The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

Today sees the classic double LP live set The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads released on CD for the first time ever. It's two different live sets - one chronicling the era 1977-1979, the other 1980-1981. The first one is just the original line up while the second set is the 10 person strong band, playing the songs from Fear Of Music & Remain In Light. This includes Adrian Belew on blistering guitar, Busta Jones on bass, Bernie Worrell on keys and Nona Hendryx and Dolette McDonald on vocals. It's fantastic - in fact, I prefer this live set to Stop Making Sense. The best thing about this reissue is that Rhino has added a dozen songs that weren't on the original, including two of my personal all time favorites - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) and Once In A Lifetime. This is the sound of a band at it's creative peak, and they sound amazingly good. Tight and funky and full of cool polyrhythms, art rock never sounded so good!