More Songs About Buildings and Food

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

More Songs About Buildings and Food · This second Talking Heads album was released on 14 July 1978 on Sire Records. It was the first of three consecutive albums produced by Brian Eno. The band became noticeably more danceable on it: singer David Byrne's idiosyncratic delivery was given more support by the rhythm of bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz. For the cover the band made a mosaic of 529 close-ups of Polaroid photographs, and the back shows a satellite photograph of the United States.

The only single was an adaptation of Al Green's Take Me to the River, the band's first song in the American top thirty. The critic Robert Christgau praised the tension between Byrne's compulsive outbursts and the supple rhythmic foundation. The album made the band a group that critics widely admired, and it ranked in NME's top four of 1978.

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Track list

1. 1Thank You for Sending Me an Angel2:12Apple Music ↗
2. 2With Our Love3:31Apple Music ↗
3. 3The Good Thing3:04Apple Music ↗
4. 4Warning Sign3:55Apple Music ↗
5. 5The Girls Want to Be With the Girls2:38Apple Music ↗
6. 6Found a Job4:59Apple Music ↗
7. 7Artists Only3:36Apple Music ↗
8. 8I'm Not In Love4:35Apple Music ↗
9. 9Stay Hungry2:41Apple Music ↗
10. 10Take Me to the River5:04Apple Music ↗
11. 11The Big Country5:32Apple Music ↗

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