Talking HeadsStop Making Sense

Label:

Sire – 1-25186

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1 Psycho Killer 4:20
A2 Swamp 3:50
A3 Slippery People 3:35
A4 Burning Down The House 4:10
A5 Girlfriend Is Better 3:32
B1 Once In A Lifetime 4:34
B2 What A Day That Was 5:08
B3 Life During Wartime 4:52
B4 Take Me To The River 5:36

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanySire Records Company
  • Record CompanyWarner Communications
  • Marketed ByWarner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Manufactured ByColumbia House
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sire Records Company
  • Copyright ©Sire Records Company
  • Copyright ©Talking Heads Films
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
  • Recorded AtPantages Theater
  • Recorded AtCan-Am Recorders
  • Recorded AtOcean Way Recording
  • Recorded AtRight Track Recording
  • Recorded ByRecord Plant Mobile, Los Angeles
  • Mixed AtSoundworks, New York
  • Mixed AtSigma Sound Studios, New York
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound

Credits

  • Backing VocalsLynn Mabry
  • Bass, VocalsTina Weymouth
  • Design [Package Design And Written By, With]Michael Hodgson (2)
  • Design [Package Design And Written By]David Byrne
  • Drums, VocalsChris Frantz
  • EngineerMark Wolfson
  • Engineer [Assistant At Sigma Sound]Nick Del Re*
  • Engineer [Assistant At Soundworks]Robin Laine
  • Guitar, Keyboards, VocalsJerry Harrison
  • Guitar, VocalsAlex Weir
  • KeyboardsBernie Worrell
  • Mastered ByTed Jensen
  • Mixed ByE.T. Thorngren*
  • Mixed By [With]Jerry Harrison
  • PercussionSteve Scales
  • Photography By [Cover]Adelle Lutz
  • Photography By [Other]Hugh Brown (3)
  • Vocals, GuitarDavid Byrne

Notes

Issued with printed inner sleeve.

Recorded at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, December 1983 by The Record Plant Mobile.

Manufactured by Columbia House Under License.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched [variant 1]): (F-MP)W1-25186A-G1A G1 A11
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched [variant 1]): W1-25186B-1B G1 A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched [variant 2]): (F-M1)W1-25186A-G1A 0 G1 A12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched [variant 2]): (FXAP)W1-2̶7̶25186B-G1A 2 G1 KQ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched [variant 3]): W1-25186A-1A G1 C4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched [variant 3]): W1-25186B-1A G1 A1
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI

Other Versions (5 of 202)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Stop Making Sense (LP, Album, Stereo) EMI TAH 1, EJ 2402431 UK 1984
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Stop Making Sense (LP, Album, Limited Edition) Sire 9 25121-1E, 1-25121 US 1984
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Stop Making Sense (LP, Album, Specialty Pressing) Sire 1-25186, 9 25186-1 US 1984
Stop Making Sense (LP, Album, Stereo) EMI 1C 064-24 0243 1, 064 24 0243 1, 24 0243 1 Europe 1984
Stop Making Sense (LP, Album) EMI EMC.240243, EMC-240243 Australia 1984

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Reviews

  • alaskawack's avatar
    alaskawack
    Ok, this LP just hits hard! Sounds so good!! What an awesome pressing!!! These are the songs i danced to with the ladies at the school dances when i was a freshman in HS! Ha!!
    • NickRajtar's avatar
      NickRajtar
      Dead wax code matches all ID marks except “A3” etched on side one “C8” on side two

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