Talking Heads

The name of this band is Talking Heads, and these innovators set themselves apart from the American punk scene with intellectual wordplay and the spastic antics of frontman David Byrne, all set to a deliriously funky electronic beat. Take a ride with the 15 cuts that got people talking.

You may ask yourself, "Where does this highway lead to?" Hopefully, you may find yourself ready to take the next step with these equally necessary Talking Heads tunes.

If the Talking Heads are remembered for their quirkiness, they were seriously astute musicians. Sometimes their best efforts went unnoticed. Consider these 15 rare gems like these come only once in a lifetime.

In a late-'70s pop-music scene characterized by three-chord attacks and punk temper-tantrums, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, and Chris Frantz set themselves apart with intellectual wordplay, geek-chic, and the impossibly spastic vocals and limbs of frontman Byrne. They gradually evolved into leaders of a new wave, along the way adding elements of electronic and worldbeat influences. Get into the Heads of these brainy, beat-driven artistes with 45 twitchy, trance-inducing tracks.