Talking Heads - The Best Of [MP3 @ 320] (oan)

Review by Greg Prato [allmusic]For the holiday season of 1992 (and a year after they announced their split), the Talking

Heads issued the excellent double disc anthology, Popular Favorites 1984-1992: Sand in the

Vaseline, which combined rarities, hits, and key album cuts. While America got the double

disc set, Europe received a streamlined, single disc collection, The Best Of (Once In A

Lifetime). As its title suggests, the fourteen track collection focuses solely on the group's best

known tracks, including such classics as "Psycho Killer," their commercial breakthrough cover

of Al Green's "Take Me to the River," "Once In A Lifetime," and "Burning Down the House,"

among others. But the inclusion of a pair of oddities, "Sax and Violins" and "Lifetime Piling

Up," will raise a few eyebrows, especially with such a backlog of stronger material that very

easily could have fit alongside the renowned hits (namely "Memories Can't Wait," "Crosseyed

and Painless," "Swamp," "Girlfriend is Better," etc.). But by and large, for a single disc

collection, The Best Of (Once In A Lifetime) accomplishes its goal -- hopefully one day a

slightly more expanded version will see a stateside release.









1. (04:21) - Psycho Killer

2. (05:03) - Take Me To The River

3. (04:20) - Once In A Lifetime

4. (04:02) - Burning Down The House

5. (04:55) - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

6. (04:14) - Slippery People (Live)

7. (05:05) - Life During Wartime (Live)

8. (03:39) - And She Was

9. (04:20) - Road To Nowhere

10. (03:42) - Wild Wild Life

11. (05:00) - Blind

12. (05:34) - (Nothing But) Flowers

13. (05:18) - Sax And Violins

14. (03:52) - Lifetime Piling UpPlaying Time.........: 01:03:27