Stop Making Sense

~ Release by Talking Heads (see all versions of this release, 43 available)

Annotation

1.5x thick special jewel case. No Blu-Ray disc included.

Annotation last modified on 2026-04-18 11:58 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Psycho Killer
recording engineer:
Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
mastering:
Ted Jensen (American mastering engineer) and Jack Skinner (engineer)
assistant engineer:
Nick Delre, Robin Laine, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
engineer:
Joel Moss and Mark Wolfson
producer:
Talking Heads
additional mixer:
Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
mixer:
Eric Thorngren
vocals:
David Byrne (Talking Heads) (in 1983-12)
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
live recording of:
Psycho Killer (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth
writer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Christopher Frantz and Martina Weymouth
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher), Index Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
4.54:20
2Heaven
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Heaven (in 1983-12)
writer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
4.53:41
3Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (in 1983-12)
lyricist and composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
52:10
4Found a Job
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Found a Job (in 1983-12)
lyricist and composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
53:15
5Slippery People
recording engineer:
Record Plant Mobile and Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
additional engineer:
Joel Moss (task: overdubs) and Mark Wolfson (task: overdubs)
producer:
Talking Heads
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
Eric “E.T.” Thorngren, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
additional guitar:
Alex Weir (in 1983-12)
additional keyboard:
Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer) (in 1983-12)
additional percussion:
Steve Scales (in 1983-12)
bass guitar [bass]:
Tina Weymouth (in 1983-12)
drums (drum set):
Chris Frantz (in 1983-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
David Byrne (Talking Heads) (in 1983-12)
keyboard:
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) (in 1983-12)
additional background vocals:
Ednah Holt (in 1983-12), Lynn Mabry (co-founder of "The Brides of Funkenstein") (in 1983-12) and Alex Weir (in 1983-12)
additionally recorded at:
Can Am in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States, Ocean Way in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Right Track in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Slippery People (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher) and Index Music, Inc.
3.354:01
6Cities
live recording of:
Cities
lyricist and composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co. (publisher), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:35
7Burning Down the House
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Burning Down the House (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher), Index Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
54:06
8Life During Wartime
recording engineer:
Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Life During Wartime (in 1983-12)
writer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher) and Index Music, Inc.
4.355:51
9Making Flippy Floppy
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Making Flippy Floppy (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
54:40
10Swamp
recording engineer:
Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
assistant mixer:
Robin Laine, Nick Del Re, Linda Randazzo and Glenn Rosenstein
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer)
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Swamp (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
44:30
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What a Day That Was
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
live recording of:
What a Day That Was (in 1983-12)
lyricist and composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
publisher:
Index Music, Inc.
Talking Heads55:55
2This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
live recording of:
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (in 1983-12)
writer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher) and Index Music, Inc.
Talking Heads54:54
3Once in a Lifetime
recording engineer:
Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
live recording of:
Once in a Lifetime (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co. (publisher), Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., E.G. Music Ltd. (publisher) and Index Music
Talking Heads4.655:23
4Big Business / I Zimbra
live recording of:
Big Business / I Zimbra
medley of:
Big Business
medley of:
I Zimbra
Talking Heads7:24
5Genius of Love
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
live recording of:
Genius of Love (in 1983-12)
writer:
Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley (audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist from Jamaica) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Metered Music, Inc.
Tom Tom Club54:31
6Girlfriend is Better
recording engineer:
Allen Chinowsky (in 1983-12)
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren
recorded at:
Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-12)
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
live recording of:
Girlfriend Is Better (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
Talking Heads45:06
7Take Me to the River
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
live recording of:
Take Me to the River (in 1983-12)
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Burlington Music, Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing
Talking Heads55:33
8Crosseyed and Painless
mixer:
E. T. Thorngren
mixed at:
Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States
live recording of:
Crosseyed and Painless (in 1983-12)
lyricist:
David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Brian Eno
composer:
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads & producer) and Tina Weymouth
publisher:
Bleu Disque Music Co. (publisher), Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., E.G. Music Ltd. (publisher) and Index Music
Talking Heads56:11