Speaking in Tongues

Tracklist

• 1
  Burning Down the House
  4:01
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Making Flippy Floppy
  5:54
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Girlfriend Is Better
  5:43
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Slippery People
  5:06
  4.5 ★
• 5
  I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
  5:16
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Swamp
  5:13
  4.2 ★
• 7
  Moon Rocks
  5:45
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Pull Up the Roots
  5:09
  4.0 ★
• 9
  This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
  4:56
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Two Note Swivel (unfinished outtake)
  5:48
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Burning Down the House (alternate version)
  5:09
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Adrian Belew
  guitar [3]
• Alex Sadkin
  engineer [2-8, 11], mix [1-9, 11], task [1, 9]
• Alex Weir
  guest [2, 6-8], guitar [2, 6-8]
• Bernie Worrell
  synthesizer [3]
• Brian Eno
  background vocals [3], bass guitar [3], keyboard [3], percussion [3]
• Butch Jones
  engineer [1-9, 11]
• Chris Frantz
  background vocals [1, 3, 6, 8], drums (drum set) [1, 6, 8-9], keyboard [3], membranophone [3], percussion [3], synthesizer [1, 3, 6, 8]
• David Byrne
  bass guitar [1, 3, 6, 8-9], guitar [1, 3, 6, 8-9], keyboard [1, 3, 6, 8-9], lead vocals [3], percussion [1, 3, 6, 8], vocal [1, 6, 8-9]
• David Van Tieghem
  guest [5, 9], percussion [5, 9]
• Dickie Landry
  guest [4], saxophone [4]
• Dolette McDonald
  background vocals [4], guest [4]
• Frank Gibson
  assistant [1-9, 11]
• Jay Mark
  assistant [1-8, 11]
• Jerry Harrison
  background vocals [1, 3, 6, 8], bass guitar [3], guitar [1, 3, 6, 8], keyboard [1, 3, 6, 8-9], percussion [3]
• John Convertino
  assistant [1-8, 11]
• José Rossy
  percussion [3]
• Nona Hendryx
  background vocals [3-4], guest [4]
• Raphael DeJesus
  guest [4-5, 8], percussion [4-5, 8]
• Robert Palmer
  percussion [3]
• Shankar
  guest [2], violin [2]
• Steve Scales
  guest [1, 7], percussion [1, 7]
• Talking Heads
  producer [1-9, 11]
• Tina Weymouth
  background vocals [1, 3, 6, 8-9], bass guitar [3, 6, 8], bass synthesizer [1], double bass [3], guitar [3, 6, 8-9], keyboard [3], percussion [3], synthesizer [3, 6, 8]
• Wally Badarou
  guest [1, 6, 9], synthesizer [1, 6, 9]
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Issues

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  Speaking in Tongues

  12" Vinyl
  1 June 1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  12" Vinyl (Robert Rauschenberg packaging)
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (repress)
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Cassette
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  12" Vinyl
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Cassette
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (target, made in West Germany)
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (BMG club edition)
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  12" Vinyl
  1983
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (blue outer target, light blue inner target, made in Japan)
  1984
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD
  1990
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD
  1998
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Digital Media (bonus track version)
  2005
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD, DualDisc (DVD-Audio side), DualDisc (DVD-Video side)
  2005
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD, DVD
  16 January 2006
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  Speaking in Tongues

  DualDisc (CD side), DualDisc (DVD-Audio side), DualDisc (DVD-Video side)
  14 February 2006
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD
  22 February 2006
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Digital Media (deluxe version)
  28 February 2006
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  Speaking in Tongues

  DualDisc (CD side), 2x DualDisc (DVD side)
  2006
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Digital Media
  16 December 2008
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  Speaking in Tongues

  SHM-CD
  14 January 2009
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Digital Media
  2011
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (repress)
  2012
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  Speaking in Tongues

  12" Vinyl
  2013
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (club)
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  CD
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  CD
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  CD
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  Speaking in Tongues

  CD (bright blue target, made in Japan)
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  Speaking in Tongues

  Digital Media (5.1 downmix)
  24 September 2007
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