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| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | January 9th 07 |
Very, very nearly their best album. Alas, the lack of consistency holds it back.
"Burning Down The House" is simply a wonderful pop song. "Girlfriend Is Better", for my money, is at the very least in the same league as "Burning Down The House", and possibly their best song (any 'Top Talking Heads Songs" list is basically a three-horse race with "Once In A Lifetime" and these two, for my money). Talking Heads do confusion like no other band, and this is perfect evidence of that - it's a rare Talking Heads love song, dealing with a girl trying to force her way into your bed, regardless of your existing girlfriend. 'I've got a girlfriend who's better than that/But nothing could be better than this/Could it?'. The title of Stop Making Sense is taken from this song - a sentiment uttered toward the other woman as the protagonist's resistance breaks. Snow Patrol stole this idea and based an entire song on it for the title track of Eyes Open. They also namedropped Sufjan Stevens. Hey, when you need credibility....
The rest of Side A isn't quite as good, but it's good enough to suggest that this will be one of the best albums of the 80s. Alas, Side B lets us down. "Swamp" marks an immediate drop in quality. The album doesn't really recover until "This Must be The Place", which probably isn't as good as is sometimes suggested, but is still a very good song.
So, a top-heavy offering. But still one well worth your time and/or money.
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| 4.0 excellent | lz41 | April 28th 23 |
If an automaton fell to earth and was taught to love and dance...
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| 4.5 superb | BillyBrill | August 6th 22 |
Watching Stop Making Sense makes this album so wicked in retrospect, plus one of the strongest closers on any album of the 80?s, up with purple rain and pornography
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| 4.0 excellent | Barksdale | June 9th 22 |
Best Tracks: Burning Down the House, Making Flippy Floppy, I Get Wild Wild Gravity, This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody).
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| 3.5 great | 1111ace | August 18th 18 |
clicking error - srsly spilled beer on mouse what else is there to say
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| 4.0 excellent | Michael Bracken | July 8th 18 |
The lyric "There's a moon in my throat" warrants at least a 3.5.
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| 4.5 superb | Will Fagan | March 29th 15 |
The only issue I have with this album is the murky production. This is the only indication that Talking Heads have suffered with the departure of producer/collaborator Brian Eno. Perfect pop sounds lost in the mix.
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