Cover of Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads

Stop Making Sense

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Tracklist

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

Musicians

Production

  • Jonathan DemmeFilm Director (DIrected By), Film Producer (A Film By), Recording Supervisor (Re-Recording Supervision)
  • Joseph A. ViolaFilm Director (First Assistant Director)
  • Michael LooneyFilm Director (Second Assistant Director)
  • Talking HeadsFilm Producer (A Film By), Producer (Album Produced By)
  • Gary GoetzmanFilm Producer (Produced By), Recording Supervisor (Re-Recording Supervision)

Also credited

Also credited. Artwork (Special Visual Effects): Bill Hansard. Costume Designer (Mr. Byrne’s Big Suit Built By): Gail Blacker. Design (Package Designed And Written With): Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Michael Hodgson. Director Of Photography: Jordan Cronenweth. Engineer (Assistant Engineer At Sigma Sound): Glenn Rosenstein, Linda Randazzo, Nick Delre. Engineer (Assistant Engineer At Soundworks): Robin Laine. Engineer (Re-recording): Joel Moss, Mark Wolfson. Executive-Producer: Gary Kurfirst. Graphic Design (Titles By): Pablo Ferro. Graphic Design (Visual Consultant): Sandy McLeod. Lacquer Cut By: Ted Jensen. Mastered By (Originally): Ted Jensen, Jack Skinner. Lighting (Designed For The Stage By, With): Beverly Emmons. Mixed By: Eric Thorngren. Photography By (Cover Photo): Adelle Lutz. Project Manager (Creative Liaison): Adelle Lutz. Photography By (Other Photos): Dave Friedman, Hugh Brown. Production Manager: Charles A. Myers. Production Manager (Production Associate): June Petersen.

Release notes

Specialty Records Corporation pressing denoted by “E A S T” embossed on center label B side and “SP” etched in runouts. Remainder of runouts etched, Sterling and Allied “ɑ” logos stamped.

Printed cardstock inner sleeve.

© 1984 Sire Records Company & Talking Heads Films
℗ 1984 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.

Catalog number on labels: 1-25186
Catalog number on spine, inner sleeve: 9 25186-1

Recorded at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, December 1983.
Re-recording for film at Can Am and Ocean Way, Los Angeles and Right Track, New York.
Mixed at Soundworks and Sigma Sound, New York.
Originally mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.