Side 1

 

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - 5:49

2. Crosseyed and Painless - 4:48

3. The Great Curve - 6:28

 

Side 2

 

1. Once in a Lifetime - 4:23

2. Houses in Motion - 4:33

3. Seen and Not Seen - 3:25

4. Listening Wind - 4:43

5. The Overload - 6:02

 

 

 

 

Released: October 8, 1980

Recorded: July–August 1980 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau; Sigma Sound Studios, New York City

 

Length: 40:10

Label: Sire

Producer: Brian Eno

 

 

 

 

Personnel

 

Talking Heads:

• David Byrne – lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocal arrangements

• Jerry Harrison – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals

• Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

• Chris Frantz – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals

 

Additional musicians:

• Brian Eno – bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, vocal arrangements

• Nona Hendryx – backing vocals

• Adrian Belew – guitar

• Robert Palmer – percussion

• Jose Rossy – percussion

• Jon Hassell – trumpets, horns

 

Production:

• Brian Eno – producer, mixing

• Dave Jerden – engineer, mixing

• John Potoker – additional engineering, mixing

• Rhett Davies – additional engineering

• Jack Nuber – additional engineering

• Steven Stanley – additional engineering

• Kendall Stubbs – additional engineering

• David Byrne – mixing

• Greg Calbi – mastering

 

Design:

• Tina Weymouth – cover art

• Chris Frantz – cover art

• Walter Bender – cover art assistant

• Scott Fisher – cover art assistant

• Tibor Kalman – artwork

• Carol Bokuniewicz – artwork

• MIT Architecture Machine Group – computer rendering

 

 

 

 

Singles

 

• "Once in a Lifetime" Released: 2 February 1981 (Video)

• "Houses in Motion" Released: 5 May 1981 - alternate mix

 

 

 

 

 

Videos