Best of Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime

by Talking Heads

Overview

For the holiday season of 1992 (and a year after they announced their split), the Talking Heads issued the excellent double disc anthology, Popular Favorites 1984-1992: Sand in the Vaseline, which combined rarities, hits, and key album cuts. While America got the double disc set, Europe received a streamlined, single disc collection, The Best Of (Once In A Lifetime). As its title suggests, the fourteen track collection focuses solely on the group's best known tracks, including such classics as "Psycho Killer," their commercial breakthrough cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River," "Once In A Lifetime," and "Burning Down the House," among others. But the inclusion of a pair of oddities, "Sax and Violins" and "Lifetime Piling Up," will raise a few eyebrows, especially with such a backlog of stronger material that very easily could have fit alongside the renowned hits (namely "Memories Can't Wait," "Crosseyed and Painless," "Swamp," "Girlfriend is Better," etc.). But by and large, for a single disc collection, The Best Of (Once In A Lifetime) accomplishes its goal -- hopefully one day a slightly more expanded version will see a stateside release. ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date:	06/13/2000
Label:	Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0077778059325
Rank:	28606

Tracks

1. Psycho Killer
2. Take Me to the River
3. Once in a Lifetime
4. Burning Down the House
5. This Must Be the Place (N
6. Slippery People (Live)
7. Life During Wartime (Live
8. And She Was
9. Road to Nowhere
10. Wild Wild Life
11. Blind
12. (Nothing But) Flowers
13. Sax and Violins
14. Lifetime Piling Up

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Talking Heads   Primary Artist
Paulinho Da Costa   Guest Artist
Wally Badarou   Guest Artist,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Jon Hassell   Guest Artist
Nona Hendryx   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Robert Fripp   Guest Artist
Robert Palmer   Guest Artist
Brian Eno   Guest Artist,Vocals
Tawatha Agee   Vocals (Background)
Steve Scales   Percussion
Bernie Worrell   Keyboards
Johnny Marr   Guitar (12 String)
David Van Tieghem   Percussion
Earl Gardner   Trumpet
Jerry Harrison   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Chris Frantz   Percussion,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background),Drums
Diva Gray   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ednah Holt   Vocals (Background)
Lenny Pickett   Brass,Sax (Tenor)
Brice Wassy   Shaker,Cowbell,Percussion,Wood Block
Kurt Yahjian   Vocals (Background)
Nino Gioia   Timbales
Dollette McDonald   Vocals (Background)
Kirsty MacColl   Vocals (Background)
Lani Groves   Vocals (Background)
Lynn Mabry   Vocals (Background)
Laurie Frink   Trumpet
David Byrne   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Vocoder,Keyboards,Percussion
Gordon Grody   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Yves N'Djock   Guitar
Tina Weymouth   Bass,Synthesizer Bass
Erin Dickens   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ellen Bernfeld   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Macdonell   Accordion
Steve Elfon   Sax (Baritone)
Abdou M'Boup   Congas,Talking Drum
Alex Weir   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Stan Harrison   Sax (Alto)
Andrew Cader   Rubboard

Technical Credits

Tony Bongiovi   Producer
Ted Jensen   Mastering,Original Mastering
Steven Stanley   Engineer
Steve Lillywhite   Producer
David Byrne   Photography,Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Cover Photo
Jean-Loup Morette   Assistant Engineer
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges   Composer
Johnny Potoker   Engineer
Hugh Brown   Photography
Mark Wallis   Mixing
Richard Manwaring   Engineer
Scott Hull   Digital Sequencing
Jerry Harrison   Mixing,Arranger,Composer
Chris Frantz   Composer,Mixing,Arranger
Benji Armbrister   Assistant Engineer
Lenny Pickett   Horn Arrangements
Mark Wolfson   Engineer
Rhett Davies   Engineer
Frank Olinsky   Design,Art Direction
Marcia Resnick   Photography
Nick Delre   Assistant Engineer
Jack Skinner   Mastering,Original Mastering
Kendal Stubbs   Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering,Digital Remastering
Kevin Killen   Mixing
John Dalton   Photography
Lance Quinn   Producer
Talking Heads   Producer
Joe Gastwirt   Mastering,Original Mastering
Ed Stasium   Engineer
Fernando Kral   Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Charlie Brocco   Mixing
Joel Moss   Engineer
Jay Mark   Mixing,Assistant Engineer
Eric "ET" Thorngren   Mixing,Engineer,Overdub Engineer
Greg Calbi   Mastering,Original Mastering
Nick Launay   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Production Assistant
Mick Guzauski   Mixing
Tina Weymouth   Arranger,Composer
Alex Sadkin   Mixing,Engineer
Butch Jones   Engineer
Glenn Rosenstein   Assistant Engineer
Al Green   Composer
Brian Eno   Composer,Producer
Dave Jerden   Mixing,Engineer
Jack Nuber   Engineer
Ebet Roberts   Photography
Robin Laine   Mixing,Assistant Engineer
Kathe Duba-Noland   Copy Editing
Tom Nist   Mixing,Mixing Assistant
Jimmy DeSana   Photography
Linda Randazzo   Assistant Engineer
Melanie West   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Kathy Botich   Overdub Assistant,Assistant Engineer