Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

Tracklist

• 1
  Psycho Killer
  4:21
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Take Me to the River
  5:02
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Once in a Lifetime
  4:19
  4.3 ★
• 4
  Burning Down the House
  4:01
  4.5 ★
• 5
  This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
  4:55
  3.8 ★
• 6
  Slippery People (live)
  4:14
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Life During Wartime (live)
  5:04
  4.0 ★
• 8
  And She Was
  3:39
  4.2 ★
• 9
  Road to Nowhere
  4:20
  4.1 ★
• 10
  Wild Wild Life
  3:41
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Blind
  5:00
  3.2 ★
• 12
  (Nothing but) Flowers
  5:34
  4.2 ★
• 13
  Sax and Violins
  5:18
  3.6 ★
• 14
  Lifetime Piling Up
  3:52
  4.5 ★

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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

Little Creatures

Little Creatures 1985

Fear of Music

Fear of Music 1979

Release credits

• Abdou M’Boup
  congas [11-12], cowbell [11], talking drum [11]
• Alan Chinowsky
  recording [6]
• Alex Sadkin
  mix [4-5], task [4-5]
• Alex Weir
  additional [6, 6-7, 7], background vocals [6-7], guitar [6-7]
• Andrew Cader
  guest [9], washboard [9]
• Benjamin Armbrister
  assistant [2]
• Bernie Worrell
  additional [6-7], keyboard [6-7]
• Brian Eno
  background vocals [2-3], guitar [2], mix [3], percussion [2], piano [2], producer [2-3], synthesizer [2], vocal arranger [3]
• Brice Wassy
  additional [13, 13-14, 14], cowbell [13-14], ganzá [14], percussion [13], shakers [12], wood block [14]
• Butch Jones
  engineer [4-5]
• Charlie Brocco
  assistant [10]
• Chris Frantz
  arranger [8-9], background vocals [4, 10], drums (drum set), mix [6], percussion [2], synthesizer [4]
• Dave Jerden
  engineer [3], mix [3]
• David Byrne
  arranger [8-9], background vocals [12], bass guitar [4-5], guitar, keyboard [4-5], lead vocals [1-3, 6-14], mix [3], percussion [4], piano [14], synthesizer [2, 14], vocal [4-5, 9], vocal arranger [3], vocoder [13]
• David Van Tieghem
  guest [5], percussion [5]
• Diva Gray
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Dolette McDonald
  additional [14], background vocals [14]
• Earl Gardner
  trumpet [11]
• Ed Stasium
  engineer [1]
• Ednah Holt
  additional [6-7], background vocals [6-7]
• Ellen Bernfeld
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Eric Thorngren
  mix [6-9], recording [8-10]
• Erin Dickens
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Fernando Kral
  additional [14], background vocals [11-12], lead vocals [11-12], task [13]
• Frank Gibson
  assistant [4-5]
• Glenn Rosenstein
  assistant [6-7]
• Gordon Grody
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Jack Nuber
  additional [3]
• Jay Mark
  assistant [4]
• Jean-Loup Morette
  assistant [11-12]
• Jerry Harrison
  Hammond organ [12], arranger [8-9], background vocals [2, 4, 8-10], guitar [1, 1-2, 4, 8-9, 9-10, 14], keyboard [1, 3-7, 9, 9-10, 13], mix [6], organ [2, 14], piano [2, 11], synthesizer [2, 14], vocal [1]
• Jimmy MacDonell
  accordion [9], guest [9]
• Joel Moss
  additional [6-7], task [6-7]
• John Convertino
  assistant [4]
• John Potoker
  additional [3], mix [3]
• Johnny Marr
  12 string guitar [12]
• Karen Ahmed
  executive [1]
• Kathy Botich
  assistant [10]
• Kendal Stubbs
  assistant [3]
• Kevin Killen
  mix [13]
• Kirsty MacColl
  background vocals [12]
• Kurt Yahijian
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Lance Quinn
  producer [1]
• Lani Groves
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Laurie Frink
  trumpet [11]
• Lenny Pickett
  brass [11], guest [9], saxophone [9], tenor saxophone [11]
• Linda Randazzo
  assistant [6-7]
• Lynn Mabry
  additional [6-7], background vocals [6-7]
• Mark Wallis
  mix [11-12]
• Mark Wolfson
  additional [6-7], task [6-7]
• Matt Cohen
  additional [1]
• Melanie West
  assistant [8-10], task [8-9]
• Mick Guzauski
  mix [10]
• Mory Kanté
  kora [11]
• Moussa Cissokho
  additional [14], congas [14]
• Nick Delre
  assistant [6-7, 10-11, 11-12, 12], background vocals [11-12], lead vocals [11-12]
• Nick Launay
  additional [14], mix [14]
• Nino Gioia
  additional [13], timbales [13]
• Nona Hendryx
  additional [14], background vocals [3, 14]
• Record Plant Mobile Studio
  recording [6-7]
• Rhett Davies
  engineer [2]
• Richard Manwaring
  recording [11-14]
• Robin Eubanks
  trombone [11]
• Robin Hurley
  executive [1]
• Robin Laine
  assistant [6-7, 10]
• Stan Harrison
  alto saxophone [11]
• Steve Elfon
  baritone saxophone [11]
• Steve Lillywhite
  producer [11-14]
• Steve Scales
  additional [6-7], bongos [9], congas [9], guest [4, 9], percussion [4, 6-7], tambourine [9]
• Steven Stanley
  additional [3]
• Talking Heads
  arranger [3], producer
• Tawatha Agee
  additional [14], background vocals [14]
• Tina Weymouth
  arranger [8-9], background vocals [4-5, 8-12], bass [2-3], bass guitar [1, 6-8, 10-14], bass synthesizer [4, 8-9], guitar [5], keyboard [14]
• Tom Nist
  assistant [10]
• Tony Bongiovi
  producer [1]
• Wally Badarou
  additional [13], guest [4-5], keyboard [11, 13], synthesizer [4-5]
• Yves N'Djock
  guitar [11-12]
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Issues

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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD (no UK catalogue number)
  12 October 1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD
  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD
  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

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  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD (Made in Italy)
  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD (made in Holland, printed in the UK)
  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads

  12" Vinyl
  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD
  1992
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD (EMI SWINDON press)
  1992