Vinyl Record Album Talking Heads Fear of Music Naked Speaking True Stories More

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Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar). Former art school students who became involved in the 1970s New York punk scene, Talking Heads integrated elements of punk, art rock, funk, dance, and world music with avant-garde sensibilities and the anxious stage persona of singer Byrne, helping to pioneer new wave music. The group produced several commercial hits and a number of multimedia projects throughout its career, and often collaborated with other artists, such as musician Brian Eno and director Jonathan Demme.

• More Songs About Buildings and Food is the second studio album, released in July 1978 and the first of a string of three co-produced by Brian Eno. The band's blend of funk, bubblegum, country, reggae and punk influences, with David Byrne's voice, established the group as a critical success, reaching 29 in the US Billboard Pop Albums chart and 21 in the UK Albums Chart.
• Fear of Music is the third studio album, released on 3 August 1979 on Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City between April and May 1979 and was produced by the quartet and Brian Eno. The album reached number 21 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and peaked at number 33 on the UK Albums Chart.
• Speaking in Tongues is the fifth studio album, released in 1983. The album was a commercial breakthrough that produced the band's first (and only) American Top 10 hit, "Burning Down the House", which was accompanied by a promotional video.
• Little Creatures is the sixth studio album, released in June 1985. The album examines themes of Americana and incorporates elements of country music, with many of the songs featuring steel guitar. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll and is the band's biggest-selling studio album, with over two million copies sold in the US.
• True Stories is the seventh album released in 1986; it was released at the same time as the David Byrne film of the same name, True Stories.
• The album does not contain the actors' performances from the film. Instead, this is a Talking Heads studio album featuring recordings of songs from the film. While an original cast recording for this movie was never released, several of the film performances did appear on single releases of several songs from the album.
• Naked is the eighth and final studio album, released in early 1988. The band dissolved shortly after the album's release, but didn't announce their breakup until 1991.

• Sounds from True Stories, subtitled Music for Activities Freaks is the soundtrack to David Byrne's 1986 film True Stories. It was released only on cassette and LP.

  The album is not a complete soundtrack recording, featuring only a couple of the vocal songs heard in the movie, with the rest being instrumental music. Byrne's band Talking Heads released the album True Stories, which contained versions of the other songs in the film.