Music CD - Talking Heads: Popular Favorites 1976-1992/Sand In the Vaseline

	Music CD: Popular Favorites 1976-1992/Sand In the Vaseline Artist: Talking Heads List Price: $31.98 Our Price: $12.13 Your Save: $ 19.85 ( 62% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks: 1. Sugar On My Tongue 2. I Want To Live 3. Love/Building On Fire 4. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That 5. Psycho Killer 6. Don't Worry About The Government 7. No Compassion 8. Warning Sign 9. The Big Country 10. Take Me To The River 11. Heaven 12. Memories Can't Wait 13. I Zimbra 14. Once In A Lifetime 15. Crosseyed And Painless 16. Burning Down The House 17. Swamp 18. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075992676021 Label: Warner Bros / Wea Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release Date: 1992-10-13 Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great, just be cautious Comment: There's little that I can add to the reviews already here in regards to the music and selections. It's great stuff, and a pleasure to hear. I just wanted to caution buyers who might be getting this from an independent seller that this is a 2 CD set! Each CD has its own jewel case and then there's an over-case uniting the two. I twice ordered it from such sellers who had only the first CD and did not realize there was another one. They graciously refunded my money but save yourself the trouble I had and ask your seller to verify physically that they have both CD's before you order. Customer Rating: Summary: This is the perfect place to start - if you are a new fan Comment: I appreciate the title of this 2-disc set 'Popular Favorites..." because there is NO such thing as "Best of" when it comes to this rock-fusion group (you are right - I did NOT say "new wave"). If you haven't collected every album they have or if you have just had the great good fortune to have discovered Talking Heads, then this is the CD set for you...unless you have quite a bit more moola and can afford their entire collected box-set then I say GO FOR IT. There are few groups that I would consider buying their life's work - but Talking Heads is definitely at the top, maybe, just maybe behind The Beatles...or maybe Traffic....hmmmmmmmmm - have to give that some thought. Anyway, BUY THIS IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD THEIR ENTIRE BOX-SET COLLECTION!! And that is close to being an order - if you love good music and are musically eclectically-minded. Enjoy! Customer Rating: Summary: Look at the Title Comment: Anyone who whould rate this less than four stars is ignorant. The first two words of the title say it all, "Popular Favorites." This is a great compilation. Can you please everyone all of the time? No, but this is as close as you can get. There's a lot more to the Talking Heads than is on this double cd release, but it is what it is, popular favorites. This band was ahead of its time with music that will endure several lifetimes, and these cd's have the songs to back that statement up. Customer Rating: Summary: A good compilation of Talking Heads Hits, that could have been better... Comment: With such an 'eclectic' band like Talking Heads, a search for individual albums (and/or Hits) should produce better results than creating this compilation that, certainly, is like having "sand in the Vaseline" (for any meaning you would like to give to this statement!). In my case, I would bet for having the full song list of "Little Creatures", "True Stories" and even "Speaking In Tongues" included in a compilation of T.H. Hits. Anyway, if you're exploring in music you heard before some time, but never knew who was(were) the performer(s), this "Sand in the Vaseline" will certainly work for you! Customer Rating: Summary: Awesomness Comment: I discovered the talking heads as a teeneage and fell in love, this 2 disc set is incredible and I highly reccommend it to ANYONE who appreiates the type of music. It's really an incredible compilation. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Released four years after the Talking Heads called it a day with 1988's Naked, Popular Favorites provides a thorough overview of one of the most important American bands of the '80s. From tightly wound early efforts such as "Psycho Killer" and "Don't Worry About the Government" to the seriously funky likes of "I Zimbra" and "Burning Down the House," David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Franz grew as musicians as they stretched the original concepts of the unit to the breaking point. Over the course of two discs and 32 selections, the anthology chronicles the Heads' development from Bowery art punks (albeit of the most civil stripe) to unlikely arena stars. A smattering of unreleased tracks and notes from the original quartet nicely flesh out the retrospective. --Steven Stolder