Tina Weymouth's baseline on Born Under Punches is absolutely outstanding.

Given that there are two basses (her's and a slap bass) on that song, it can get a little buried in noise on the album version. but, they really accentuate it on live versions. And once you know exactly whats lying under there, its hard to listen to anything else. even on the album.

might I suggest this particular live version, for starters.

https://youtu.be/YO7N2tFb0X8

This beautiful chaos. None of the instrumentation should work but it all does. There are so many different sounds going all over the place but somehow they all come together to form this work of art. Everything up until "Houses in Motion" is incredible. The last three songs are OK but not really comparable to the first five, those are just something else entirely.

O baixo e o ritmo desse álbum é espetacular! Grande influenciador da música que veio posterior!

Very weird album in a good way ofcourse. Very very funky and psychadelic, can't reliate to the other half of this album.. can't figure out why. I'm gonna try to give it a few more listens.

This is an amazing album. Quirky, funky, full of energy. Born Under Punches is one of my favorite songs.

Could be the Greatest Record Of All Time. I had never heard about Talking Heads until this year, and they're really solid, but this record especially sticks out in their catalog. The grooves from Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) to Once In A Lifetime are just fast paced and amazing. After that we can see that the record slows down a bit from Houses In Motion until the last track, The Overload. It really dosen't leave you in a happy mood. And especially the last track goes into dark territory and feels extremely experimental, to say the least. Can't stop listen to it! Always get cheer goosebumps from Born Under Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), The Great Curve, Once In A Lifetime, Houses In Motion and Listening Wind. Such amazing songs, and though I don't get those tear inducing feelings for every song here, the records just flows so perfectly. A perfect 10/10 for me!

A very weird album that, in the middle of it all, contains one of Talking Heads' biggest songs in the form of Once in a Lifetime.

Top 3:
Born Under Punches / The Great Curve / Once In A Lifetime
Highlights:
Everything else except 'The Overload'

I listened to this album a long time ago and I didn't like it. In fact, I hated it. I didn't know how people really considered this a masterpiece. But I started listening to Talking Heads in chronological order and finally I'm able to appreciate and love Remain In Light. I always listen to music with headphones, and it may sound dumb, but I listened to this on speakers and somehow I was able to appreciate it more this way. The instruments I previously found annoying, now sound amazing as they cover my room. Really a great record.

Favorite songs: "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)", "Crosseyed and Painless", "The Great Curve", "Once In a Lifetime"

Innovative, wild and inventive. Talking Heads was one of the few USA bands that were trying to push things foward. With the out-of-control David Byrne singing, rhythm based on african beats, and critic lyrics, Remain in Light literally remain in light today, as a unique record, that influenced generations.