More Songs About Buildings and Food is the second studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released in July 1978 and the first of a string of three co-produced by Brian Eno. The band's blend of funk, bubblegum, country, reggae and punk influences, with David Byrne's voice, established the group as a critical success, reaching 29 in the US Billboard Pop Albums chart and 21 in the UK Albums Chart. Read more on Last.fm.
Talking Heads was a new wave band which formed in 1975 in New York City, New York, United States. The band originally consisted of David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums), who had met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. The band added Jerry Harrison (keyboards & guitar) in April 1977. The band released eight studio albums before disbanding in 1991. Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Read more on Last.fm
I don’t know that Byrne ever put together a more solid set of songs than he did here. Eno’s production doesn’t hurt a bit, either, and while the A-side and first three tracks of the B sound like an even-better version of the first record, what really pushes this one over the edge into full-on masterpiece territory is those last two tracks that prove that even though they were completely original and unique in 1978 the Talking Heads weren’t content, they were growing and evolving. “Take Me to the River” hints at the funkier side they’d explore in full on their next record, “Fear of Music,” but “The Big Country” sounds like nothing else in their catalog, a country-tinged rocker that sees Byrne sounding at once his most human and most detached, perhaps his finest hour as a songwriter. You could say that this was the end of Talking Heads phase one, but by the end of this record they’d already left behind the confines of their roots.