Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the celebrated Talking Heads and Jonathan Demme’s concert film Stop Making Sense, the set will be re-released as a 2LP and 2CD/Blu-ray set this summer.

When it arrived in September 1984, Stop Making Sense was an artistic and commercial triumph. The film had people dancing in theatre aisles, and the soundtrack sold over two million copies. Just last year, the Library of Congress added Stop Making Sense to the National Film Registry in recognition of its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. The inspiration for Stop Making Sense came when director Jonathan Demme saw Talking Heads perform during the band’s 1983 tour for Speaking in Tongues. Afterward, he approached them with the idea of making the show into a concert film. They agreed and worked together over the next few months to finalize the details. Ultimately, Demme filmed three shows at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983 to create Stop Making Sense.

Released last year, the sold-out Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack will return as a 2-LP black vinyl & RSD Stores & HMV Exclusive Crystal Clear 2LP . Features a 12-page booklet with liner notes from all four band members –Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison—and band photos.  The 2CD/Blu-ray version includes the entire 28-page booklet from last year’s Deluxe Edition and a Dolby Atmos mix of the complete concert, mixed by Jerry Harrison and E.T. Thorngren, who also mixed the original release.

Tracklist:

2-LP

A1 Psycho Killer

A2 Heaven

A3 Thank You For Sending Me An Angel

A4 Found A Job

A5 Slippery People

A6 Cities

B1 Burning Down The House

B2 Life During Wartime

B3 Making Flippy Floppy

B4 Swamp

C1 What A Day That Was

C2 This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)

C3 Once In A Lifetime

C4 Big Business / I Zimbra

D1 Genius Of Love

D2 Girlfriend Is Better

D3 Take Me To The River

D4 Crosseyed And Painless

CD1
1 Psycho Killer

2 Heaven

3 Thank You For Sending Me An Angel

4 Found A Job 

5 Slippery People

6 Cities

7 Burning Down The House

8 Life During Wartime

9 Making Flippy Floppy

10 Swamp

CD2
1 What A Day That Was

2 This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)

3 Once In A Lifetime

4 Big Business / I Zimbra

5 Genius Of Love

6 Girlfriend Is Better

7 Take Me To The River

8 Crosseyed And Painless

Blu-Ray - as above