Talking Heads 
The latest album released by Talking Heads is The CBS / Columbia Demos. This album was released 04/18/2026.
The best album credited to Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 25 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 26,386.
Talking Heads is ranked number 21 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 50,859.
Talking Heads official website: http://www.talking-heads.nl
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- David Byrne
- Jerry Harrison
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Talking Heads best albums
The following albums by Talking Heads are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Talking Heads best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 06/08/2026 17:32 |  AlvaroIesus | 155 | 68/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 10:48 | kinginsomniac12 | 74 | 100/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 21:43 | AdamRP | 4 | 0/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 86.1/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.1.
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The best of the new wave bands. The growth of the band from quirky geek rock to cool hip world-beaters was an amazing thing to witness. But I wouldn't want to have missed a moment of Talking Heads '77 in lieu of Remain In Light or even Naked. In rock history they kind of get lost in the names, but the Heads were a so important in the 80's. They got me through a lot of rough nights in college. It WAS a party, it WAS a disco, we just LOVED fooling around!
andy_hunter TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/04/2012 11:57 | #47775
The most consistent band of all time. Not one bad album. Clever, weird, funky and energetic! Love them!
AvalancheGrips 09/25/2018 02:20 | #221635
So basically every song is a sick ass banger with eccentric vocals from David Byrne.
Super consistent band, I love their albums before and including Remain In Light, afterwards are still alright.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/22/2012 01:05 | #47006
One of the toughest bands to rank albums for. They had a stretch of 4 or 5 in from 77-84 that are all fantastic, yet none stand out as the definable Talking Heads. Great albums, great band. So much funkiness.
