True Stories (studio album) by Talking Heads

True Stories by Talking Heads
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 4,676th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 219 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1986 (66th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (688th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,676th)
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Talking Heads bestography

True Stories is ranked 10th best out of 15 albums by Talking Heads on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 30,857.

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True Stories track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 76 (34 votes)Comments: 0
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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 219 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 68.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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75/100
From 11/20/2022 03:32
Within the context of the film, it's a great soundtrack. However, standing on it's own, it's... just good. Wild Wild Life and Love For Sale are the highlights here. The rest is fine, nothing bad, but just alright. It's probably better if you've seen the movie.
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From 03/10/2022 06:04
Their second masterpiece. My copy includes the extended version of "Wild Wild Life" which is pretty different and pretty cool.
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70/100
From 05/22/2018 23:27
Even though it starts with a few weak songs, True Stories really starts showing how good it is from the middle to the end, starting with Wild Wild Life. This second part is definitely worth revisiting.
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From 03/19/2015 00:07
I like the song Wild Wild Life a lot! This album sounds like Talking Heads making music Sparks made in the 1980s. Slightness of both In Outer Space and Angst in My Pants here.
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From 12/13/2013 02:44
Obviously not their best, but still chock full of great songs.
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From 05/15/2012 02:12
This isn't a disaster or anything but it's not at the same level as Little Creatures, no way.
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