Talking Heads – True Stories (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1986

True Stories is an LP by Talking Heads from 1986 released on the EMI label.

About this album

True Stories is a sharp, playful Talking Heads album that turns David Byrne’s surreal humour into some of the band’s most accessible writing. Issued in 1986 as the soundtrack to Byrne’s film of the same name, it features polished production from Talking Heads and keeps the group’s art-rock intelligence while leaning into sleek pop, funk and new wave textures. Songs such as Wild Wild Life, Love for Sale and Radio Head helped the album reach a wider audience, even as Byrne’s lyrics stayed sly, strange and unmistakably his own. It stands as one of the band’s most distinctive late-period releases, bridging cinema, satire and pop craft.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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