Once in a Lifetime

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Sugar on My Tongue
  2:35
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Love → Building on Fire
  2:59
  3.0 ★
• 3
  I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
  2:37
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Don’t Worry About the Government
  3:00
  3.2 ★
• 5
  Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (original mix)
  2:55
• 6
  New Feeling (original mix)
  3:03
• 7
  Pulled Up
  4:30
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Psycho Killer
  4:20
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Warning Sign
  3:55
  3.2 ★
• 10
  Artists Only
  3:35
  3.2 ★
• 11
  Tentative Decisions
  3:07
  2.6 ★
• 12
  No Compassion
  4:49
  3.6 ★
• 13
  Stay Hungry
  2:41
  3.0 ★
• 14
  I’m Not in Love
  4:34
  2.6 ★
• 15
  The Book I Read
  4:09
  3.5 ★
• 16
  Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
  2:13
  3.4 ★
• 17
  Found a Job
  5:01
  3.0 ★
• 18
  A Clean Break
  4:57
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Take Me to the River
  5:04
  3.8 ★
• 20
  The Big Country
  5:31
  3.6 ★
• 21
  Heaven
  4:01
  3.6 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  I Zimbra
  3:07
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Cities (alternate version)
  5:27
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Life During Wartime
  3:41
  4.3 ★
• 4
  Air
  3:32
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Memories Can’t Wait
  3:30
  3.7 ★
• 6
  Drugs (alternate version)
  3:33
• 7
  Once in a Lifetime
  4:20
  4.4 ★
• 8
  Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
  5:47
  4.4 ★
• 9
  Listening Wind
  4:41
  3.2 ★
• 10
  Houses in Motion
  4:31
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Crosseyed and Painless
  4:45
  3.9 ★
• 12
  Burning Down the House
  4:01
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Making Flippy Floppy
  5:54
  4.5 ★
• 14
  Girlfriend Is Better
  5:43
  4.4 ★
• 15
  Slippery People
  5:05
  4.5 ★
• 16
  Swamp
  5:10
  4.2 ★
• 17
  This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
  4:56
  3.9 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  And She Was
  3:39
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Stay Up Late
  3:44
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Creatures of Love
  4:15
  3.4 ★
• 4
  The Lady Don’t Mind
  4:04
• 5
  Road to Nowhere
  4:20
  4.2 ★
• 6
  Wild Wild Life
  3:41
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Love for Sale
  4:31
  3.5 ★
• 8
  People Like Us
  4:29
• 9
  Puzzlin’ Evidence
  5:23
  2.6 ★
• 10
  City of Dreams
  5:09
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Blind
  5:00
  3.2 ★
• 12
  Mr. Jones
  4:21
  3.2 ★
• 13
  The Democratic Circus
  5:04
  3.0 ★
• 14
  (Nothing but) Flowers
  5:33
  4.2 ★
• 15
  In Asking Land (outtake)
  3:58
• 16
  Sax and Violins
  5:18
  3.6 ★
• 17
  Lifetime Piling Up
  3:53
  4.5 ★

