On this day in music history: October 15, 1984 - Stop Making Sense, the seventh album by Talking Heads is released. Produced by Gary Goetzman, it is recorded at The Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA in December 1983. Recorded during the tour in support of the bands then current album Speaking In Tongues, the album is issued as the companion piece to the live concert film directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia). The bands main line up will be augmented with additional musicians including Bernie Worrell (keyboards), Alex Weir (guitar), Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt (backing vocals). The original LP release will contain only nine songs and is heavily edited in order to fit it on one album, and will also come wrapped in a full color picture book. In 1999, an expanded edition of the album is released featuring the complete performance, matching the contents of the 15th anniversary theatrical re-release of the film. Stop Making Sense will peak at #41 on the Billboard Top 200, and to date has been certified 2x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:59:45 +0000
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