More Songs About Buildings And Food
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
More Songs About Buildings and Food is the second studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on July 14, 1978 by Sire Records. It was the first of three albums produced by collaborator Brian Eno, and saw the band move toward a danceable style, crossing singer David Byrne's unusual delivery with new emphasis on the rhythm section composed of bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz. -Wikipedia
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Classic Rock Review
that “jinx” was obliterated here as the quirky new wave quartet found decent commercial success and widespread critical acclaim for their fine combination of standard motifs and inventive techniques, perfect for that era of popular music.
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UCR
Talking Heads would begin their exploration of world rhythms that exposed them to an even wider audience. But on More Songs About Buildings and Food, they proved themselves to be a band that was in it for the long haul.
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Rolling Stone
The eclecticism of More Songs about Buildings and Food — its witty distillations of disco and reggae rhythms, its reconciliation of “art” and punk rock — is masterful, The music represents a triumph over diversity, while the words spell out defeat by disparities between mind and body, head and heart.
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Spectrum Culture
Byrne’s inquisitive persona would jettison the band to arena-filling stardom, but on More Songs About Buildings and Food he was content to simply poke and prod at the norms of society. After all, you have to start small before taking on the big questions.
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Pop Matters
1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food (its title a self-referential jab at 77 and the sophomore album "syndrome") sounds like the work of a band that suddenly got it: the quirks and the tugs are more calculated, the twitching ends come together and fuse into one gyrating whole.
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WARR
The band fell on its face artistically, reusing the same formula as the previous record but without the same freshness ("The Good Thing"), tunefulness ("With Our Love") or lyrical invention ("I'm Not In Love" is particularly heinous). Instead, they fall back on sudden dynamics shifts ("The Girls Want To Be With The Girls") and endless repetition ("The Big Country").
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
Like most of the band’s early albums, More Songs About Buildings and Food isn’t an easy first listen, but it captures the band at the beginning of a terrific streak of albums with Eno.
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Mark Prindle
FOUND IT TO BE A GREAT, INTELLIGENT, CHALLENGING, WONDERFUL RECORD. THE SONGS AREN'T IMMEDIATELY CATCHY, BUT THEIR INTERESTING, STRANGE ARRANGEMENTS REALLY STICK WITH YOU OVER THE LONG TERM!
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COS
More Songs About Buildings and Food is the quintessential Talking Heads record. Quirky, dancey, inventive, vibrant, curious, confrontational, and even pretentious.
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Diffuser
While they were still an album away from the fluid jams that helped define their style, 'More Songs About Buildings and Food' was a giant leap from jagged art rock to a less stiff version of it.
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The Pop Break
Give More Songs About Buildings and Food a spin, dance to some of the 70’s funkiest grooves, and think about one of the greatest influences in rock history. They’ve earned it.
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