40 years ago today, 10/8/80, Talking Heads released their fourth studio album Remain in Light. This time the band, along with producer Brian Eno, decided to experiment with African polyrhythms and recorded the instrumental tracks as a series of samples and loops. Additional musicians were frequently used throughout the studio sessions. The album spawned two singles – “Once in a Lifetime” and “Houses in Motion” but its other compositions such as as the 1-3 opening sequence of “Born Under Punches, “Crosseyed and Painless” and “The Great Curve” that makes it so memorable. Watch The Talking Heads perform “The Great Curve” live in Dortmund from 1980.
