Talking Heads: Naked [Dual Disc]

Talking Heads | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000CCD0H6
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,429 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blind

2. Mr. Jones

3. Totally Nude

4. Ruby Dear

5. (Nothing But) Flowers

6. The Democratic Circus

7. The Facts of Life

8. Mommy Daddy You and I

9. Big Daddy

10. Bill

11. Cool Water

12. Sax and Violins [*]

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TALKING HEADS
Title: NAKED
Street Release Date: 02/14/2006
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ten o' clock, nighttime in New York., March 9, 2006

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Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talking Heads: Naked (Audio CD)

I bought "Naked" when it was released in April 1988. It took a while to grow on me, but there are several reasons I like this album. One reason is the band returned to the polyrhythms of their best work and added a Latin quality to most of the tracks. There are quite a few good songs here like "Blind", "Totally Nude", "Ruby Dear", "(Nothing But) Flowers", "Mommy Daddy You And I", "Big Daddy", "Cool Water" and the bonus track "Sax And Violins". The digital remastering sounds great.

This album does lend itself to the 5.1 surround mix on the dvd side, and it blows away the cd stereo mix. The videos for "Blind" and "Sax And Violins" are good. The booklet doesn't have any lyrics and as with the other remasters, you get a small discussion by Jerry Harrison about the remastering process of "Naked".

The Talking Heads went out on a pretty solid note with "Naked" and it's one of their better albums overall.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uneven, but worthwhile., February 22, 2006

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talking Heads: Naked (Audio CD)

After a set of stunningly different albums, prior to "Naked" it seemed the Talking Heads had settled into a groove-- their past couple albums lacked the uniqueness their earlier material had. But with what proved to be their final album, the band recaptured a sense of uniqueness, albeit via a seemingly endless blend of styles and sounds. The resulting album is at times fantastic and at times somewhat uninspired.

Perhaps the most unexepected is the James Brownesque funk opening-- "Blind" and "Mr. Jones" both hit with funky horns, slithery bass and great rhythms, but neither song quite feels right. After this, the material picks up a startling diversity, hinting at the sounds of the Pacific Islands ("Totally Nude"), Middle East ("Dear Ruby") and a touch of Eastern Europe ("Mommy Daddy You and I"). Along the way, they manage to put forth a couple pieces that are distinctly Talking Heads and recapture a bit of the old paranoid energy (the absolutely superb "The Democratic Circus" and to a lesser extent "The Facts of Life") and some of that brilliant Enoesque sound ("(Nothing But) Flowers"). But this level of diversity comes at a price, and the album feels inconsistent, or perhaps like a compilation.

This reissue features remastered sound on both the stereo (CD) side and the 5.1 (DVD) side of the dualdisc. The sonic upgrade is superb and really fills out some of the details in the album nicely. Additionally, "Sax and Violins", originally from a soundtrack, is included as a bonus track on either side with the DVD side including two videos from the album.

This isn't as fantastic as the band's peak, but after a couple lackluster efforts, it's nice to hear them go out with a bit more of a bang then you'd expect. Those who have explored their earlier work should definitely check this one out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like getting NAKED on Valentine's Day...., February 20, 2006

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o dubhthaigh (north rustico, pei, canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talking Heads: Naked (Audio CD)

... and that will be the last cute joke. I wasn't interested in getting the BRICK collection as I'm not all that thrilled with TRUE STORIES and the first two CDs, so opting for a more selective approach, the main motivation for purchasing this disc again was just how truly wonderful "Mr Jones" and "Nothing But Flowers" sounds - marvellous! If you're going to fizzle out as a band, then leave a calling card like this - it isn't their best, but they were still taking chances that none of their contemporaries had even considered, still haven't.
The disc is still a landmark integration of African pop and the quirky brand of TH tunes that seem to call for the angular rhythms and percolating beats of the African musicians on board for these sessions. And they sound so sublime in these remastered and 5.1 renditions. After this, of course, Byrne would launch his Luaka Bop label and begin his full fledged advancement of south american and afro-carribbean music. Here at the beginning, though, it is a wonderfully rich and flavourful experiment that leaped over what the European contemporaries of TH were just beginning to expand. The weakest tracks are the most american-influenced. Anyway, this is absolutely worth the asking price.