Fear of Music

Fear of Music

Fear of Music

Album by Talking Heads

Released 3 August 1979

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new wave post-punk

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Tracklist

1
I Zimbra
3:08
3.9 ★
2
Mind
4:12
4.2 ★
3
Paper
2:39
3.8 ★
4
Cities
4:10
4.2 ★
5
Life During Wartime
3:41
4.3 ★
6
Memories Can’t Wait
3:30
3.7 ★
7
Air
3:34
4.2 ★
8
Heaven
4:00
3.6 ★
9
Animals
3:30
4.0 ★
10
Electric Guitar
3:02
4.0 ★
11
Drugs
5:09
4.0 ★

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Speaking in Tongues

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Talking Heads: 77 1977

Stop Making Sense

Stop Making Sense

Stop Making Sense 1984

The Collection

The Collection 2007

Talking Heads

Talking Heads 2005

Release credits

Abdou M’Boup
djembe [1], guest [1], talking drum [1]
Ari Up
congas [1, 5, 7], guest [1, 5]
Assane Tham
guest [1], percussion [1]
Brian Eno
background vocals [1], electronic instruments [1, 4], performer [5-6, 8], producer
Chris Frantz
drums (drum set) [1, 4-6, 8]
Chris Martinez
assistant [5-6, 8]
David Byrne
guitar [1, 4-6, 8], lead vocals [1, 4-6, 8]
Gene Wilder
congas [1, 5, 7], guest [1, 5]
Hossam Ramzy
guest [1], surdo [1]
Jerry Harrison
background vocals [1, 4], guitar [1, 4, 6, 8], keyboard [1, 4, 6, 8], synthesizer [5], vocal [5-6, 8]
Joe Barbaria
engineer [5-6, 8]
Julie Last
assistant [5-6, 8], background vocals [1], guest [1]
Neal Teeman
engineer [5-6, 8]
Robert Fripp
guest [1], guitar [1]
Rod O’Brien
engineer
Talking Heads
producer
The Sweetbreathes
background vocals [7], guest [7]
Tina Weymouth
background vocals [1, 4], bass [6, 8], electric bass guitar [1, 4-5]
Tom Heid
assistant [5-6, 8]

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