songs.

I feel like I would have ranked this higher if it was the first Talking Heads album I reviewed, but at this point I am sort of getting use to their schtick and it isn't as exciting to me now as it was the first few times. It's still a pretty solid schtick though, so it wasn't a bad listen.

debut of the heads sounds like a demo in some ways. recording is a bit rough, in a way that im not sure adds to the charm...but the way they dip their toes in and are finding that talking heads sound makes up for it. No compassion is a suprising post rock guitar driven track with some sliiiiide that I much appreciated. album cover is red. font is green. brave color combo.

Pretty cool

Sounds and seems like a very 80s album, so I was surprised that 77 stood for the year this album was released. I can see why so many people hold Talking Heads in high regard, and this album is clearly at the forefront of new wave music. David Byrne's twitchy, anxious vocals give the tracks a unique edge, especially on standout songs like Psycho Killer. Even with its minimalist art-punk style, it set a huge benchmark for what was to come. 6/10

Great rhythm. The nervous singing takes a little getting used to though.

3.5

Obviously Psycho Killer is cool, but the rest didn’t blow me away. Still, not a bad start for this legendary band.

No strong feelings.

Un muy buen álbum, bastante destacado, pero no cambia nada. Personalmente destaca lo inclita de una de sus canciones. 5/10

Sort of feels there's a lot of filler in this one, but some decent grooves as well

Entretenido

7/10

i wish i liked this one beyond Psycho Killer. I mean, their music is unique, and you can easily identify it. But it felt like background sounds to me, mostly.

There are better Talking Heads albums in my opinion.

There’s peeks into the brilliant weirdness of Talking Heads to come, but even Psycho Killer doesn’t quite reach to the heights of their best.

I’m unfamiliar with the Talking Heads outside of a few songs I like so I thought I might like this album. Unfortunately, I do not. It does have likable qualities, however, thus I can’t bring myself to rate it lower than 3.

5 - AVERAGE

Psycho Killer is an absolute banger. I also really liked Don’t Worry About the Government.

Yet another of those famour records where I don't share the common enthusiasm.

Album #152 - Talking Heads: 77 Genre (W): New wave, art rock, art punk Singles: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, Psycho Killer, New Feeling, First Week/Last Week…Carefree, Pulled Up I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: This is a decent album, while some songs are forgettable, the ones that aren’t make up for them for being so irresistably groovy. Favorite tracks: New Feeling, Tentative Decisions, No Compassion, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up

Like so many albums on this list, this has some great songs, but also some absolutely unlistenable duds.

Obviously this belongs on this list. For me it sounds fresh after almost 50 years. But I think I’m in a similar boat here to the one I’m in with The Blue Nile: I like the idea of the album more than I do actually listening to it. It’s probably a bit too cool for me when it comes down to it. Too art house and funky. But I’m glad I listened to it.

It should be rated better than this. But the annoying moments piss me off too much to rate this highly.

This is a hard one to rate. I did find most of this album really enjoyable with a few standouts but I did feel like something was missing considering the reputation Talking Heads have. In between a 3 and a 4 for me

Talking Heads finding their footing

Love the unique voice and rhythm of the Talking Heads but this album lacked the blend that made other albums great. Faves were: Psycho Killer and Who Is It.

I always thought that i didn't really like Talking Heads, but I enjoyed this album. Not sure it is one I would spin a lot, but it is nice to have on while i am working.

Compared to Remain in Light and even the 2nd album, I don't find as much to like here although the seeds of the classic Talking Heads sound is still there. While Psycho Killer is an all timer, a lot of the other songs didn't quite stand out for me. No Compassion is probably "best of the rest" and I enjoyed the lyrics on "Don't Worry About the Government" too. A decent debut to be sure but not at the levels of what they would do later.

psycho killer goat, the rest are just ok

Interesting album

This is a good from a really good. I like. Will listen more

this is my 500th rating entry. I always write at least a small comment for every album. this seems like an appropriate place for a reminder that all of my album comments - even reviews for things like ella fitzgerald sings the gershwin songbook - are intended to be read in the david byrne talking heads voice.

Probably the weakest TH album, but that's not a criticism. It only goes up from here...

While everyone else is outside having fun listening to Dolly Parton (I can't since i have already done all her albums prior to this event day and i haven't made it to the user list so i can't do that one either) I have to stay inside and listen to Talking Heads 77. Jokes aside, this album is a pretty decent one. This is the only Talking Heads album on the list that was not produced by Brian Eno but i can say that the producers here did a solid job making an album from 1977 feel like a typical 80s album. I feel like some of the vocals did get a bit annoying but i don't think they were the worst thing. I think that this album is alright, just not all that special. Best Song: Psycho Killer Worst Song: Who Is It? Side note: Time for the rankings of all the Talking Heads albums on the list: 1. More Songs About Buildings And Food 2. Remain In Light 3. Talking Heads 77 4. Fear Of Music

This album is new to me, but I really enjoy David Byrne's artistic sensibilities. This is no exception. Will happily throw this album on again, though I don't know if it is the best Talking Heads album. Psycho Killer crushes, but I feel one of their other albums would make for a more satisfying complete package and my stance on multiple albums by a single band on this list is well documented (even for bands I enjoy).

Typical TH. Great music until David starts to get on your nerves.

All-around a good time that shines even beyond Psychokiller

Ek het rerig gedink ek sal meer van dit hou maar damn die was nie baie lekker nie

Eh, psycho killer slaps but outside of that there wasn’t very much on here that impressed me, and a few songs were a bit irritating tbh (happy day) 2.5

It was fine.

