Talking Heads / Discography
This discography is an overview of the released records of the American rock band Talking Heads . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 9.5 million records to date, over 7.5 million of them in her home country alone. Talking Heads' most successful releases are the albums Little Creatures and Stop Making Sense , each with over 2.3 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1977 | Talking Heads: 77 | - | - | - |
UK60 (1 week) UK |
US97 (29 weeks) US |
First published: September 16, 1977
Producers: Lance Quinn, Talking Heads, Tony Bongiovi |
1978 | More Songs About Buildings and Food | - | - | - |
UK21st
gold
(3 weeks)UK |
US29
gold
(42 weeks)US |
First published: July 7, 1978
Producer: Brian Eno , Talking Heads |
1979 | Fear of Music | - | - | - |
UK33 (5 weeks) UK |
US21st
gold
(30 weeks)US |
First published: August 3, 1979
Producer: Brian Eno, Talking Heads |
1980 | Remain in Light | - | - | - |
UK21st
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
US19th
gold
(27 weeks)US |
First published: October 8, 1980
Producer: Brian Eno |
1983 | Speaking in tongues |
DE10 (14 weeks) DE |
AT20 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK21 (12 weeks) UK |
US15th
platinum
(51 weeks)US |
First published: June 1st, 1983
Producer: Talking Heads |
1985 | Little Creatures |
DE9
gold
(38 weeks)DE |
AT4 (24 weeks) AT |
CH12 (18 weeks) CH |
UK10
gold
(65 weeks)UK |
US20th × 2
(77 weeks)US |
First published: June 10, 1985
Producer: Talking Heads |
1986 | True Stories |
DE13 (10 weeks) DE |
AT10 (8 weeks) AT |
CH11 (7 weeks) CH |
UK7th
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
US17th
gold
(29 weeks)US |
First published: September 15, 1986
Producer: Talking Heads |
1988 | Naked |
DE12 (15 weeks) DE |
AT8 (8 weeks) AT |
CH6 (11 weeks) CH |
UK3
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
US19th
gold
(21 weeks)US |
First published: March 15, 1988
Producer: Steve Lillywhite , Talking Heads |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1982 | The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads |
DE63 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK22 (5 weeks) UK |
US31 (14 weeks) US |
First published: March 24, 1982
Producer: Talking Heads |
1984 | Stop making sense |
DE25th
gold
(38 weeks)DE |
AT12 (30 weeks) AT |
CH13 (10 weeks) CH |
UK24
gold
(87 weeks)UK |
US41 × 2
(118 weeks)US |
First published: September 12, 1984
Producer: Talking Heads |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More live albums
- 1979: Live on Tour
- 2015: The Boston Tea Party: 1979 Broadcasts (2 LPs)
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 | Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 | - | - | - |
UK7th
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
US158 (2 weeks) US |
First published: October 13, 1992
|
2004 | The Best of Talking Heads | - | - | - |
UK30th
gold
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 17, 2004
|
2009 | Same as It Ever Was | - | - | - | - |
US73 (2 weeks) US |
First published: May 2009
|
More compilations
- 1992: Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of
- 1997: The Originals (box with 3 CDs)
- 1999: 12x12 original remixes
- 2003: Once in a Lifetime (box with 3 CDs)
- 2005: Brick (box with 8 DualDiscs ; release: October 4th)
- 2006: Bonus Rarities & Outtakes (18 FLAC files; release: February 26th)
- 2007: The Collection
- 2011: Essential (release: September 14th)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1978 | Psycho Killer Talking Heads: 77 |
- | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US92 (5 weeks) US |
|
Take Me to the River More Songs About Buildings and Food |
- | - | - | - |
US26 (17 weeks) US |
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1979 | Life During Wartime Fear of Music |
- | - | - | - |
US80 (5 weeks) US |
First published: September 1979
Authors: David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth |
1981 |
Once in a Lifetime Remain in Light |
- | - | - |
UK14th
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US91 (4 weeks) US |
First published: January 1981
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Brian Eno |
Houses in Motion Remain in Light |
- | - | - |
UK50 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1981
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Brian Eno |
|
1983 | Burning Down the House Speaking in Tongues |
- | - | - | - |
US9 (20 weeks) US |
First published: July 1983
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Speaking in Tongues |
- | - | - |
UK51 (5 weeks) UK |
US62 (8 weeks) US |
First released: November 1983
from the soundtrack of Wall Street: Money Doesn't Sleep Writer: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
|
1984 | Slippery People (Live) Speaking in Tongues |
- | - | - |
UK68 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 1984
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
1985 | Girlfriend Is Better Speaking in Tongues |
- | - | - |
UK99 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 1984
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
The Lady Don't Mind Little Creatures |
DE42 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK81 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 1985
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
|
Road to Nowhere Little Creatures |
DE6 (17 weeks) DE |
AT9 (10 weeks) AT |
CH15 (8 weeks) CH |
UK6 (16 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1985
Author: David Byrne |
|
And She Was Little Creatures |
DE53 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK17 (8 weeks) UK |
US54 (20 weeks) US |
First published: September 1985
Author: David Byrne |
|
1986 | Wild Wild Life True Stories |
DE40 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH20 (3 weeks) CH |
UK43 (4 weeks) UK |
US25 (21 weeks) US |
First published: August 1986
Author: David Byrne |
1987 | Radio Head True Stories |
- | - | - |
UK52 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1987
Author: David Byrne |
1988 | Blind naked |
- | - | - |
UK59 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1988
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
(Nothing But) Flowers Naked |
- | - | - |
UK79 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1988 1988
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
|
1992 | Lifetime Piling Up Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 |
- | - | - |
UK50 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 1992
Authors: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth |
More singles
- 1977: Love Goes to Building on Fire (Release: February)
- 1977: Pulled Up
- 1977: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (release: October)
- 1978: The Girls Want to Be with the Girls
- 1978: The Good Thing
- 1979: I Zimbra
- 1980: Cities
- 1980: The Great Curve
- 1980: Crosseyed and Painless
- 1980: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
- 1983: Swamp
- 1986: Puzzlin 'Evidence
- 1988: Ruby Dear
- 2001: Once in a Lifetime (Same as It Never Was) - (Liquid People Mix)
Video albums
- 1984: Stop Making Sense (UK:platinum)
- 1988: True Stories
- 1988: Storytelling Giant
- 2008: Live in Rome
- 2009: Rome Concert, 1980
- 2010: Burning Down Rome
- 2011: Chronology
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 500,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Canada (MC) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 150,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | - | 5 × gold5 | 5 × platinum5 | 7,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 2 × silver2 | 8 × gold8th | platinum1 | 1,410,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 2 × silver2 | 16 × gold16 | 7 × platinum7th |
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Web links
- Talking Heads at Allmusic (English)
- Talking Heads at Discogs (English)