Naked (studio album)
by Talking Heads
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Talking Heads bestography
Naked is ranked 9th best out of 17 albums by Talking Heads on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 26 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 27,545.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Naked track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/02/2025 07:08 | zsolti | 641 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 05:39 |  Jameth | 3,451 | 68/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:34 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2025 23:10 | Proto | 3,798 | 33/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2025 15:14 |  imimesis | 1,998 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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spigelwii 11/30/2023 20:04 | #300222
It's taken a long, long time, but I've finally come to appreciate Naked for what it is: A bizarre, somewhat experimental album from a band that had completed a full transformation by the end of its third and final artistic "phase". It's not the nervous Talking Heads of the late 70's, or the groove-oriented Talking Heads of the early 80s. The anxiety-ridden lyrics are still there, the grooves are still there, but they've fused the two together to create a completely different sound this time, and serves as an excellent coda to their career.
If you just can't stand the minimalism (The Facts of Life, Cool Water) or you can't stand the bombastic arrangements replete with vampire-esque Byrne vocals (Blind, Mr. Jones), you at least owe it to yourself to check out Nothing But Flowers. This magnificent song has every TH hallmark: the groove, the lyrics, and the spectacular full ensemble performance (listen to Tina's bass)! Nothing But Flowers is Talking Heads' magnum opus, an instant classic, and their final transcendent work. Naked isn't a perfect record, but it's a very good one that halts the momentum slide that began (slightly) with Little Creatures and serves as a creative exclamation point for their career as a band. Well done.
Boy did this one bore the crap out of me.
It happens.
llibnanoon 05/27/2020 18:23 | #252332
A couple of surprising good tracks. Ruby Dear is a standout.
Maybe it's because I love Talking Heads so much but I actually thought this was pretty decent. There are some awkward moments and moments that simply don't work but David Byrne's songwriting reaches new heights and the instrumentation is unique and fun as ever.
Liked it, but definitely for completists.
85/100
Onater 05/18/2017 07:41 | #190983
Of course it's no Remain In Light or Fear of Music, but it's certainly a good deal better than Little Creatures or True Stories. Doesn't deserve to be the lowest rated Talking Heads album here.
Rather disappointing for one of my top bands overall....
One nice song ---- N.B. flowers.
bonafini 11/16/2013 23:49 | #93013
Wonderful lyrics that really get you thinking.
lightmyway 05/15/2012 02:15 | #42363
Here they attempt to recapture their old post-punk sound while at the same time remaining commercial. It didn't really work that well for them on either front.
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