Remain in Light: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Remain in Light
Album by Talking Heads
Released	October 8, 1980
Recorded	Compass Point, Sigma Sound & Eldorado, July & August 1980
Genre	New wave/Art punk
Length	39 min 48 sec
Record label	Sire
Producer	Brian Eno
Professional reviews
AMG	5 stars out of 5	link
Creem	Favorable	January 1981
Rolling Stone	Favorable	December 11, 1980
	5 stars out of 5	November 13, 2003
Talking Heads Chronology
(1979)	Remain in Light (1980)	The Name of this Band is Talking Heads (1982)

Remain in Light is an album by Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980 (see 1980 in music). Featuring funky African rhythms, the album became an influential post punk, world music and New Wave recording. Remain in Light uniquely blended African-American, continental African and white American musical forms; Rolling Stone magazine's Ken Tucker noted about the time that there had rarely been "a larger gap between what black and white audiences were listening to". Living Colour's Vernon Reid describes its African polyrhythms: "Instead of alienation turning into dark angst it turns into celebration, the dance".

The single "Once in a Lifetime" sold poorly upon its original release but a quirky music video and its presence on the soundtrack to Down and Out in Beverly Hills helped make it a charting single and minor hit in 1986 (see 1986 in music).

The album cover and liner notes were created by the notable graphic designer, Tibor Kalman.

Track listing

• "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 5:46
• "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne/Eno) - 4:45
• "The Great Curve" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 6:26
• "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne/Eno/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:19
• "Houses in Motion" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 4:30
• "Seen and Not Seen" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 3:20
• "Listening Wind" (Byrne/Eno/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth) - 4:42
• "The Overload" (Byrne/Eno/Talking Heads) - 6:00

• Jon Hassell - Trumpet, Horn, Horn Arrangements, Trumpet Arrangement
• Adrian Belew - Guitar
• David Byrne - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Vocal Arrangement, Mixing
• Jerry Harrison - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals
• Robert Palmer - Percussion
• Nona Hendryx - Vocals, Voices
• Greg Calbi - Mastering
• Brian Eno - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Mixing
• Chris Frantz - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards
• Dave Jerden - Engineer, Mixing
• Jack Nuber - Engineer
• Johnny Potoker - Engineer, Mixing
• Jose Rossy - Percussion
• Steven Stanley - Engineer
• Tina Weymouth - Bass, Percussion, Keyboards

Billboard Music Charts - album 1980 Pop Albums No. 19 Billboard Music Charts - singles 1980 Cross Eyed and Painless/Born Under Punches/Once in a Lifetime Club Play Singles No. 20 1986 Once in a Lifetime The Billboard Hot 100 No. 91