Talking Heads: 77

Talking Heads: 77
Studio album by Talking Heads
Released	September 16, 1977 (1977-09-16)
Recorded	1976–1977 at Sundragon Studios, New York City
Genre	Art punk/New Wave
Length	38:37
Label	Sire (USA) Philips (Europe and Japan)
Producer	Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn and Talking Heads
Talking Heads chronology
Talking Heads: 77 (1977) More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)

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Talking Heads: 77 is the debut album by Talking Heads, released in 1977. It peaked at #97 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and the single "Psycho Killer" made it to #92. In 2003, the album was ranked #290 on Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. In his 1995 book, The Alternative Music Almanac, Alan Cross placed it in the #5 spot on his 10 Classic Alternative Albums list.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written and composed by David Byrne, except where noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town"	2:48
2.	"New Feeling"	3:09
3.	"Tentative Decisions"	3:04
4.	"Happy Day"	3:55
5.	"Who Is It?"	1:41
6.	"No Compassion"	4:47

Side two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"The Book I Read"	4:06
8.	"Don't Worry About the Government"	3:00
9.	"First Week/Last Week…Carefree"	3:19
10.	"Psycho Killer" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth)	4:19
11.	"Pulled Up"	4:29

2005 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Love → Building on Fire"	3:00
13.	"I Wish You Wouldn't Say That"	2:39
14.	"Psycho Killer (Acoustic Version)" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth)	4:20
15.	"I Feel It in My Heart"	3:15
16.	"Sugar On My Tongue"	2:36

Personnel

Talking Heads

• David Byrne – guitar, vocals
• Chris Frantz – drums
• Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Tina Weymouth – bass guitar

Recording personnel

• Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn and Talking Heads – producers
• Ed Stasium – engineer
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Pop Albums	97
	UK Albums	60

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Psycho Killer"	Billboard Pop Singles	92

Release history

The album was released by Sire Records in the United Kingdom and United States and Philips Records throughout continental Europe.

In 2005 it was re-released and remastered by Warner Music Group on their Warner Bros./Sire Records/Rhino Records labels in DualDisc format with five bonus tracks on the CD side (see track listing above). The DVD-Audio side includes both stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution (96 kHz/24bit) mixes, as well as a Dolby Digital version and videos of the band performing "Pulled Up" and "I Feel It in My Heart." In Europe, it was released as a CD+DVDA two disc set rather than a single DualDisc. The reissue was produced by Andy Zax with Talking Heads.

The album was re-released on vinyl on April 18, 2009 for Record Store Day.