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Talking Heads – Fear Of Music (6-LP Vinyl Box Set)

$ 229.95
$ 229.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Sandwiched between *More Songs About Buildings and Food* and *Remain in Light*, Fear of Music is where Talking Heads started letting the paranoia in. Recorded in 1979 with Brian Eno producing, the album pushed David Byrne's anxious lyricism into darker, more rhythmically complex territory, with tracks like "Life During Wartime" and "I Zimbra" pointing directly toward the African polyrhythms that would consume the band's next chapter.

The third album from Talking Heads, 1979's  Fear of Music , is the bridge between the angular art rock of the Heads' early work and the P-Funk-inspired modalism of their early-'80s output.  Fear of Music  is more than just a bridge, though. It's the water under the bridge, the air, the animals, the cities the river flows through, and the heaven on top of it all: "...a place where nothing ever happens."

This Super Deluxe Edition expands upon the original album, featuring rare studio outtakes and alternate versions, as well as two previously unreleased, complete shows from the Fear of Music tour recorded at Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 24, 1979, and Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey, on November 17, 1979.

TRACKLIST

LP1 - Original Album (2026 Remaster)

Side A:

  1. I Zimbra

  2. Mind

  3. Paper

  4. Cities

  5. Life During Wartime

  6. Memories Can't Wait

Side B:

  1. Air

  2. Heaven

  3. Animals

  4. Electric Guitar

  5. Drugs

LP2 - Rarities (2026 Remaster)

Side C:

  1. Mind (Alternate Version)

  2. Life During Wartime (Alternate Version)

  3. Dancing for Money (Unfinished Outtake)

  4. Cities (Alternate Version)

  5. Drugs (Alternate Version)

  6. I Zimbra (12" Version)

Side D:

Etching

LP3-4 - Live at Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts, August 24, 1979

Side E:

  1. Artists Only *

  2. Stay Hungry *

  3. Cities

  4. Paper *

Side F:

  1. Mind

  2. Heaven *

  3. The Book I Read *

Side G:

  1. Electric Guitar *

  2. Air *

  3. Warning Sign *

  4. Love Goes to a Building on Fire *

Side H:

  1. Memories Can't Wait *

  2. Psycho Killer *

  3. Life During Wartime *

  4. Take Me to the River *

LP5-6 - Live at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, November 17, 1979

Side I:

  1. Artists Only

  2. Stay Hungry

  3. Cities *

  4. Paper *

  5. Mind *

Side J:

  1. Heaven *

  2. Electric Guitar *

  3. Air

Side K:

  1. Animals *

  2. Love Goes to a Building on Fire

  3. Found a Job *

Side L:

  1. Memories Can't Wait

  2. Psycho Killer *

  3. Life During Wartime *

*previously unreleased

UPC: 603497807963

Label: Rhino

Release Date: 11.13.26

Format: LP Vinyl