Psycho Killer
Swamp
Slippery People
Burning Down The House
Girlfriend Is Better
Once In A Lifetime
What A Day That Was
Life During Wartime
Take Me To The River
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Stop Making Sense
Published: 04 Apr 2019, 16:35
Stop Making Sense Is 1984 Album By Talking Heads The Soundtrack To The Film Of The Same Name. The Album Features Only Nine Of The Songs From The Movie Many Of Them Heavily Edited. The Album Spent Over Two Years 118 Weeks On The Billboard 200 Chart. Byrne's Intention Was Not To Make A Traditional Soundtrack Album But To Have It Be A Separate Experience. Limited Pressings Of The Original LP Version Featured A Full Color Picture Book Wrapped Around The Album Jacket. Regular Versions Had Many Of The Pictures And Captions On The Album's Inner Sleeve. In 1999 To Correspond With The Theatrical Re-Release Of The Movie The Album Was Extended And Remastered Restoring All Of The Songs From The Movie With Only Very Minor Edits. The Newly Included Tracks Feature Frantz's Original Drumming From The Concert Recordings. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 345 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. Track Listing
All Songs Written By David Byrne Chris Frantz Jerry Harrison Tina Weymouth Except As Noted. Side One
"Psycho Killer" Byrne Frantz Weymouth – 4 28 "Swamp" – 3 50 LP 4 28 Cassette CD "Slippery People" – 3 35 LP 4 13 Different Mix Cassette CD "Burning Down The House" – 4 14 "Girlfriend Is Better" – 3 32 LP 5 07 Cassette CD Side Two
"Once In A Lifetime" Byrne Brian Eno Frantz Harrison Weymouth – 4 34 LP 5 34 Cassette CD "What A Day That Was" Byrne – 5 08 LP 6 30 Cassette CD "Life During Wartime" – 4 52 LP 5 52 Cassette CD "Take Me To The River" Al Green Teenie Hodges – 5 59 Film/Special New Edition Soundtrack
Bonus Live Tracks "Heaven" And "This Must Be The Place Naive Melody " Were Available As B-Sides On Various US 7" And UK 12" Singles During The Album's Original Release. These Versions Were Released On The Special Edition Soundtrack. "Psycho Killer" Byrne Frantz Weymouth – 4 24 "Heaven" Byrne Harrison – 3 41 "Thank You For Sending Me An Angel" Byrne – 2 09 "Found A Job" Byrne – 3 15 "Slippery People" – 4 00 "Burning Down The House" – 4 06 "Life During Wartime" – 5 51 "Making Flippy Floppy" – 4 40 "Blind"- 5 13 "Swamp" – 4 30 "What A Day That Was" Byrne – 6 00 "This Must Be The Place Naive Melody " – 4 57 "Once In A Lifetime" Byrne Eno Frantz Harrison Weymouth – 5 25 "Genius Of Love" Weymouth Frantz Adrian Belew Steven Stanley Performed By Tom Tom Club – 4 30 "Girlfriend Is Better" – 5 06 "Take Me To The River" Green Hodges – 5 32 "Crosseyed And Painless" Byrne Eno Frantz Harrison Weymouth – 6 11 Personnel
David Byrne – Guitar Vocals Chris Frantz – Drums Vocals Jerry Harrison – Guitar Keyboards Vocals Tina Weymouth – Bass Keyboards Vocals Additional Personnel
Bernie Worrell – Keyboards Alex Weir – Guitar Vocals Steve Scales – Percussion Ednah Holt – Backing Vocals Lynn Mabry – Backing Vocals Charts
Album Year Chart Position 1984 The Billboard 200 41/53 1984 UK Albums 37/24 Certifications
Organization Level Date RIAA – U.S. Gold March 1 1985 BPI – UK Gold November 26 1985 RIAA – U.S. Platinum July 2 1986 RIAA – U.S. Double Platinum August 17 1994