More Songs About Buildings And Food

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|More Songs About Buildings and Food
lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Talking Heads
lign="left" valign="top"|Released colspan="2" valign="top"|July 14, 1978
lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded colspan="2" valign="top"|Compass Point Studio, March 1978
lign="left" valign="top"|Genre colspan="2" valign="top"|New wave/Art punk
lign="left" valign="top"|Length colspan="2" valign="top"|41 min 32 s
lign="left" valign="top"|Record label colspan="2" valign="top"|Sire
lign="left" valign="top"|Producer colspan="2" valign="top"|Brian Eno & Talking Heads
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"|AMG valign="top"|5 stars out of 5 valign="top"|link
lign="left" valign="top"|Rolling Stone valign="top"|5 stars out of 5 valign="top"|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Talking Heads Chronology
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(1977)
valign="top"|More Songs About Buildings and Food
(1978)
valign="top"|Fear of Music
(1979)
More Songs About Buildings and Food is a July 14, 1978 (see 1978 in music) art punk album by Talking Heads. The album was significantly more popular than their first, , but still did not break the group into mainstream audiences. Driven by its rhythm section, the band's blend of funky bass, bubblegum, reggae and punk influences, with David Byrne's nerdy, off-kilter voice, established the group as a critical success known for their rabid liveshows, but still with disappointing album sales. The album's title refers to the "Sophomore Slump" stereotype that holds that bands' second albums (such as this one) usually consist of unfinished or sub-par material from first album recording sessions, or failed attempts at recreating the hits from the first album. More Songs About Buildings and Food peaked at #29 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, while the Al Green cover "Take Me to the River" peaked at #26 on the Pop Albums chart in 1979 (see 1979 in music).

Track listing

  1. "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (Byrne) - 2:11
  2. "With Our Love" (Byrne) - 3:30
  3. "The Good Thing" (Byrne) - 3:03
  4. "Warning Sign" (Byrne) - 3:55
  5. "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" (Byrne) - 2:37
  6. "Found a Job" (Byrne) - 5:00
  7. "Artists Only" (Byrne/Zieve) - 3:34
  8. "I'm Not in Love" (Byrne) - 4:33
  9. "Stay Hungry" (Byrne/Frantz) - 2:39
  10. "Take Me to the River" (Al Green / Mabon Hodges) - 5:00
  11. "The Big Country" (Byrne) - 5:30

Personnel

  • David Byrne - Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals, Artwork, Cover Art Concept, Synthesizer Percussion, Synthesizer Drums
  • Jerry Harrison - Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
  • Talking Heads - Producer
  • Benji Armbrister - Assistant Engineer
  • Rhett Davies - Engineer
  • Brian Eno - Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Mixing
  • Chris Frantz - Percussion, Drums
  • Joe Gastwirt - Mastering
  • Ed Stasium - Mixing
  • Tina Weymouth - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
  • Tina & the Typing Pool - Vocals (bckgr)

 

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