Tracklist

A1	Psycho Killer	4:20
A2	Swamp	3:50
A3	Slippery People	3:35
A4	Burning Down The House	4:10
A5	Girlfriend Is Better	3:32
B1	Once In A Lifetime	4:34
B2	What A Day That Was	5:08
B3	Life During Wartime	4:52
B4	Take Me To The River	5:36

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Record Plant Mobile Studio
• Recorded At – Pantages Theater
• Recorded At – Can-Am Recorders
• Recorded At – Right Track Recording
• Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
• Mixed At – Soundworks, New York
• Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Copyright (c) – Sire Records Company
• Copyright (c) – Talking Heads Films
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company
• Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Pressed By – Allied Record Company
• Lacquer Cut At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △7401

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Ednah Holt, Lynn Mabry
• Bass – Tina Weymouth
• Design [Package Designed And Written By] – David Byrne
• Design [Package Designed And Written With] – Jeff Ayeroff*, Michael Hodgson
• Drums – Chris Frantz
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Sigma Sound] – Glenn Rosenstein, Linda Randazzo, Nick Del Re*
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Soundworks] – Robin Laine
• Engineer [Re-recording] – Joel Moss, Mark Wolfson
• Guitar – Alex Weir, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison
• Keyboards – Bernie Worrell, Jerry Harrison
• Mastered By [Originally] – Jack Skinner, Ted Jensen
• Mixed By – E.T. Thorngren*
• Mixed By [Mixed With] – Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
• Percussion – Steve Scales
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Adelle Lutz
• Photography By [Other Photos] – Dave Friedman , Hugh Brown
• Vocals – Alex Weir, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth

Notes

Printed cardstock inner sleeve.

Catalog number on inner labels: 1-25186
Catalog number on spine: 9 25186-1

Recorded at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, December 1983.
Re-recording for film at Can Am and Ocean Way, Los Angeles and Right Track, New York.
Mixed at Soundworks and Sigma Sound, New York.
Originally mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25186-1
• Matrix / Runout (Both Runouts, Stamped Allied Record Company Logo, All Variants): a
• Matrix / Runout (Both Runouts, Stamped, All Variants): STERLING
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 1): TJ 0-25M1-1 SH-SP 1 25186 A SH1 B-19701-SH1 SLM△7401 1-4
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 1): TJ 0-15M1-1 SH-SP 1 25186 B SH1 B-19702-SH1 SLM△7401-X 1-2
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 2): TJ 1-25186-A-SH1 1 25186 A SH1 B-19701-SH1 SLM△7401 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 2): TJ 1-25186-B / 2̶5̶1̶2̶1̶ B SH1 B-19702-SH1 SLM△7401-X 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 3): SP TJ 0-1 1 25186-A SH4 SH-SP SLM△7401 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 3): SH-SP 1 25186-B SH 3 B-19702-SH3 SLM 1-1 -1 △7401-X
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 4): TJ 1-25186-A 1 2̶5̶1̶2̶1̶ A SH1 B-19701-SH1 SLM△7401 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Hand-Etched, Variant 4): TJ 1-25186-B 1 2̶5̶1̶2̶1̶ B SH1 B-19702-SH1 SLM△7401-X 1-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
064 24 0243 1, 1C 064-24 0243 1	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense ‎(LP, Album)	EMI, EMI	064 24 0243 1, 1C 064-24 0243 1	Europe	1984
LSEMI 11080, EJ 2402431	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense ‎(LP, Album)	Jugoton, EMI	LSEMI 11080, EJ 2402431	Yugoslavia	1984
TC-EMC-240243	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense ‎(Cass, Album, XDR)	EMI	TC-EMC-240243	Australia	1984
9 25186-2	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense ‎(CD, Album)	Sire	9 25186-2	US	Unknown
CDP 7 46064 2	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense ‎(CD, Album)	EMI	CDP 7 46064 2	UK & Europe	Unknown

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