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Remain in Light
Release date: 8 October 1980
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0007599260952 UPC: 075992609524
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"This might be the most genuinely creative and unique albums ever made. Once you get the point of what Talking Heads are trying to make here, it just gets you: this is experimental rock with a huge influence drawn from ethnic African music. What this means is the album is full of rhythmic experimentation mixed with their trademark complex and unusual melodies, for a common Western listener everything here sounds completely alien and out of this world with the first listen. It takes some time to g"
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"✪4.25 / 5.0✪ 43,308 Ratings/Puntuaciones 558 Reviews/Reseñas "
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"Som de outro mundo com camadas sonoras que normalmente pareceriam impossíveis de formarem uma única armonía. Críticas sociais + insanidade sonora"
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" weird and funky, without even looking up their origins I could already sense a New York vibe, like the type of place Paul Hackett would find himself lost in."
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"A legendary union of brains and ass Talking Heads were always bursting with nervous energy and interesting ideas, but Remain in Light married their new-wave idiosyncrasies to Afro-funk beats and grooves that drew on everything from James Brown to Fela Kuti to disco. Who knew that geeky former art students had this much soul? Standout tracks: “Born Under Punches,” “Once in a Lifetime”"
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"Where David Byrne and Brian Eno begin to add an African tinge to what was still the tightest and smartest band of its era. Standout track: “Once in a Lifetime”"
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"REMAIN IN LIGHT (1980) TALKING HEADS Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "The Overload"; "Listening Wind"; "Once in a Lifetime"; "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"; "Houses in Motion" "Crosseyed and Painless"; "Seen and Not Seen"; "The Great Curve" "
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""Once in a Lifetime" Runner up: "Houses in Motion" "