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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[TitleByYear released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. Produced with the intent of differentiating the album from the band's live performances, its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone immediately set the band apart from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[TitleByYear released in 1977]].1977]] through Creator/SireRecords. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. Produced with the intent of differentiating the album from the band's live performances, its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone immediately set the band apart from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts.
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* ReCut: 8-track releases of the album reshuffle the tracklist to account for the technical restrictions of the four-program format:
** Initial 8-track releases feature the running order "Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town", "The Book I Read", "Don't Worry About the Government", "New Feeling", "Tentative Decisions", "First Week/Last Week... Carefree", "Happy Day", "Who Is It?", "Psycho Killer", "No Compassion", and "Pulled Up".
** Later 8-track releases feature the running order "Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town", "Happy Day", "Don't Worry About the Government", "New Feeling", "Tentative Decisions", "First Week/Last Week... Carefree", "Who Is It?", "No Compassion", "The Book I Read", "Psycho Killer", and "Pulled Up". Additionally, "The Book I Read" is split into two parts due to it overlapping with the changeover between programs three and four.



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* InTheStyleOf: In the overtime portion of his 2023 ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' interview, Music/DavidByrne described "Psycho Killer" as his approximation of an imagined collaboration between Music/AliceCooper and Music/RandyNewman.
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* AnnualTitle: The album title.

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* AnnualTitle: The album title.title derives its "77" suffix from the year it came out, 1977.
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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. Produced with the intent of differentiating the album from the band's live performances, its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone immediately set the band apart from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin [[TitleByYear released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. Produced with the intent of differentiating the album from the band's live performances, its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone immediately set the band apart from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts.
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* AnswerCut: "Uh-Oh Loves Comes To Town".

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* AnswerCut: "Uh-Oh "Uh-Oh, Loves Comes To Town".



* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The narrator of "Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town" compares love causing him to make bad decisions to a jet pilot going out of control, a ship captain running aground...and a stockbroker making a bad investment.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The narrator of "Uh-oh, "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" compares love causing him to make bad decisions to a jet pilot going out of control, a ship captain running aground...and a stockbroker making a bad investment.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The narrator of "Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town" compares love causing him to make bad decisions to a jet pilot going out of control, a ship captain running aground...and a stockbroker making a bad investment.



-->"They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time."

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-->"They -->''They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time."''
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-->Jet pilot gone out of control, ship captain run aground\\
Stock broker make a bad investment when love has come to town

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-->Jet -->''Jet pilot gone out of control, ship captain run aground\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Stock broker make a bad investment investment]] when love has come to towntown''
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Producer Tony Bongiovi worked with Music/TheRamones on ''Music/RocketToRussia'', released the same year. He and engineer Lance Quinn would become associated with Music/BonJovi, the band led by Bongiovi’s cousin. The album peaked at no. 97 on the Billboard album charts, while reaching no. 60 on the U.K. chart.

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Producer Tony Bongiovi worked with Music/TheRamones on ''Music/RocketToRussia'', released the same year. He and engineer Lance Quinn would become associated with Music/BonJovi, the band led by Bongiovi’s Bongiovi's cousin. The album peaked at no. 97 on the Billboard album charts, while reaching no. 60 on the U.K. chart.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best-known songs.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The Produced with the intent of differentiating the album was an instant hit with critics, who praised from the band's live performances, its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated set the band apart from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best-known songs.
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The album was listed at #291 in the 2012 edition of ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], being dropped in the 2020 revision.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts.
acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best-known songs.


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The album was listed at #291 in the 2012 edition of ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], being dropped in the 2020 revision.
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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best-known songs.

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best-known songs.
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The album was listed at #291 in the 2012 edition of ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], being dropped in the 2020 revision.

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The album was listed at #291 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].


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The album was listed at #291 in the 2012 edition of ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

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* RearrangeTheSong: "Tentative Decisions" originally had a faster tempo and lacked backing vocals, as heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzn78HUFm3I the band's early demo of the song]].

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* RearrangeTheSong: "Tentative Decisions" originally had a faster tempo and lacked backing vocals, as heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzn78HUFm3I the band's early demo of the song]]. The slower tempo was at the suggestion of Music/LouReed.
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Producer Tony Bongiovi worked with Music/TheRamones on ''Music/RocketToRussia'', released the same year. He and engineer Lance Quinn would become associated with Music/BonJovi, the band led by Bongiovi’s cousin.

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Producer Tony Bongiovi worked with Music/TheRamones on ''Music/RocketToRussia'', released the same year. He and engineer Lance Quinn would become associated with Music/BonJovi, the band led by Bongiovi’s cousin.
cousin. The album peaked at no. 97 on the Billboard album charts, while reaching no. 60 on the U.K. chart.



The album was supported by four singles: "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town", "Psycho Killer", "Pulled Up", and "New Feeling"; the second-to-last of those was released only in the UK, and the last only in Australia.

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The album was supported by four singles: "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town", "Psycho Killer", "Pulled Up", and "New Feeling"; the second-to-last of those was released only in the UK, and the last only in Australia. "Psycho Killer" peaked at no. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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* RearrangeTheSong: "Tentative Decisions" originally had a faster tempo, as heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzn78HUFm3I the band's early demo of the song]].

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* RearrangeTheSong: "Tentative Decisions" originally had a faster tempo, tempo and lacked backing vocals, as heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzn78HUFm3I the band's early demo of the song]].
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* RearrangeTheSong: "Tentative Decisions" originally had a faster tempo, as heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzn78HUFm3I the band's early demo of the song]].
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The album was supported by four singles: "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town", "Psycho Killer", "Pulled Up", and "New Feeling"; the second-to-last of those was released only in the UK, and the last only in Australia.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I drift away to another land/Sleeping dreaming such a simple thing/I think of things that I might be/I see my name go down in history..."'']]

''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best known songs.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I drift away to another land/Sleeping dreaming such a simple thing/I think of things that I might be/I see my name go down in history..."'']]

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''Talking Heads: 77'' is the debut album from Music/TalkingHeads. It was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin released in 1977]]. The band, formerly a trio of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass, credited as "Martina Weymouth" on this album) and Chris Frantz (drums), had recently added keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, formerly of Jonathan Richman's Music/TheModernLovers. The album was an instant hit with critics, who praised its unconventional rhythms & lyrics and distinctly anxious-yet-preppy tone that immediately differentiated the band from other PunkRock and PostPunk acts. This album is the source of "Psycho Killer", one of the band’s best known best-known songs.



!! Can't sleep, tropes on fire; don't touch me, I'm a real live wire'':

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!! Can't sleep, tropes on fire; don't touch me, I'm a real live wire'':''The answer is obvious--tropes have come to town!'':
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-->Jet pilot gone out of control, ship captain run aground\\
Stock broker make a bad investment when love has come to town

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