| Side A: | |
| 1. Burning Down The House 4:00 | |
| 2. Making Flippy Floppy 4:36 | |
| 3. Girlfriend Is Better 4:25 | |
| 4. Slippery People 3:30 | |
| 5. I Get Wild / Wild Gravity 4:06 | |
| - | |
| Side B: | |
| 1. Swamp 5:09 | |
| 2. Moon Rocks 5:04 | |
| 3. Puul Up The Roots 5:08 | |
| 4. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) 4:56 | |
Wydane na 180-gramowym winylu wznowienie piątego albumu studyjnego grupy
z 1983r., który stał się dla Talking Heads komercyjnym przełomem. To z
niego pochodzi pierwszy (i jedyny) przebój, który trafił do Top 10
amerykańskiej listy przebojów - "Burning Down the House".
Na wznowieniu znalazły się oryginalne wersje utworów. W 1983r. kasetowa
wersja "Speaking in Tongues" zawierała wydłużone wersje pięciu
kompozycji: "Making Flippy Floppy", "Girlfriend Is Better", "Slippery
People", "I Get Wild/Wild Gravity" i "Moon Rocks". W takiej wersji
pojawiały się też na większości późniejszych wydań na CD. Warto więc
posłuchać, jak brzmiały w oryginalnej, krótszej wersji.
David Byrne - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass, Percussion
Chris
Frantz - Drums, Backing Vocals, Synthesiser
Jerry Harrison
- Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tina Weymouth -
Synthesiser And String Bass, Backing Vocals, Guitar
Alex Weir
- Guitar on "Making Flippy Floppy", "Swamp", "Moon Rocks", "Puul Up The
Roots"
Wally Badarou - Synthesiser on "Burning Down...",
"Swamp", "This Must Be The Place"
Raphael
Dejesus - Percussion on "Slippery People", "I Get Wild", Pull Up The
Roots"
Steve Scales - Percussion on "Burning Down...",
"Moon Rocks"
David Van Tiegham - Percussion on "I
Get Wild", "This Must Be The Place"
Richard Landry
- Saxophone on "Slippery People"
Nona Hendryx -
Backing Vocals on "Slippery People"
Dolette MacDonald
- Backing Vocals on "Slippery People"
Bernie Worrell
- Synthesiser on "Girlfriend Is Better"
Shankar -
Violin on "Making Flippy Floppy"
Produced by Talking
Heads
Mixed by Alex Sadkin
Lyrics by David Byrne
Musics by
David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
Basic
tracks recorded at Blank Tapes, N.Y.
Engineer: Butch Jones
Assistant
Engineer: John Convertino
Final Overdubbing and Mixing at Compass
Point Studios and Sigma Sound, NY
Engineer: Alex Sadkin
Assistant
Engineers: Franklin Gibson, Jay Mark
Mastered at Sterling Sound,
NY by Ted Jensen
Cover: David Byrne
