This year proves to be exciting for a TALKING HEADS fan, what with the recent reissue of “Stop Making Sense” and a tribute album with Miley Cyrus and other unlikely followers involved – only the ensemble’s streak of surprises is not over yet, and November 8th will see the appearance of “77” in expanded form. It’s three CDs and Blu-ray, packaged into an 80-page hardcover book that’s filled with liners from all the four members of the band and photos, look quite exhaustive.
Of course, it’s music that matters most, and the quartet don’t go for usual barrel-scraping with this deluxe box set. With two discs dedicated to the platter’s 2024 remaster, in stereo and Atmos mixes, the other two comprise rarities and a contemporary concert recording featuring nine of the eleven album tracks, the new edition feels very much to the point.
CD 1 – 2024 Remaster:
1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
2. New Feeling
3. Tentative Decisions
4. Happy Day
5. Who Is It?
6. No Compassion
7. The Book I Read
8. Don’t Worry About The Government
9. First Week/Last Week…Carefree
10. Psycho Killer
11. Pulled Up
CD 2 – Rarities:
1. Sugar On My Tongue
2. I Want To Live
3. Love Goes To A Building On Fire
4. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
5. Psycho Killer (acoustic version)
6. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town (alt. pop version)
7. New Feeling (alt. pop version)
8. Pulled Up (alt. pop version)
9. Stay Hungry (1977 version)
10. First Week/Last Week…Carefree (acoustic version)
11. I Feel It In My Heart
12. Psycho Killer (alt. version)
CD 3 – Live at CBGB, New York, NY – October 10th, 1977:
1. Love Goes To A Building On Fire
2. Uh-Oh, Love Come To Town
3. Don’t Worry About The Government
4. Take Me To The River
5. The Book I Read
6. New Feeling
7. A Clean Break
8. No Compassion
9. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
10. Who Is It?
11. Pulled Up
12. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town (version 2)
13. Psycho Killer
14. Stay Hungry
Blu-ray – Atmos Mix:
1-11 – as On CD 1