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Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings And Food [Super Deluxe Edition]
Released Jul 25, 2025 Rhino/Warner Records
Consensus forming 4 professional reviews Updated Sep 4, 2026
Broadly positive consensus
Consensus is still forming across 4 professional reviews. Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food [Super Deluxe Edition] recontextualizes the band's early spark, emphasizing rhythm and groove while spotlighting the artful tension between cerebral lyrics and danceable muscle.
How ChoruScore worksCritics' Top Tracks
The songs critics returned to most
The Big Country - 2025 Remaster
1 critic mention
“the fabulous line ' I wouldn’t live there if you paid me to” — Classic Rock Magazine
Take Me to the River - 2025 Remaster
1 critic mention
“the band’s first hit, a cover of Al Green’s Take Me To The River that went Top 30 in the US” — Classic Rock Magazine
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - 2025 Remaster
1 critic mention
“Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Live at Entermedia Theatre, 1978)” — Classic Rock Magazine
Full critic consensus
Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food [Super Deluxe Edition] recontextualizes the band's early spark, emphasizing rhythm and groove while spotlighting the artful tension between cerebral lyrics and danceable muscle. Across professional reviews critics praise the collection's vital performances and archival value, and the release earned an 80/100 consensus score across 4 professional reviews, underscoring a mostly favorable critical consensus.
Reviewers consistently point to the rhythm section's inventiveness and the production's shaping hand as defining features. Classic Rock Magazine praises Byrne and Jerry Harrison's galloping guitars alongside Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz's propulsive interplay, while alternate takes and live recordings in the Super Deluxe Edition illuminate how songs such as “The Big Country - 2025 Remaster”, “Take Me to the River - 2025 Remaster”, and “Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - 2025 Remaster” emerge as standout tracks. Critics note themes of transition and artistic ambition throughout the expanded sequencing, and they credit the package with clarifying the record's role as a turning point in the band's catalog.
While some reviewers raise questions about how much the additional material alters the original album's pacing, the consensus suggests this Super Deluxe Edition is a worthwhile document for fans and collectors who want deeper insight into Talking Heads' creative process. The compilation serves both as a reaffirmation of the original record's rhythmic achievements and as a textured archive that rewards repeated listening.
Track Ratings
How critics rated each track, relative to this album (0-100). Only tracks that made critics feel something are rated.
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - 2025 Remaster
With Our Love - 2025 Remaster
The Good Thing - 2025 Remaster
Warning Sign - 2025 Remaster
The Girls Want to Be with the Girls - 2025 Remaster
Found a Job - 2025 Remaster
Artists Only - 2025 Remaster
I'm Not in Love - 2025 Remaster
Stay Hungry - 2025 Remaster
Take Me to the River - 2025 Remaster
The Big Country - 2025 Remaster
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
With Our Love (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
Found a Job (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
The Good Thing (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
Warning Sign (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
Electricity (Instrumental) - 2025 Remaster
The Girls Want to Be with the Girls (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
I'm Not in Love (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
Artists Only (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
The Big Country (Alternate Version) - 2025 Remaster
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel ("Country Angel" Version) - 2025 Remaster
No Compassion (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Warning Sign (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
The Book I Read (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Stay Hungry (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Artists Only (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
The Girls Want to Be with the Girls (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
With Our Love (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Love Goes to a Building on Fire (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Don't Worry About the Government (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
The Good Thing (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Electricity (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
The Big Country (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
New Feeling (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Pulled Up (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Psycho Killer (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Take Me to the River (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Found a Job (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Live at Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY, 8/10/1978) - 2025 Remaster
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What Critics Are Saying
Deep insights from 4 critics who reviewed this album
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Critic's Take
David Quantick relishes the album's brainy lyrics and jerkily funky rhythms, and he praises how Byrne and Jerry Harrison's guitars gallop and scritch while Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz invent a rhythm section with hits in its own right. The new edition's alternate versions and live recordings only underline why those tracks remain the record's clearest high points.
Key Points
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The Big Country is best for its sharp critique and a memorable Byrne line that reads like a punk sneer.
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The album's core strengths are its inventive rhythms, guitar work and the influence of Eno's production that push the band into a new, extraordinary phase.