Talking Heads "Speaking In Tongues" (DMM) Sire ?92-3883-1 1A/1B + inner 1983

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Talking Heads ? "Speaking In Tongues"  Sire ?92-3883-1   Vinyl, LP (DMM), housed in a printed inner sleeve, and released in 1983.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. It is housed in its original printed inner sleeve, which shows minimal signs of wear and which is also in great condition - no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout  Side A : R/S Alsdorf 923883-1 A  XXXX C-92-3771-1A XXX CS-B - II - BE D.M.M. Matrix / Runout  Side B : R/S 923883-1 B XX  C-92-3771-1B XX CS-B-?  DMM
"Speaking in Tongues" is Talking Heads' fifth studio album, released on June 1, 1983 by Sire Records. Following their split with producer Brian Eno and a short hiatus, which allowed the individual members to pursue side projects, recording began in 1982. It became the band's commercial breakthrough and produced the band's sole US top-ten hit, "Burning Down the House".
The album's tour was documented in Jonathan Demme's 1984 film 'Stop Making Sense', which generated a live album of the same name. The album also crossed over to the dance charts, where it peaked at number two for six weeks. It is the group's highest-charting album on the US Billboard 200.
Rolling Stone's David Fricke lauded the album's crossover nature, calling it "the album that finally obliterates the thin line separating arty white pop music and deep black funk." He elaborated that the songs are all true art rock, with the complexity and sophistication of the genre, yet avoid art rock's characteristic pretensions with a laid-back attitude and compelling dance rhythms, making it an ideal party album.
In 1989 the album was ranked number 54 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 best albums of the 1980s". In 2012 Slant Magazine listed the album at number 89 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s".
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann said: "Talking Heads found a way to open up the dense textures of the music they had developed with Brian Eno on their two previous studio albums for "Speaking in Tongues", and were rewarded with their most popular album yet. Ten backup singers and musicians accompanied the original quartet, but somehow the sound was more spacious, and the music admitted aspects of gospel, notably in the call-and-response of "Slippery People," and John Lee Hooker-style blues, on "Swamp." As usual, David Byrne determinedly sang and chanted impressionistic, nonlinear lyrics, sometimes by mix-and-matching clichés... Some of his charming goofiness had returned since the overly serious "Remain in Light" and "Fear of Music", and the accompanying music, filled with odd percussive and synthesizer sounds, could be unusually light and bouncy".
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The self-isolating measures in the UK mean that I am unable to access my local post office. I am therefore using a courier service for the foreseeable future. This will have no cost implications for UK buyers, but anyone ordering from outside the UK should contact me for an accurate quote for postage costs.
As a rough guide, prices for the USA/Canada are likely to be around £20, Italy, Spain, France and Germany £10. I shall, of course provide an accurate quote for each request.