Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition

1984年に発表した最高傑作ライヴ・アルバムの完全版
1980年代、時代の最先端を駆け抜けたデヴィッド・バーン率いるトーキング・ヘッズが1984年に発表した傑作ライヴ・アルバム(同名映画のオリジナル・サウンドトラック)に、当時未発表だったライヴ音源7曲を追加収録した完全版。何度聴いてもゾクゾクするカッコよさ!

Entertainment Weekly - Ranked #79 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...The Heads at their idiosyncratic, syncopated best..." Q - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999." Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 - "...shows the Heads punk-funkin' with their signature mix of giddiness and anxiety until the tension busts wide open on the exuberant aerobics workouts that defined the show....at the height of [their] powers...sound even better the second time around." Mojo - "...The new sequence allows for a smoother development....[allows] Byrne to take advantage of the huge advances in analog/digital conversion over the last decade....adding greater ambient 'warmth' to the album in general..." Q - 5 stars out of 5 - "...in terms of its concept and execution, STOP MAKING SENSE went further than any other document of a band onstage....proved that a scratchy Rhode Island art rock band could stage as damn funky a revue as James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton or Prince." Q (1/00, p.87) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999." Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.42) - Ranked #79 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...The Heads at their idiosyncratic, syncopated best..." Rolling Stone (11/25/99, pp.99-100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...shows the Heads punk-funkin' with their signature mix of giddiness and anxiety until the tension busts wide open on the exuberant aerobics workouts that defined the show....at the height of [their] powers...sound even better the second time around." Q (10/99, p.144) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...in terms of its concept and execution, STOP MAKING SENSE went further than any other document of a band onstage....proved that a scratchy Rhode Island art rock band could stage as damn funky a revue as James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton or Prince." Mojo (10/99, p.102) - "...The new sequence allows for a smoother development....[allows] Byrne to take advantage of the huge advances in analog/digital conversion over the last decade....adding greater ambient 'warmth' to the album in general..."

The Talking Heads concert film STOP MAKING SENSE, recorded at a 1983 Hollywood performance, brought audiences everywhere face to face with the very visual aesthetic of conceptual artiste David Byrne and his cohorts. Playing the part of performance artist, Byrne used elaborate visual gimmicks to enhance the themes of his songs for maximum visceral impact. Serendipitously, STOP MAKING SENSE captured the band at an artistic peak, as it consists mostly of material from the glorious funk-inspired albums REMAIN IN LIGHT and SPEAKING IN TONGUES. Live, complemented by a phalanx of great auxiliary musicians, the Heads emphasise the funkier aspects of their jumpy art-dance concepts, and tunes like "Burning Down the House" and "Girlfriend is Better", already impressive in their studio versions, seem to jump off the album.|

鬼才デヴィッド・バーンを頭脳に、アフリカン～エスノ・ファンクを昇華した無二の身体を持つニューウェイブ/パンクの雄:トーキング・ヘッズによる83年ハリウッド・パンテージズ・シアターでの伝説ライブ(映画)。民族音楽や能楽にもインスパイアされたダンスやパフォーマンスは絶頂期のバンドを捉え、84年に公開され観た者達を圧倒した熱狂ライブであり、演出された舞台という側面をも併せ持つトータルアート作品。『日常に普遍的にある狂気を歌にした』と曰くも納得。ええやんええやん。
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