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More Songs About Buildings and Food is Talking Heads' second album, the first of a string of three...

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 the 1970s by Pitchfork Media. In 2005, it was re-released and remastered by Warner Music Group on their Warner Bros./Sire Records/Rhino Records labels in DualDisc format, with four bonus tracks on the