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All rights reserved.Talking Heads - Fear Of Music (CD 1994)
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| Track Listing 1. I Zimbra 2. Mind 3. Cities 4. Paper 5. Life During Wartime 6. Memories Can't Wait 7. Air 8. Heaven 9. Animals 10. Electric Guitar 11. Drugs
Album Notes Talking Heads: David Byrne (vocals, guitar); Jerry Harrison (guitar, keyboards); Tina Weymouth (bass); Chris Frantz (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Robert Fripp (guitar); Gene Wilder, Ari (congas); Brian Eno (sound effects, background vocals); Julie Last, The Sweetbreathes (background vocals).Principally recorded at Chris and Tina's loft, Long Island City, Queens, New York. FEAR OF MUSIC is the point of transition between the angular art-school new wave of the Heads' early work and the P-Funk-inspired modalism of their early-'80s output. While there's nothing as funky or visionary as REMAIN IN LIGHT here, the album represents a step in a new direction. At the same time, the Heads' white-knuckled neuroticism is pushed to the extreme here. Almost unrelentingly dark and paranoid-sounding, the tunes find Byrne at his most Anthony Perkins-like, and the interplay of the guitars, even more syncopated and thoughtfully arranged than on the previous album, provides a pointillistic landscape on which Byrne can let his twitchy persona run free. From the tense espionage tale of "Life During Wartime" to the global disaffection of "Cities," Byrne and company seem wound so tight you wonder when they'll snap. One of the only places to look for breathing room here is the funky, African-sounding "I Zimbra," with its highlife-influenced guitars and tribal chanting. This tune also points the way to the mind-blowing innovations that were just around the corner on REMAIN IN LIGHT. | |||||||||||||||
Reviews  Be Afraid... Be Very Afraid...Review created: 15/01/08(updated 10/02/08) by:  1 of 1 people found this review helpful. Being a bit of a Talking Heads fan I bought this in vinyl when it first came out and have to admit to being somewhat disappointed. There were none of the bright tunes and intelligent yet lovable lyrics I had come to know and love from "77" or "More Songs". In their place were very dark tunes with heavy, heavy lyrics, a lot of politics and I didn't like it. I replaced the vinyl with polycarbonate when it came out on CD - I could afford to do things like that back then - and played it again. It dfidn't sound so bad but I still didn't like it that much. I have to admit the intervening years haven't changed my opinion that much, this is most certainly NOT my favourite Talkiing Heads album but I do still pull it out and play it every now again. But not that often! The best tracks have to be 'Life During Wartime' and 'Electric Guitar' but I have to stress they are the best tracks ON THIS CD and, in my opinion, not very good compared to the rest of Talking Heads' output. I would recommend almost any other Talking Heads CD over this one any day of the week. I'm going to listen to it again tonight and pass my final comments then. I'll get back to you as soon as I have. Ok? TO BE CONTINUED RSN [Real Soon Now]. Regards tbod Review ID: 10000000005131014 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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