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Talking Heads: Naked

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 1988
Time:
 52:49
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Steve Lillywhite, Talking Heads
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.talking-heads.net
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2000
Price in €: 7,99



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[1] Blind (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:58
[2] Mr. Jones (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:18
[3] Totally Nude (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:10
[4] Ruby Dear (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 3:48
[5] (Nothing But) Flowers (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 5:31
[6] The Democratic Circus (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 5:01
[7] The Facts Of Life (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 6:25
[8] Mommy Daddy You And I (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 3:58
[9] Big Daddy (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 5:37
[10] Bill (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 3:21
[11] Cool Water (Byrne/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 5:10

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David Byrne - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals, Artwork, Producer
Jerry Harrison - Piano, Keyboards, Marimbas, Hammond B3 Organ, Producer
Tina Weymouth - Flute, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Chris Frantz - Drums, Producer

Wally Badarou - Keyboards
Mory Kanté - Kora
Robin Eubanks - Trombone
Charlie Sepulveda - Trumpet
Manolo Badrena - Percussion, Conga, Bells
Donnie Brooks - Harmonica
Moussa Cissokho - Percussion
James Fearnley - Accordion
Angel Fernandez - Trumpet
Laurie Frink - Trumpet
Mitch Frohman - Alto Saxophone
Earl Gardner - Trumpet
Stan Harrison - Alto Saxophone
Abdou Mboup - Conga, Drums, Bells
Johnny Marr - Guitar
Yves N'Djock - Guitar
Lenny Pickett - Tenor Saxophone
Bobby Porcelli - Alto Saxophone
Dale Turk - Trombone
Brice Wassy - Percussion, Maraccas
Jose Jerez - Trumpet
Al Acosta - Tenor Saxophone
Steve Elfon - Baritone Saxophone
Nino Gioia - Percussion
Steve Gluzband - Trumpet
Steve Sachs - Baritone Saxophone
Philippe Servain - Accordion

Steve Lillywhite - Producer
Richard Mainwaring - Engineer
M&Co. - Cover Design
Paula Wright - Artwork

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"...eine musikalische und klangliche Offenbarung."

C. Böhm in Audio 5/88



On what turned out to be their final new album, Talking Heads, recording in Paris with co-producer Steve Lillywhite, returned to an expanded format that was heavy on African talking drums and other percussion, plus horns on a couple of tracks. It made for a burbling, rhythmic sound that de-emphasized the melodies and lyrics, making the songs less memorable. But then, lyricist/singer David Byrne seemed to have less to say, his words as scattered as ever but seeming not so much surprising as random. The most coherent lyric also made for the best song, "(Nothing But) Flowers," a fanciful vision of reverse-urbanization in which discount stores turned into cornfields. But even that sounded familiar -- for Byrne. Naked was one of Talking Heads' more pleasant efforts, but also one of its least substantial.

William Ruhlmann - All Music Guide



Coming at the end of the Talking Heads' discography, NAKED finds the Heads returning to many elements of the complex, polyrhythmic arrangements that marked their work earlier in the decade, prior to the rootsier LITTLE CREATURES. Reflecting a more European influence, NAKED was recorded in Paris and produced by Steve Lillywhite, who brings to bear his gift for making sprawling arrangements sound remarkably down-to-earth and radio-friendly (see U2). The album's truly special guest is former Smith Johnny Marr, who lends his imaginative fretboard work and timeless pop sensibility to tunes such as "Nothing but Flowers," and "Cool Water." Other standouts include "Blind," a bombastic groove that foreshadows Byrne's soon-to-follow solo work. Sparse, spastic, and filled with intellectual social rage, NAKED is at once a return to form and a fitting sendoff for one of music's relentlessly original and truly important forces.



Now that the Heads have received their due in the marketplace, the band has gone back to their roots, drawing together all the African and Latin rhythms, funky beats, youthful edge, pop smarts and biting humor of their past into one glorious whole. Naked is anything but, being a layered, textured album (it's produced by Steve Lillywhite with the band) that has the quartet at its core but uses a mammoth cast of extras to achieve the band's vision, including ex-Smith-for-hire Johnny Marr, Wally Badarou, and the Pogues' accordion-playing James Fearnley. The advance single "(Nothing But) Flowers" only hints at Naked's joys: "Blind," "Mr. Jones," "The Facts Of Life" and "The Democratic Circus" (sure to be a favorite in Iowa) are among the high points of this deeply satisfying disc. Get Naked!

CMJ New Music Report
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