Speaking in Tongues, the last album by Talking Heads before the digital era, is a musical tour de force. There was some issue after the initial release which caused the record executives, apparently, to ask David Byrne to do a new vocal with some changes to the lyrics. Reject any version with the altered lyrics: the one I heard was digitally processed. If you can afford Audition 16's and perhaps some other of my system recommendations in II. 13, you will hear what I guess I would call the sublime power of this LP. You may also hear it with lesser playback gear, but this record is an example of one with such great energy that it is difficult to hear it played back well.
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