Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (New Vinyl) (Limited Edition) (Clear Vinyl)

NEW DOUBLE LP

New sealed copy. 2024 limited edition remastered reissue on crystal clear vinyl. Music From the Film by Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads.

Stop Making Sense is an independently produced 1984 American concert film featuring a live performance by the American rock band Talking Heads. The film was directed by Jonathan Demme and executive produced by Gary Kurfirst, the band’s longtime manager. The film was shot over four nights in December, 1983 at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre while Talking Heads were on tour promoting their 1983 album, Speaking in Tongues. Stop Making Sense includes performances of the early Talking Heads single, "Psycho Killer" (1977), through to their most recent hit at the time, "Burning Down the House" (1983). It also includes songs from the solo career of frontman David Byrne and by Tom Tom Club, the side project of drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth.

The band raised the budget of $1.2 million themselves. The four core members of Talking Heads are joined by the backing singers Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt, the guitarist Alex Weir, the keyboardist Bernie Worrell and the percussionist Steve Scales. Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics to be a classic and one of the greatest concert films of all time. The film is a pioneering example of the use of early digital audio techniques. In 2021, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

TRACKLIST:

A1        Psycho Killer
A2        Heaven
A3        Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
A4        Found A Job
A5        Slippery People
A6        Cities
B1        Burning Down The House
B2        Life During Wartime
B3        Making Flippy Floppy
B4        Swamp
C1        What A Day That Was
C2        This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
C3        Once In A Lifetime
C4        Big Business / I Zimbra
D1        Genius Of Love
D2        Girlfriend Is Better
D3        Take Me To The River
D4        Crosseyed And Painless