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Talking Heads / Fear Of Music reissue

3CD+blu-ray super deluxe

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Talking Heads / Fear Of Music 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition

Talking Heads’ classic 1979 album Fear Of Music will be in November as part of the ongoing reissue campaign.

    Co-produced with Brian Eno, the album features the singles ‘Life During Wartime’, ‘Air’, ‘I Zimbra’ and ‘Cities’.

    This 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition is in the same large format book edition as Taking Heads ’77 and More Songs About Buildings and Food and expands upon the original album featuring rare studio outtakes and alternate versions as well two previously unreleased in full complete shows from the Fear of Music tour recorded at Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts on August 24, 1979 and Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey on November 17, 1979.

    The blu-ray disc featuring what is surely a much anticipated Dolby Atmos of the album, as well as a 5.1 mix and a hi-res stereo mix. The blu-ray also includes video content: rare filmed footage of the band performing on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1979.

    The entire stereo audio from the first three CDs are available in a 6LP vinyl box set (probably D2C only) but there’s also a 2LP variant which ignores the live stuff and delivers the remastered album and the rarities appended on CD 1 as a separate LP (effectively the first two LPs from the 6LP box). The second record is etched on one side, so supplying one-and-a-half LPs of audio on a 2LP set is rather dubious.

    Fear Of Music will be released on 11 November 2026 via Warner Records. The 3CD+blu-ray edition can be pre-ordered from the SDE shop using this link or the button below.

    Tracklisting

    Fear Of Music Talking Heads /

      • CD 1: Remastered + Rarities
        1. I ZIMBRA (2026 REMASTER)
        2. MIND (2026 REMASTER)
        3. PAPER (2026 REMASTER)
        4. CITIES (2026 REMASTER)
        5. LIFE DURING WARTIME (2026 REMASTER)
        6. MEMORIES CAN’T WAIT (2026 REMASTER)
        7. AIR (2026 REMASTER)
        8. HEAVEN (2026 REMASTER)
        9. ANIMALS (2026 REMASTER)
        10. ELECTRIC GUITAR (2026 REMASTER)
        11. DRUGS (2026 REMASTER)
        12. MIND (ALTERNATE VERSION) (2026 REMASTER)
        13. LIFE DURING WARTIME (ALTERNATE VERSION) [2026 REMASTER]
        14. DANCING FOR MONEY [2026 REMASTER]
        15. CITIES (ALTERNATE VERSION) [2026 REMASTER]
        16. DRUGS (ALTERNATE VERSION) (2026 REMASTER)
        17. I ZIMBRA (12” VERSION) (2026 REMASTER)
      • CD 2: Live at Berklee Performance Cntr, Boston, Mass, August 24, 1979
        1. ARTISTS ONLY (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        2. STAY HUNGRY (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        3. CITIES (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        4. PAPER (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        5. MIND (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        6. HEAVEN (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        7. THE BOOK I READ (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        8. ELECTRIC GUITAR (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        9. AIR (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        10. WARNING SIGN (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        11. LOVE GOES TO A BUILDING ON FIRE (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        12. MEMORIES CAN’T WAIT (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        13. PSYCHO KILLER (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        14. LIFE DURING WARTIME (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        15. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (LIVE AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 24, 1979)*
        *PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
      • CD 3
        1. ARTISTS ONLY (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        2. STAY HUNGRY (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        3. CITIES (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        4. PAPER (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        5. MIND (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        6. HEAVEN (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        7. ELECTRIC GUITAR (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        8. AIR (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        9. ANIMALS (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        10. LOVE GOES TO A BUILDING ON FIRE (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        11. FOUND A JOB (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        12. MEMORIES CAN’T WAIT (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979) [2026 REMASTER]
        13. PSYCHO KILLER (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        14. LIFE DURING WARTIME (LIVE AT CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NJ, NOVEMBER 17, 1979)*
        *PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
      • Blu-ray
        1. I ZIMBRA (2026 REMASTER)
        2. MIND (2026 REMASTER)
        3. PAPER (2026 REMASTER)
        4. CITIES (2026 REMASTER) [
        5. LIFE DURING WARTIME (2026 REMASTER)
        6. MEMORIES CAN’T WAIT (2026 REMASTER)
        7. AIR (2026 REMASTER)
        8. HEAVEN (2026 REMASTER)
        9. ANIMALS (2026 REMASTER)
        10. ELECTRIC GUITAR (2026 REMASTER)
        11. DRUGS (2026 REMASTER)
        Concert Footage: Live on Old Grey Whistle Test, 1979
        1. LIFE DURING WARTIME
        2. AIR

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