Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads
Appearance
Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | October 12, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1977–1991 | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 63:20 | |||
Label | EMI/Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Brian Eno, Nick Launay, Gary Goetzman, Steve Lillywhite, Talking Heads | |||
Talking Heads chronology | ||||
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Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads is a compilation album by Talking Heads, released in 1992. The single disc version of Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites, it was released outside of the US and UK in place of that album.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth except as noted:
- "Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) (from Talking Heads: 77, 1977)
- "Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) (from More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)
- "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) (from Remain in Light, 1980)
- "Burning Down the House" (from Speaking in Tongues, 1983)
- "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (from Speaking in Tongues)
- "Slippery People (Live)" (from Stop Making Sense, 1984)
- "Life During Wartime (Live)" (from Stop Making Sense)
- "And She Was" (Byrne) (from Little Creatures, 1985)
- "Road to Nowhere" (Byrne) (from Little Creatures)
- "Wild Wild Life" (Byrne) (from True Stories, 1986)
- "Blind" (from Naked, 1988)
- "(Nothing But) Flowers" (from Naked)
- "Sax and Violins" (from the Until the End of the World soundtrack, 1991)
- "Lifetime Piling Up" (unreleased single, 1987)
Charts
[edit]Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] | 35 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] | 66 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] | 3 |
UK Albums (OCC)[4] | 7 |
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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New Zealand (RMNZ)[5] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 June 2019.