The Best of Talking Heads

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The Best of Talking Heads
Compilation album by Talking Heads
Released	August 17, 2004
Recorded	1976-1988
Genre	New Wave/Art punk
Length	77:25
Label	Sire Records/Rhino Records/Warner Bros.
Producer	Tony Bongiovi, Brian Eno, Steve Lillywhite, Lance Quinn
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Talking Heads chronology
Once in a Lifetime (2003) The Best of Talking Heads (2004) Talking Heads Brick (2005)

The Best of Talking Heads is a 2004 compilation album by Talking Heads, released by Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, and contains in all 18 tracks, from the beginning to the end of the Talking Heads history. It was released the same day (August 17, 2004) as the expanded The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.

The cover may be an homage to the cover of the soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by David Byrne unless otherwise noted.

1. "Love → Building on Fire" (from single, 1977) – 2:59
2. "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth) (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977) – 4:20
3. "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977) – 2:55
4. "Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Teenie Hodges) (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978) – 5:04
5. "Found a Job" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)– 5:01
6. "Life During Wartime" (from Fear of Music, 1979) – 3:41
7. "Heaven" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) (from Fear of Music, 1979) – 4:01
8. "Memories Can't Wait" (from Fear of Music, 1979) – 3:30
9. "Once in a Lifetime" (from Remain in Light, 1979) – 4:20
10. "Houses in Motion" (from Remain in Light, 1979) – 4:31
11. "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983) – 4:56
12. "Girlfriend Is Better" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983) – 5:43
13. "Burning Down the House" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983) – 4:01
14. "Road to Nowhere" (from Little Creatures, 1985) – 4:20
15. "And She Was" (from Little Creatures, 1985) – 3:39
16. "Wild Wild Life" (from True Stories, 1986) – 3:41
17. "Blind" (from Naked, 1988) – 5:00
18. "(Nothing But) Flowers" (from Naked, 1988) – 5:33

v • d • e Talking Heads David Byrne | Jerry Harrison | Tina Weymouth | Chris Frantz Studio Albums Talking Heads: 77 (1977) | More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) | Fear of Music (1979) | Remain in Light (1980) | Speaking in Tongues (1983) | Little Creatures (1985) | True Stories (1986) | Naked (1988) The Heads Albums No Talking, Just Head (1996) Live Albums The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) | Stop Making Sense (1984) Compilations Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992) | Once in a Lifetime (2003) | The Best of Talking Heads (2004) | Brick (2005) | Bonus Rarities and Outtakes (2006) Filmography Stop Making Sense (1984) | True Stories (1986) | Storytelling Giant (1988)