Released on September 1984 "Stop Making Sense" was a live album to accompanied the epic concert film of the same name byhe Americ tan indie rock band Talking Heads, it features nine tracks from the film, albeit with treatment and editing. The album spent over two years on the Billboard 200 chart. It was their first album to be distributed by EMI outside North America.
The concert film was recorded during December 13-16, 1983 by director Jonathan Demme, and practically since its release,
purists have found Stop Making Sense slickly mixed and, worse yet,
incomprehensive, basically because the nine tracks included jumble and truncate the
natural progression of frontman David Byrne's meticulously arranged stage show.
The lead singer Byrne
is in fine voice here: Never before had he sounded warmer or more
approachable, as evidenced by his soaring rendition of "Once in a
Lifetime." Though almost half the album focuses on Speaking in Tongues material, the band makes room for one of Byrne's
Catherine Wheel tunes the hard-driving, elliptical "What a Day That
Was" as well as up-tempo versions of "Pyscho Killer" and "Take Me to
the River." If anything, Stop Making Sense's emphasis on keyboards and
rhythm is its greatest asset, making the album a fantastic choice for a generation that may have missed the band's
seminal '70s work, so Stop Making Sense proves to be an excellent prime album.
The album was a highlight on bands career, ranked as one of the best records of all time and of the 1980s, something like a perfectly measured snapshot of a widely loved and respected band
playing at the height of their powers in a time in which no other band could do this and no other music movie soundtrack sounds this good.
Stop Making Sense Track List:
1. Psycho Killer
2. Swamp
3. Slippery People
4. Burning Down The House
5. Girlfriend Is Better
6. Once In A Lifetime
7. What A Day That Was
8. Life During Wartime
9. Take Me To The River
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