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September 8, 2003

Talking Heads Box "Lifetime"

Three-CD, one-DVD set due this fall
August 16, 2001

Byrne Has Look of Love Live

Former Talking Heads frontman soaks up good vibes in Texas
October 6, 1999

From CBGB to MP3

Former-Talking Head Jerry Harrison lends a hand to baby bands via his new Web site
April 27, 1999

Talking Heads Start Making Sense

David Byrne joins his fellow Talking Heads

Recordings and Reviews

Stop Making Sense

This is the second live album that Talking Heads have released (the third, actually, if you count a to-the-trade-only 1979 LP). But while The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads was an ambitious attempt to sum up their career-long evolution from pop minimalists to preppie funkateers, Stop Making...

1999 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Talking Heads was a band of smart, self-conscious white musicians intrigued by the rhythms and spirit of black music. They drew on funk, classical minimalism, and African rock to create some of the most adventurous, original, and danceable music to emerge from new wave - a movement Talking Heads outlasted and transcended in their accomplishment and influence.

David Byrne and Chris Frantz met at...

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