TALKING HEADS Vinyl & CDs

Review: Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads captures the iconic band's live energy and artistic innovation impeccably. Recorded during their 1983 tour, the seminal record blends art rock with new wave and funk influences, delivering a dynamic performance that escalates with each track. Frontman David Byrne's charismatic vocals and eccentric stage presence shine on hits like 'Burning Down the House' and 'Psycho Killer', while the band's tight instrumentation and funky rhythms drive the album's infectious groove. With its seamless flow and inventive arrangements, Stop Making Sense cemented Talking Heads' legacy as pioneers of avant-garde rock.

Review: The eighth and final studio album by giant-grey-suited art-pop auteurs Talking Heads, Rhino was a curious sendoff for the four-piece, hearing David Byrne and company move back in the direction of worldbeat and Afrobeat, harking back to earlier opuses like Remain In Light. Considered a return to form for Talking Heads after the relatively panned True Stories, the album did rather well, owing to their seeming successful achievement of the goal of writing an album about "human beings stripped of their pretensions... of their surface trappings." Now reissued via Rhino, we hear this 1985 finale in its best light once again.