More Songs about Buildings and Food

More Songs About Buildings and Food is Talking Heads' second album, the first of a string of three coproduced by Brian Eno. The album was significantly more popular than their first, Talking Heads: 77. The band's blend of funky bass, bubblegum, country, reggae and punk influences, with David Byrne's unique voice, established the group as a critical success known for their live shows, but still with disappointing album sales. Concerning the album'... more

More Songs About Buildings and Food is Talking Heads' second album, the first of a string of three coproduced by Brian Eno. The album was significantly more popular than their first, Talking Heads: 77. The band's blend of funky bass, bubblegum, country, reggae and punk influences, with David Byrne's unique voice, established the group as a critical success known for their live shows, but still with disappointing album sales. Concerning the album's title: More Songs about Buildings and Food was released on July 21, 1978. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album's one single, a cover of the Al Green hit "Take Me to the River", peaked at #26 on the Pop Singles chart in 1979. The front cover of the album, conceived and executed by Byrne, is a photomosaic of the band comprising 529 close-up Polaroid photographs. In 2003, the album was ranked number 382 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2006, it was ranked the 45th-best album of... less