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THE TALKING HEADS - TRUE STORIES (DUAL DISC)

THE TALKING HEADS/TRUE STORIES (DUAL DISC)

Formed in the mid-'70s by art school friends David Byrne, Chris Franz, and Tina Weymouth-and ex-Modern Lover Jerry Harrison-Talking Heads transcended their humble roots in NYC's CBGB-centric punk scene to emerge as one of the most artistically adventurous and influential bands ever. Their visionary, polyrhthmic sound fused rock, funk and punk with world beasts, avant-garde minimalism, pure pop genius and more. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the band's masterpieces are celebrated in Rhino's deluxe DualDisc upgrade of their catalogue, continuing now with their final four albums together.

Time hasn't been kind to Talking Heads' ancillary soundtrack to David Byrne's oddball directorial debut. Though it generated one of the band's biggest radio hits ('Wild Wild Life'), both the film and its songs were dismissed as self-consciously quirky retreads of other, better material; and it's well-known the quartet was beginning to splinter apart around the time of the sessions. Byrne himself has said that he regretted the whole notion of releasing True Stories with his own vocals, a decision made at the behest of the film's financial backers: All along, he intended for the lyrics to be sung, in character, by Pops Staples, John Goodman, and the rest of the cast. (Some of these alternate-vocal versions were eventually released as B-sides.) Despite its perfunctory nature, however, True Stories is not without its charms. Though an obvious swipe at consumerism, 'Love for Sale' boasts one of the band's best hooks, and it's easily their hardest-rocking tune since the Fear of Music days. 'Radio Head' is a successful continuation of some of the regional-American motifs Byrne explored on Little Creatures (and bears the distinction of inspiring Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and company to name their band after it). Free from the movie's weird patina of irony, 'Dream Operator' is one of the most affecting tunes Talking Heads ever recorded; the closing-credits theme 'City of Dreams' is similarly touching. Elsewhere, there is filler — touching upon gospel, country-western, zydeco, and sundry other Byrne influences — but the band's skill at arranging an album and maintaining a mood remains intact. So while True Stories may remain a regrettable chapter in the band's history, it's certainly not an embarrassing one.

Disc: 1 
1. Love for Sale 
2. Puzzlin' Evidence 
3. Hey Now 
4. Papa Legba 
5. Wild Wild Life 
6. Radio Head 
7. Dream Operator 
8. People Like Us 
9. City of Dreams 
10. Wild Wild Life [Extended Mix] [*] 
11. Papa Legba [Pops Staples Vocal Version][#][*] 
12. Radio Head [Tito Larriva Vocal Version][#][*] 

Disc: 2 
1. Papa Legba [Pops Staples Vocal Version] [5.1 Mix][*] 
2. Love for Sale [DVD] 
3. Wild Wild Life [DVD] 

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