TALKING HEADS – SPEAKING IN TONGUES LP – Nr MINT 1983  ROCK PUNK NEW WAVE

Talking Heads – Speaking In Tongues
(Sire Records  1983  9238831)
Matrix No’s: A7/B2

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges – DMM sticker on front
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band was composed of Scottish-born David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), drummer Chris Frantz, bassist Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison(keyboards, guitar).

Speaking in Tongues is the fifth studio album by the band Talking Heads, released in 1983.

Track listing

All lyrics written by David Byrne; all music composed by Talking Heads.

Side one

1. “Burning Down the House” – 4:00
2. “Making Flippy Floppy” – 4:36
3. “Girlfriend Is Better” – 4:25
4. “Slippery People” – 3:30
5. “I Get Wild/Wild Gravity” – 4:06

Side two

1. “Swamp” – 5:09
2. “Moon Rocks” – 5:04
3. “Pull Up the Roots” – 5:08
4. “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” – 4:56

Talking Heads

• David Byrne – vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion
• Chris Frantz – drums, backing vocals, synthesizer
• Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
• Tina Weymouth – synthesizer and string bass, backing vocals, guitar

Additional musicians

• Wally Badarou – synthesizer
• Raphael DeJesus – percussion
• Nona Hendryx – backing vocals
• Richard Landry – saxophone
• Dolette McDonald – backing vocals
• Steve Scales – percussion
• Shankar – violin
• David Van Tieghem – percussion
• Alex Weir – guitar
• Bernie Worrell – synthesizer

Recording personnel

• John Convertino – assistant engineer
• Franklin Gibson – assistant overdubbing engineers, mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Butch Jones – engineer
• Jay Mark – assistant overdubbing engineers, mixing
• Alex Sadkin – overdubbing engineer, mixing
• Brian Kehew – 2006 Dual Disc bonus mixes