TALKING HEADS – Their Brill 4th LP ‘REMAIN IN LIGHT’ Is 45 Today
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
8 October 2025
TALKING HEADS released their 4th LP, REMAIN IN LIGHT
on 8 October 1980, today 45 years ago.
The band’s 3rd and last album was produced by Brian Eno.
Byrne struggled with writer’s block, but adopted a scattered,
stream-of-consciousness lyrical style inspired by early rap and
academic literature on Africa.
The album artwork was conceived by the bassist, Tina Weymouth, and
the drummer/husband, Chris Frantz, with the help of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology‘s computers design company.
Remain in Light got widespread acclaim from critics for its sonic experimentation,
rhythmic innovations, and merging of disparate genres into a cohesive whole. The
album reached number 19 on the US Billboard 200 and number 21 in the UK.
Rolling Stone said: “It’s a brave and absorbing attempt to locate a common ground in the era’s divergent and often hostile musical genres. ‘Remain in Light’ yields scary, funny music to which you can dance and think, think and dance, dance and think, ad infinitum.”
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