Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites

Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Compilation album by Talking Heads
Released	October 13, 1992
Recorded	1976-1988
Genre	Rock
Length	140:22
Label	Sire Records/Warner Bros.
Producer	Tony Bongiovi, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Nick Launay, Steve Lillywhite, Lance Quinn, Mark Spector, Tina Weymouth
Talking Heads chronology
Naked (1988) Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992) Once in a Lifetime (2003)

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Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demos ("Sugar on My Tongue," "I Want to Live"), two tracks new to compact disc ("Love → Building on Fire," "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That") and three newly finished songs ("Gangster of Love," "Lifetime Piling Up" and "Popsicle"). The latter three tracks were all based on outtakes from previous sessions and had been polished and finished exclusively for release on this compilation.

Track listing

All songs written by David Byrne unless otherwise indicated.

Disc one - Popular Favorites 1976-1983
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sugar on My Tongue" (previously unreleased demo, 1975)		2:36
2.	"I Want to Live" (previously unreleased demo, 1975)		3:23
3.	"Love → Building on Fire" (from single, 1977)		2:57
4.	"I Wish You Wouldn't Say That" (from "Psycho Killer" single, 1977)		2:36
5.	"Psycho Killer" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)	Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth	4:20
6.	"Don't Worry About the Government" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)		3:00
7.	"No Compassion" (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)		4:50
8.	"Warning Sign" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)	Byrne, Frantz	3:54
9.	"The Big Country" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)		5:30
10.	"Take Me to the River" (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)	Al Green, Teenie Hodges	5:02
11.	"Heaven" (from Fear of Music, 1979)	Byrne, Jerry Harrison	4:02
12.	"Memories Can't Wait" (from Fear of Music, 1979)	Byrne, Harrison	3:31
13.	"I Zimbra" (from Fear of Music, 1979)	Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball	3:07
14.	"Once in a Lifetime" (from Remain in Light, 1980)	Byrne, Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	4:19
15.	"Crosseyed and Painless" (from Remain in Light, 1980)	Byrne, Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	4:45
16.	"Burning Down the House" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	4:01
17.	"Swamp" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	5:13
18.	"This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	4:56

Disc two - Popular Favorites 1984-1992
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Life During Wartime (Live)" (from Stop Making Sense, 1984)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	5:04
2.	"Girlfriend Is Better (Live)" (from Stop Making Sense, 1984)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	3:36
3.	"And She Was" (from Little Creatures, 1985)		3:39
4.	"Stay Up Late" (from Little Creatures, 1985)		3:53
5.	"Road to Nowhere" (from Little Creatures, 1985)		4:20
6.	"Wild Wild Life" (from True Stories, 1986)		3:40
7.	"Love for Sale" (from True Stories, 1986)		4:32
8.	"City of Dreams" (from True Stories, 1986)		5:08
9.	"Mr. Jones" (from Naked, 1988)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	4:20
10.	"Blind" (from Naked, 1988)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	5:00
11.	"(Nothing But) Flowers" (from Naked, 1988)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	5:34
12.	"Sax and Violins" (from soundtrack to Until the End of the World, 1991)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	5:18
13.	"Gangster of Love" (Previously unreleased. Based on outtakes from Remain in Light and Naked sessions, 1980/1987. Finished in August, 1991)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	4:29
14.	"Lifetime Piling Up" (Previously unreleased. Outtake from Naked sessions, 1987)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	3:53
15.	"Popsicle" (Previously unreleased. Outtake from Speaking in Tongues sessions, 1983)	Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth	5:19

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1992	The Billboard 200	158

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1991	"Sax and Violins"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
1992	"Lifetime Piling Up"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	11