Easily Talking Heads worst album that I’ve listened to. I really liked the songs about Buildings, I hope they’ll do more of that…

Definitely some bangers on here, it's wild that this is a debut!

I love Pscho Killer, but I don't much like the rest of this album. Good to hear it, though, even if it just confirms that I'm not a fan of Talking Heads.

The album is fine. Going into it with high expectations since Psycho Killer is already on all of my playlists set me up for disappointment, though. I was expecting something a bit more unique, but this was just average. Favorite Track: Psycho Killer

Rock, New Wave, 1977 -> 3

Absolutely brilliant, full stop; unique, authentic, engaging, expansive. To think they came up with this sound when the world was listening to the Bee Gees and Led Zeppelin. (And bonus points for delivering 11 tracks in under 40 minutes. Concision is seriously underrated.) Sadly, David Byrne makes me anxious; like, seriously anxious. It’s like a designer you adore always adds to every piece the one color that happens to trigger your seizures. Ultimately, no matter how impressed I am by the work, listening is not a pleasant experience.

Psycho killer is a classic, the rest, not so.

Not a fan of the nose (nasal sound). Classic 70s type beat though they be screaming and creaming (no cookie)

i was baking and my hands were dirty so i couldn't change the music and i listened to this several times over. i think i liked it. but it's hard to tell because i couldn't change the music

Continua soando inventivo. Grande banda.

Aldri vært noen stor fan av denne typen post punk/ new wave. Er ikke fælt, men tar meg selv i å kjede meg rett og slett. Skikkelig midt på treet.

This is the third Talking Heads album I've had on this project. I think the Talking Heads have some great stuff and have definitely been a very influential band over their career, but it seems like a lot of albums from one band when I'm just a little over 200 albums into this. And maybe the relevance is that this is their debut album, but I don't think it's my favorite. The big hit on the album is "Psycho Killer", which is one of their best songs in my opinion. But I think the rest of the album is just ok. They are always fun and unique. I love how they knew who they were and what kind of music they wanted to make from the very beginning. Good album that I enjoyed listening to today, but not sure if it belongs on the list.

Fav track: “The book i read”. Obviously “Psycho killer” is also good

I think I’m going to need more time with this album. It is not my kind of music but there were a couple of interesting sounds throughout. I did like (and did know) Psycho Killer, and maybe because of that I also enjoyed the songs that followed as well, the last one.

Talking Heads are the atypical alt pop band from the 70s to 80s. They had some pretty good hits, but unfortunately not many were on the same albums. This album is decent but Pyscho Killer is really the only good song.

Erhhh.. it’s fine. Not the worst. But I don’t see the hype. At all.

Took about half an hour to get to the yard-ya-ya-ya’s, longer than I expected for a Talking Heads album. The most impress Part of this album is the band sticking to their roots as long as they did.

They're unique but not enough in a good way for me to really enjoy them outside of their big hits.

fine

Good listen...nothing much to say

Saiko kilöö

Didn’t love. Good, but not as interesting or polished as later stuff

Again these guys aren't bad and I can see why they're loved it just doesn't catch me 3/5

Definitely out of my comfort zone, really different. Might need a few more listens but its fun!

wow another talking heads album...

A strong debut. I've never totally understood the production on David Byrne's vocals -- he sounds a bit like he's in a small box. It doesn't ruin the vibe or make him unintelligible, it's just kind of weird in a way that doesn't add anything (unlike their varied musical influences or Tina Weymouth picking up the bass just to play in this band). This is good and shows the promise of the band immediately. It's still not up to the standard of their later work for me ('Psycho Killer' excepted). 3.5/5; we'll see how I round that in the morning.

2,5/5

For how much I enjoy the Talking Heads albums that follow this one, I have to say I was a little underwhelmed. Not to say this album is bad, and you can hear the early influences that would become staple parts of their future output. But I didn't connect with this album as much as I wanted to. Top tracks: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town; New Feeling; No Compassion

Throughout this journey I’m struggling to remember why I thought I liked Talking Heads… After reflection, Psycho Killer and a handful of singles from their other albums are fun, but I haven’t cared for them otherwise.

For being so eccentric this is surprisingly boring.

There are 2 Talking Head songs that I really like and a whole lot that I find too stressfull and nerve-grating. This album is sitting somewhere in the middle: It's a pleasant listen, but nothing more than that.

Pleasant enough to listen to, but there's nothing here that makes me want to return to it. ★★★

3.5

First listen

é pequeno mas é legalzinho

Such a great album, not their best but outstanding for a debut.

They always make me feel basic because their hits are just so good :'( Highlights: "New Feeling", "First Week/Last Week...Carefree", "Psycho Killer"

Like it 3/5

cool

Starts off a little cheesy. Interested groundbreaking kinda catchy and a little weird as is always the case for the Talking Heads. But also a little annoying and musically. goofy sometimes. Don’t really know how to rate this one. I really do love Pycho Killer… my favorite TH song for sure. I give that song a 5 and the rest of the album 3.5. Rounding down cause I wasn’t in the mood for this today.

No es malo, pero la voz de él me resulta desagradable

psycho killer is great though

My sense after listening to this through the first time was a bit like George Carlin at the end of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure..."They do get better, I promise." The album is fine but their later material connects with me better.

7 / 10

Pretty approachable talking heads. Upbeat, a bit more regular 70s rock? But with some quirks, parts remind me of primus and a little bit of weirder The Beatles in a strange way, namely Who Is It? and parts of Don't Worry About The Government. Favourite tracks: Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town New Feeling First Week/Last Week...Carefree Psycho Killer