Album Club: Talking Heads, Remain in Light (1980)

Coming in at #39 on the Top 100 is Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, a record that turned rock music inside out.

Released in 1980, this album was built out of long jam sessions, with the band laying down grooves first and finding the words later. Many songs barely change chords at all; instead, they lock into a rhythm and keep stacking new parts on top, drawing heavily on the West African music the band had fallen in love with. The result is restless, playful, a little strange, and very hard to sit still through.

In this session, we’ll talk about:

• How “Once in a Lifetime” captures that dizzying moment of looking at your life and wondering how you got here
• If we could "tell" that the songs grew out of jamming together, with the words coming later
• How the groundbreaking cover reflects the music and its themes
• Why this record keeps showing up on “best of all time” lists
• What the album stirred up in each of us, from start to finish

Spend some time with it, notice what grabs you, and bring your thoughts.
✨ Listen ahead of time
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✨ New faces always welcome
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Peace ❤️