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The best album credited to Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 26 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 27,416.

Talking Heads is ranked number 22 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 52,259.

Talking Heads official website: http://www.talking-heads.nl

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Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [New Vinyl LP] 180 Gram
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The Rock and Roll Playhouse Plays: Music of Talking Heads + More
Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, United States. United States
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Pink Talking Fish: A Fusion Of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads And Phish
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Houses In Motion - Talking Heads Tribute
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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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1980
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2310 votes)  87 (2,310 votes)
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1979
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1983
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Stop Making Sense 
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1984
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1977
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718
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374
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Total albums: 17. Page 1 of 2
This may not be a complete discography for Talking Heads.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

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Talking Heads best tracks

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Talking Heads ratings

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86/100 (from 284 votes)
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12/06/2024 16:34 pago82  Ratings distribution  1,37367/100

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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 86.4/100, a mean average of 85.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 13.4.

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From 11/09/2025 14:56 | #311625
I enjoy this band, though I don't know if I'd put them in my top 30.
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From 08/19/2022 22:49 | #288707
One of my favorite bands of all time with a ton of bangers. Obviously their sound isn't for everyone but the fact that they are still highly underrated is crazy.
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From 04/01/2022 02:25 | #283674
If you're good enough to have had Radiohead get their name from one of your songs, then that says something about how strong and innovate Talking Heads and David Byrne's work was during their prime
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From 05/13/2021 13:15 | #269692
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From 01/17/2020 02:40 | #246899
An iconic band that was very unique and innovative. Great frontman with an awesome voice and amazing musicians backing him. They started fully formed and consistently surprised with their interpretations of different genres. Check out their concert movie Stop Making Sense.
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From 09/27/2018 17:39 | #221757
Wonderful Band. Still underrated for some reason.
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From 09/25/2018 02:20 | #221635
So basically every song is a sick ass banger with eccentric vocals from David Byrne.
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From 07/05/2018 12:51 | #217799
This is one of my favourite bands of All Time. Great vibes, upbeat melodies and top-notch production by Brian Eno. However, it's a shame that they didn't manage to maintain their quality streak after releasing 5 classics in a row. The last 3 studio albums released after "Speaking in Tongues" don't match the epicness of their predecessors, which is the only thing that prevents me from giving this band a perfect score.
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From 11/09/2017 12:00 | #201036
David Byrne is a God.
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From 06/11/2017 08:13 | #192374
Sensational debut. Very good second album. Some acceptable stuff from then on but nothing of grate value.
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