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Remain in Light

Remain in Light 1980

Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues 1983

Talking Heads: 77

Talking Heads: 77 1977

Stop Making Sense

Stop Making Sense 1984

Fear of Music

Fear of Music 1979

The Collection

The Collection 2007

Release credits

• Abdou M’Boup
  congas [11, 14], cowbell [11-12], djembe [1], guest [1], talking drum [2.1, 3.11]
• Adrian Belew
  guitar [14]
• Al Acosta
  tenor saxophone [12]
• Alex Sadkin
  engineer [13-16], mix [12-17], task [12, 17]
• Alex Weir
  guest [13, 16], guitar [13, 16]
• Andrew Cader
  guest [5], washboard [5]
• Ari Up
  congas [1, 3, 3-4], guest [1, 3]
• Assane Tham
  guest [1], percussion [1]
• Benjamin Armbrister
  assistant [9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20]
• Bernie Worrell
  synthesizer [14]
• Bert Cross Choir
  choir vocals [9]
• Bobby Porcelli
  alto saxophone [12]
• Brad Baker
  horn [2]
• Brian Eno
  background vocals [2.1, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.14, 1.17, 1.19], bass guitar [14], electronic instruments [1], guitar [17, 19], keyboard [14], mix [1.17, 2.7-11], percussion [2.14, 1.17, 1.19], performer [1.21, 2.3, 2.5], piano [17, 19], producer [2.1-5, 2.7-11, 1.9-10, 1.13-14, 1.16-17, 1.19-21], synthesizer [17, 19], vocal arranger [7-11]
• Brice Wassy
  additional [16, 16-17, 17], cowbell [16-17], ganzá [17], percussion [16], shakers [14], wood block [17]
• Butch Jones
  engineer [12-17]
• Charlie Brocco
  assistant [6-7, 9-10]
• Charlie Sepulveda
  trumpet [12]
• Chris Frantz
  arranger [1-3, 5], background vocals [3.6, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16], drums (drum set) [1.8, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.16-17, 3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-14, 3.16-17], keyboard [14], membranophone [2.14, 1.2], percussion [1.17, 1.19, 2.14], synthesizer [12, 14, 16], tambourine [2]
• Chris Martinez
  assistant [1.21, 2.3, 2.5]
• Dale Turk
  bass trombone [12]
• Dave Jerden
  engineer [7-11], mix [7-11]
• David Byrne
  arranger [1-3, 5], background vocals [14], bass guitar [12, 14, 16-17], bell [2], guitar [1.2, 1.8, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-17, 3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-14, 3.16-17], keyboard [3.13, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-17], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-11, 2.14, 3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-11, 3.13-14, 3.16-17, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7-17, 1.19-21], mix [7-11], percussion [12, 14, 16], piano [17], synthesizer [1.17, 1.19, 3.17], vocal [2.12, 2.16-17, 3.5, 3.12], vocal arranger [7-11], vocoder [16]
• David Van Tieghem
  guest [17], percussion [17]
• Dickie Landry
  guest [15], saxophone [15]
• Diva Gray
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Dolette McDonald
  additional [17], background vocals [2.15, 3.17], guest [15]
• Earl Gardner
  trumpet [11]
• Ed Stasium
  engineer [2, 4, 7-8, 11-12, 15], mix [17]
• Ellen Bernfeld
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Eric Thorngren
  mix [1-3, 5, 7, 9-10], recording [1-3, 5-7, 9-10]
• Eric Weissberg
  guest [3], pedal steel guitar [3], resonator guitar [13]
• Erin Dickens
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Fernando Kral
  additional [17], background vocals [11-14], lead vocals [11-14], task [16]
• Frank Gibson
  assistant [12-17]
• Gene Wilder
  congas [1, 3, 3-4], guest [1, 3]
• Gordon Grody
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Hossam Ramzy
  guest [1], surdo [1]
• Jack Nuber
  additional [7]
• James A. Farber
  mix [12-13]
• Jay Mark
  assistant [12-16]
• Jean-Loup Morette
  assistant [11-14]
• Jerry Harrison
  Hammond organ [14], arranger [1-3, 5], background vocals [3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-10, 1.17, 1.19, 2.1, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16], bass guitar [14], guitar [2.1, 2.5, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 3.1-3, 3.5, 3.5-7, 3.9-10, 3.13, 3.17, 1.8, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21], keyboard [3.2-3, 3.5, 3.5-7, 3.9-10, 3.12-13, 3.16, 2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-17, 1.8, 1.21], organ [3.17, 1.17, 1.19], percussion [14], piano [3.11, 1.17, 1.19], synthesizer [3.17, 2.3, 1.17, 1.19], vocal [1.8, 1.21, 2.3, 2.5]
