Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

Tracklist

• 1
  Psycho Killer

  Talkingheads
  4:19
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Take Me to the River

  Talkingheads
  5:00
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Once in a Lifetime

  Talkingheads
  4:19
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Burning Down the House

  Talkingheads
  4:00
  4.5 ★
• 5
  This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

  Talkingheads
  3:50
• 6
  Life During Wartime (live)

  Talkingheads
  5:39
• 7
  And She Was

  Talkingheads
  3:36
  4.2 ★
• 8
  Road to Nowhere

  Talkingheads
  4:19
  4.2 ★
• 9
  Wild Wild Life

  Talkingheads
  3:39
  3.6 ★
• 10
  (Nothing but) Flowers

  Talkingheads
  5:32
  4.2 ★
• 11
  Sax and Violins

  Talkingheads
  5:18
  3.6 ★
• 12
  Lifetime Piling Up

  Talkingheads
  3:59
  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 [10]
• Alex Sadkin
  mix [4], task [4]
• Andrew Cader
  guest [8], washboard [8]
• Benjamin Armbrister
  assistant [2]
• 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 [11, 11-12, 12], cowbell [11-12], ganzá [12], percussion [11], shakers [10], wood block [12]
• Butch Jones
  engineer [4]
• Charlie Brocco
  assistant [9]
• Chris Frantz
  arranger [7-8], background vocals [4, 9], drums (drum set) [1-4, 7-12], percussion [2], synthesizer [4]
• Dave Jerden
  engineer [3], mix [3]
• David Byrne
  arranger [7-8], background vocals [10], bass guitar [4], guitar [1-4, 7-12], keyboard [4], lead vocals [1-3, 7-12], mix [3], percussion [4], piano [12], synthesizer [2, 12], vocal [4, 8], vocal arranger [3], vocoder [11]
• Diva Gray
  background vocals [8], guest [8]
• Dolette McDonald
  additional [12], background vocals [12]
• Ed Stasium
  engineer [1]
• Ellen Bernfeld
  background vocals [8], guest [8]
• Eric Thorngren
  mix [7-8], recording [7-9]
• Erin Dickens
  background vocals [8], guest [8]
• Fernando Kral
  additional [12], background vocals [10], lead vocals [10], task [11]
• Frank Gibson
  assistant [4]
• Gordon Grody
  background vocals [8], guest [8]
• Jack Nuber
  additional [3]
• Jay Mark
  assistant [4]
• Jean-Loup Morette
  assistant [10]
• Jerry Harrison
  Hammond organ [10], arranger [7-8], background vocals [2, 4, 7-9], guitar [1, 1-2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 12], keyboard [1, 3-4, 8, 8-9, 11], organ [2, 12], piano [2], synthesizer [2, 12], vocal [1]
• Jimmy MacDonell
  accordion [8], guest [8]
• John Convertino
  assistant [4]
• John Potoker
  additional [3], mix [3]
• Johnny Marr
  12 string guitar [10]
• Karen Ahmed
  executive [1]
• Kathy Botich
  assistant [9]
• Kendal Stubbs
  assistant [3]
• Kevin Killen
  mix [11]
• Kirsty MacColl
  background vocals [10]
• Kurt Yahijian
  background vocals [8], guest [8]
• Lance Quinn
  producer [1]
• Lani Groves
  background vocals [8], guest [8]
• Lenny Pickett
  guest [8], saxophone [8]
• Mark Wallis
  mix [10]
• Matt Cohen
  additional [1]
• Melanie West
  assistant [7-9], task [7-8]
• Mick Guzauski
  mix [9]
• Moussa Cissokho
  additional [12], congas [12]
• Nick Delre
  assistant [9-10, 10], background vocals [10], lead vocals [10]
• Nick Launay
  additional [12], mix [12]
• Nino Gioia
  additional [11], timbales [11]
• Nona Hendryx
  additional [12], background vocals [3, 12]
• Rhett Davies
  engineer [2]
• Richard Manwaring
  recording [10-12]
• Robin Hurley
  executive [1]
• Robin Laine
  assistant [9]
• Steve Lillywhite
  producer [10-12]
• Steve Scales
  bongos [8], congas [8], guest [4, 8], percussion [4], tambourine [8]
• Steven Stanley
  additional [3]
• Talking Heads
  arranger [3], producer [1-4, 7-12]
• Tawatha Agee
  additional [12], background vocals [12]
• Tina Weymouth
  arranger [7-8], background vocals [4, 7-10], bass [2-3], bass guitar [1, 7, 9-12], bass synthesizer [4, 7-8], keyboard [12]
• Tom Nist
  assistant [9]
• Tony Bongiovi
  producer [1]
• Wally Badarou
  additional [11], guest [4], keyboard [11], synthesizer [4]
• Yves N'Djock
  guitar [10]
• Show all credits (60)

Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

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

  CD
  1992
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  O
  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD
  1992
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  O
  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD
  1992
• 

  O
  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

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

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

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

  CD
  1992
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  O
  Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of

  CD (EMI SWINDON press)
  1992