Remain In Light (Remastered & Expanded/+DVDA) ［CD+DVD-Audio］

80年代を代表する1枚として未だ愛され続ける彼らの名盤4thアルバム！ブライアン・イーノとのコラボレーションによって実現した、ロックとアフリカン・ビートとの融合という、華麗かつ大胆な企てが見事結実した不朽の大ベスト・セラー・アルバム！

Spin - "[They] created a big-band sound that would later inspire outfits like !!!." Vibe - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century NME - Ranked #68 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.' NME - Ranked #11 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s. Rolling Stone - 5 stars out of 5 - "...The band no longer sounded twitchy and overcaffeinated; it made music that was confident and fluid. The Heads had already mastered minimalist funk, but here they built jams around thick, slurred rhythms..." Rolling Stone - Ranked #126 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "[A] New Wave masterpiece....REMAIN IN LIGHT marked Talking Heads' transformation from avatars of the punk avant-garde to polyrhythmic magicians with hit-single appeal." Rolling Stone - Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's '100 Best Albums of The 80s' survey. Uncut - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[P]erhaps the Big Bang of early-'80s culture clash....Byrne and Eno's lyrics explored the acute sense of dislocation at the dawn of the Reagan/Thatcher era." Q - Ranked #5 in Q Magazine's "10 Essential Reissues Of 2006."

The musical transition that seemed to have just begun with Fear of Music came to fruition on Talking Heads' fourth album, Remain in Light. "I Zimbra" and "Life During Wartime" from the earlier album served as the blueprints for a disc on which the group explored African polyrhythms on a series of driving groove tracks, over which David Byrne chanted and sang his typically disconnected lyrics. Remain in Light had more words than any previous Heads record, but they counted for less than ever in the sweep of the music. The album's single, "Once in a Lifetime," flopped upon release, but over the years it became an audience favorite due to a striking video, its inclusion in the band's 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, and its second single release (in the live version) because of its use in the 1986 movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills, when it became a minor chart entry. Byrne sounded typically uncomfortable in the verses ("And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife/And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?"), which were undercut by the reassuring chorus ("Letting the days go by"). Even without a single, Remain in Light was a hit, indicating that Talking Heads were connecting with an audience ready to follow their musical evolution, and the album was so inventive and influential, it was no wonder. As it turned out, however, it marked the end of one aspect of the group's development and was their last new music for three years. ~ William Ruhlmann|