Naked

Performer: Talking Heads
Artist: Johnny Marr; Kirsty MacColl; Eric Weissberg; Lenny Pickett
Engineer: Richard Manwaring
Producer: Steve Lillywhite; Talking Heads
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Talking Heads: David Byrne (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Jerry Harrison (guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Tina Weymouth (keyboards, bass, background vocals); Chris Frantz (keyboards, drums). Additional personnel: Alex Haas (whistling); Yves N'Djock, Johnny Marr (guitar); Eric Weissberg (pedal steel guitar, dobro); Arthur Russell (cello); Phil Bodner (cor anglais); Don Brooks (harmonica); Philippe Servain, James Fearnley (accordion); Steve Elfon (soprano & baritone saxophones); Stan Harrison, Bobby Porcelli (alto saxophone); Al Acosta (tenor saxophone); Steve Sachs (baritone saxophone); Lenny Pickett (saxophone); Earl Gardner, Laurie Frink, Steve Gluzband, Jose "Ite" Jerez, Angel Fernandez, Charlie Sepulveda (trumpet); Robyn Eubanks (trombone); Dale Turk (bass trombone); Wally Badarou (keyboards); Abdou M'Boup (talking drums, congas, percussion); Sydney Thiam (congas); Manolo Badrena (congas, percussion); Brice Wassy (maracas, percussion); Nino Gioia, Moussa Cissokoa (percussion); Kirsty MacColl (background vocals). This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other. Talking Heads: David Byrne (vocals, guitar); Yves N'Djock (guitar); Stan Harrison (alto saxophone); Lenny Pickett (tenor saxophone); Steve Elfon (baritone saxophone); Laurie Frink, Earl Gardner (trumpet); Robyn Eubanks (trombone); Tina Weymouth (piano); Wally Badarou (keyboards); Chris Frantz (drums); Abdou M'Boup (congas, talking drum, cowbells). Coming at the end of the Talking Heads' discography, NAKED finds the Heads returning to many elements of the complex, polyrhythmic arrangements that marked their work earlier in the decade, prior to the rootsier LITTLE CREATURES. Reflecting a more European influence, NAKED was recorded in Paris and produced by Steve Lillywhite, who brings to bear his gift for making sprawling arrangements sound remarkably down-to-earth and radio-friendly (see U2). The album's truly special guest is former Smith Johnny Marr, who lends his imaginative fretboard work and timeless pop sensibility to tunes such as "Nothing but Flowers," and "Cool Water." Other standouts include "Blind," a bombastic groove that foreshadows Byrne's soon-to-follow solo work. Sparse, spastic, and filled with intellectual social rage, NAKED is at once a return to form and a fitting sendoff for one of music's relentlessly original and truly important forces.

Rolling Stone - 4 Stars - Excellent Uncut (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir swan song, NAKED, rekindled former glories with characteristic lyrical playfulness." CMJ (1/5/04, p.22) - Ranked #20 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1988"

Proving you could rock despite having attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Talking Heads' innovative brand of downtown art-pop featured David Byrne's manic yelp, pointed lyrics about mundane subjects, and R&B-meets-Velvet Underground grooves, all without ever tipping over into pretension. The group began making twitchy pop in the punk era, but by the early-1980s the Heads had graduated to a dense, funky style incorporating a phalanx of additional musicians including Adrian Belew and P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell. They made a slight return to their pop/rock roots before imploding at the end of the '80s, moving on to solo projects and production work.

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