Remain in Light

Remain in Light is an album by Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980 (see 1980 in music). Featuring funky African rhythms, the album became an influential post punk, world music and New Wave recording. Remain in Light uniquely blended African-American, continental African and white American musical forms; Rolling Stone magazine's Ken Tucker noted about the time that there had rarely been "a larger gap between what black and white audiences were listening to". Living Colour's Vernon Reid describes its African polyrhythms: "Instead of alienation turning into dark angst it turns into celebration, the dance".

The single "Once in a Lifetime" sold poorly upon its original release but a quirky music video and its presence on the soundtrack to Down and Out in Beverly Hills helped make it a charting single and minor hit in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

Table of contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 4 External links

Track listing

• "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 5:46
• "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne/Eno) - 4:45
• "The Great Curve" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 6:26
• "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne/Eno/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:19
• "Houses in Motion" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 4:30
• "Seen and Not Seen" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 3:20
• "Listening Wind" (Byrne/Eno/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:42
• "The Overload" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 6:00

Personnel

• Jon Hassell - Trumpet, Horn, Horn Arrangements, Trumpet Arrangement
• Adrian Belew - Guitar
• David Byrne - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Vocal Arrangement, Mixing
• Jerry Harrison - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals
• Robert Palmer - Percussion
• Nona Hendryx - Vocals, Voices
• Greg Calbi - Mastering
• Brian Eno - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Mixing
• Chris Frantz - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards
• Dave Jerden - Engineer, Mixing
• Jack Nuber - Engineer
• Johnny Potoker - Engineer, Mixing
• Jose Rossy - Percussion
• Steven Stanley - Engineer
• Tina Weymouth - Bass, Percussion, Keyboards

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts - album

1980	Pop Albums        No. 19

Billboard Music Charts - singles

1980	Cross Eyed and Painless/Born Under Punches/Once in a Lifetime    Club Play Singles    No. 20
1986	Once in a Lifetime    The Billboard Hot 100    No. 91

External links

• Rolling Stone review
• article about the album by Living Colour's Vernon Reid