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 enlarge | Manufacturer: Rhino/Warner Bros.
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 562
Genre: album-oriented-rock-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0
ASIN: B00124BNF4
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Talking Heads Best Songs May 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All of the best of Talking Heads, good cd!!! I hadn't heard some of the songs and love them better than the ones I had heard. Heaven is a great song and so is Road to Nowhere.
very good collection December 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent collection. It's missing 'I, Zimbra', 'The Big Country' and although it wasn't released as a single, I wish it had 'Drugs' on it, but it has all the other hits. This is a great collection for most Talking Heads fans.
CBGB July 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This collection is all a Talking Head fan (except the most devout fan) will ever need. 3/4s of the tunes are great, the rest are still good.
Exceptional best-of set October 9, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Of course you know all these songs, and of course there are many more great cuts deeper on the original albums, but for a single-disc review of a band with over 10 years' worth of releases, this 18-track set is hard to beat. The group went through several striking stylistic changes over its lifetime, but that variation actually helps this disc hold together as an album as well as a set of songs.
This would make a great introduction for a younger fan of the current crop of danceable art rock bands (Of Montreal, The Killers, Decemberists) or a casual fan looking to supplant an old LP collection.
Articulate Collection August 17, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Oddly, a compilation by Talking Heads should come out uneven and disjointed, but this collection is marvelously done. The songs meld well together and provide a sampler that wouldn't prevent anyone from buying their excellent original albums. ('Talking Heads '77,' 'Remain in Light,' and 'Speaking in Tongues' are their crowning achievements artistically, but 'Fear of Music,' 'More Songs About Buildings and Food,' and 'True Stories' demonstrate that they had a great repertoire. (Unlike, 'Sand in the Vaseline,' which is also excellent, but perhaps takes too many gems and doesn't align them as well.)
For the uninitiated, Talking Heads is one of the freshest and engaging progressive bands from the seventies and eighties. "Psycho Killer," "Once in a Lifetime," "Burning Down the House," and "Wild, Wild Life" all capture the inspired lunacy that dares to match the insanity of ordinary life. All of their albums are well represented. "Life During Wartime" represents them at their progressive best, but "And She Was" showcases their ethereal best.
In sum, 'Best of Talking Heads' provides a great mix and a thoughtful sampler without spoiling all of the fun.
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