Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978) (vinyl Lp) - €5,00

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More Songs About Buildings and Food is the second studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on July 14, 1978, by Sire Records. 

It was the first of three albums produced by collaborator Brian Eno, and saw the band move toward an increasingly danceable style, crossing singer David Byrne's unusual delivery with new emphasis on the rhythm section composed of bassist Tina Weymouth and her husband, drummer Chris Frantz.

More Songs established Talking Heads as a critical success, reaching number 29 on the US Billboard magazine's Pop Albums chart and number 21 on the UK Albums Chart. 

The album featured the band's first top-thirty single, a cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River". 

1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food was a significant step forward from that outstanding first effort, documenting a group who had gained a wealth of confidence and focus in the ten months that separated the two LPs and were eager to show off their new skills. A great deal of the difference can be chalked up to Brian Eno, who produced More Songs; he gave the material a more open and natural sound that mimicked their on-stage interplay, while also capturing them in tighter and more dynamic form. 

The band had learned a lot about groove by the time they cut More Songs, and bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz put a genuinely funky engine into the vehicle that suddenly made them suitable for dancing. 

The performances were noticeably more exciting and engaging than Talking Heads: 77, as fine as it was, and it served the songs well. And the tunes merited the superior presentation; David Byrne's lyrics were growing into their quirks with a vibe that suggested paranoia could be fun, and his songs about relationships (positive on "With Our Love," less so on "I'm Not In Love"), the work ethic ("The Good Thing" and "Stay Hungry"), and the creative process ("Artists Only") were sharper, wittier, and cleaner in their impact. Though his vocal style demanded to be described as quirky, he made wiser use of the gulps and angles in his vocal repertoire. 

Jerry Harrison had grown into his role as the Talking Heads' utility man; his keyboards and rhythm guitar gave the music invaluable weight and texture, and he's far more effective here. 

The final two songs were an unexpected and impressive one-two punch: the cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" was inspired, allowing the band to revel in the easygoing roll of the melody and giving Byrne the chance to sound weirdly but honestly sensuous, and "The Big Country" was a portrait of America in which Byrne is in a wrestling match with irony and sincerity, with the latter coming out ahead in the affecting final verse. 

More Songs About Buildings and Food was where Talking Heads began to move past their original status as a cult item and into one of the most celebrated and rewarding acts of their time, and its success was well deserved; it was the best of their pre-Remain in Light era.

Side one

1.  Thank You For Sending Me An Angel - 2:11

2.  With Our Love - 3:30

3.  The Good Thing - 3:03

4.  Warning Sign - 3:55

5.  The Girls Want To Be With The Girls - 2:37

6.  Found A Job - 5:00

Side two

1.  Artists Only - 3:34

2.  I´m Not In Love - 4:33

3.  Stay Hungry - 2:39

4.  Take Me To The River - 5:00

5.  The Big Country - 5:30

Talking Heads

• David Byrne – lead vocals, guitars, synthesized percussion
• Chris Frantz – drums, percussion
• Jerry Harrison – piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals
• Tina Weymouth – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Brian Eno – synthesizers, piano, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• "Tina and the Typing Pool" (Tina Weymouth plus women who worked in the studio offices) – backing vocals on "The Good Thing"

Production

• Benji Armbrister – assistant engineer
• Rhett Davies – engineer, mixing
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Ed Stasium – mixing on "Found a Job"
• Michael "Wayne" Zieve – composer, lyricist on "Artists Only"

Notes

Release:  1978

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Art Pop, Post-punk

Label:  Sire

Catalog#  SRK 6058

Vinyl:  Goed (G)

Cover:  Stickerschade (G)

Prijs: €5,00