• Jimmy MacDonell
  accordion [5], guest [5]
• Joe Barbaria
  engineer [2.3, 2.5, 1.21]
• John Convertino
  assistant [12-16]
• John Potoker
  additional [7], mix [7-11]
• Johnny Marr
  12 string guitar [14]
• Jon Hassell
  brass [10], trumpet [10]
• Jose "Ite" Jerez
  performer [12]
• José Rossy
  percussion [14]
• Julie Last
  assistant [1.21, 2.3, 2.5], background vocals [1], guest [1]
• Karen Ahmed
  executive [8]
• Kathy Botich
  assistant [6]
• Kendal Stubbs
  assistant [7-11]
• Kevin Killen
  mix [16]
• Kirsty MacColl
  background vocals [14]
• Kurt Yahijian
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Lance Quinn
  horn [2], producer [4, 7-8, 11-12, 15]
• Lani Groves
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Laurie Frink
  trumpet [11]
• Lenny Pickett
  brass [11], guest [5], saxophone [5], tenor saxophone [11]
• Manolo Badrena
  congas [12], cowbell [12], shakers [12], wood block [12]
• Mark Wallis
  mix [11, 13-14]
• Matt Cohen
  additional [8]
• Melanie West
  assistant [1-3, 5-7, 9-10], task [1, 5]
• Michael McClain
  engineer [10], recording [10]
• Mick Guzauski
  mix [6]
• Mitchell Frohman
  alto saxophone [12]
• Mory Kanté
  kora [11-12]
• Moussa Cissokho
  additional [17], congas [17]
• Neal Teeman
  engineer [1.21, 2.3, 2.5]
• Nick Delre
  assistant [6-7, 9-11, 11-12, 12-13, 13-14, 14], background vocals [11-14], lead vocals [11-14]
• Nick Launay
  additional [17], mix [17]
• Nino Gioia
  additional [16], timbales [16]
• Nona Hendryx
  additional [17], background vocals [2.7, 2.10, 2.14-15, 3.17], guest [15]
• Paul Christiensen
  engineer [9]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [10]
• Raphael DeJesus
  guest [15], percussion [15]
• Rhett Davies
  engineer [9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20]
• Richard Manwaring
  recording [11-14, 16-17]
• Robert Fripp
  guest [1], guitar [1]
• Robert Palmer
  percussion [14]
• Robin Eubanks
  trombone [11]
• Robin Hurley
  executive [8]
• Robin Laine
  assistant [6-7, 9-10]
• Rod O’Brien
  engineer [1.21, 2.1-5]
• Shankar
  guest [13], violin [13]
• Stan Harrison
  alto saxophone [11]
• Steve Elfon
  baritone saxophone [11]
• Steve Gluzband
  trumpet [12]
• Steve Lillywhite
  producer [11-14, 16-17]
• Steve Sacks
  baritone saxophone [12]
• Steve Scales
  bongos [2-3, 5], congas [2-3, 5], guest [3.2, 3.2-3, 3.3, 3.5, 2.12], percussion [12], tambourine [2-3, 5]
• Steven Stanley
  additional [7]
• Sydney Thiam
  congas [13]
• Talking Heads
  arranger [7-11], producer [2.1-5, 2.7, 2.12-17, 3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-14, 3.16-17, 1.4, 1.7-17, 1.19-21]
• Tawatha Agee
  additional [17], background vocals [17]
• The Sweetbreathes
  background vocals [4], guest [4]
• Thomas Erdelyi
  associate [2]
• Tina Weymouth
  arranger [1-3, 5], background vocals [3.1-3, 3.5-7, 3.9-11, 3.13-14, 2.1, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-17], bass [1.2, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 2.5, 2.7], bass guitar [1.8, 2.14, 2.16, 3.1-3, 3.6-7, 3.9-14, 3.16-17], bass synthesizer [3.1, 3.5, 2.12], double bass [14], electric bass guitar [1, 3], guitar [14, 16-17], keyboard [3.12, 3.17, 2.14], percussion [14], synthesizer [14, 16]
• Tom Heid
  assistant [2.3, 2.5, 1.21]
• Tom Nist
  assistant [6-7, 9-10]
• Tommy Morrell
  pedal steel guitar [10]
• Tony Bongiovi
  producer [2, 4, 7-8, 11-12, 15]
• Wally Badarou
  additional [16], guest [12, 16-17], keyboard [11, 16], synthesizer [12, 16-17]
• Yves N'Djock
  guitar [11, 14]
• Ángel Fernández
  brass [12], trumpet [12]
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Issues

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  O
  (Combined release view)
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  O
  Once in a Lifetime

  3x CD, DVD
  17 November 2003
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  O
  Once in a Lifetime

  3x CD
  18 November 2003
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  O
  Once in a Lifetime: The Talking Heads Box

  Digital Media (remastered)
• 

  O
  Once in a Lifetime: The Talking Heads Box

  3x Digital Media (US release remastered)