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New-wave gives 'way to fin-de-siecle funk on this one.
Byrne, Weymouth, Franz and Harrison must've decided "less Fixx more Funkadelics" on this pivotal CD. "Speaking In Tongues" and its companion, the video to the Demme directed "Stop Making Sense", in my opinion are peak-form, post-Eno Heads. The album features keyboardists Wally Badarou--on loan from Island Records session work--and Bernie Worrell, who may or may not have been on loan from George Clinton's P-funk camp. Their work is fantabulous, particularly on the multi-tracked, polyrhythmic "Girlfriend Is Better"--the CD's tour-de-force. "Swamp", a growling, slow winding, genetically engineered piece of alterno-funk, finds Bryne playing bluesman. Lady bassist Tina "Tom-Tom" Weymouth has always been impressive to me--she helps keep the bottom in tracks like "Slippery People" and "Moon Rocks" moving! This is another fine CD you can put on and let ride all day long. No track skipping required.

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Perhaps their best
Speaking in Tongues is an incredible album. Most bands slow down by their fifth album, but not the heads. Just when you think that they don't have any more brilliant creative riffs and bass lines they bring you this remarkable piece of art. The guitars are not as heavy on this as on previous albums. They incorporate many other synthesized elements into the mix but the results are very satisfying. All the other elements are still there: great songwriting, intellectually challenging lyrics, and rhythmic and melodic bass lines and guitar riffs. In terms of the songs themselves all of them are great. From track one to track nine every song is great and will have you singing along or dancing. "Making Flippy Floppy" is particularly energetic and danceable. It combines all the elements that characterize the heads and make them a truly great American band. Other standout tracks are "Burning Down the House," "Girlfriend is better," "Slippery People," hell just about every track. One great track that is really a standout is "Naive Melody (this must be the place)." This track is notable because it is perhaps the only real love song that David Byrne has ever written. It is about being thrilled to be with another person and is about faithfulness, at least this is what I gather. I also personally love this song because it has such a great, hypnotic guitar riff that is played throught the entire song. It is really a perfect way to end the album. It is so hard to rank the heads albums because just about everyone of them (especially the first five) is so good. Yet, still this has to be one of their best.

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worth it for one song
"this must be the place" is not only the best song the heads ever recorded, it's one of the best songs you're ever going to hear. absolutely moving.