Talk:Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)

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Rauschenberg

Technically this was original research - I went and looked at mine (yeah, I'm so cool). It's not a picture disc, so I sort of described it in the article. Huw Powell (talk) 00:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect Track Lengths

Aren't some of the track lengths quite wrong? A bit of arithmetic demonstrates the listed lengths don't add up to the given album length in the album info box. I'm going off the track lengths given here: http://www.we7.com/#/album/Speaking-In-Tongues-w-Bonus-Tracks-!albumId=166501. Granted, this is a bonus track remastered edition, but it's unlikely they put in different song takes or anything like that. I propose this be corrected unless an explanation can be given for why there is such a disparity. The Coj (talk) 03:23, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

it's unlikely they put in different song takes or anything like that

Actually, that's sort of what happened. When the album was released, the running lengths of some songs were shorter on the LP than they were on cassette. The first CD release used the LP-length songs but subsequent CD issues have used the longer cassette versions. I don't know the source of the track lengths used in the article, but it's possible they're from the original LP (or the initial CD) and the website has the latest CD track lengths. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 05:00, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

That's interesting, thanks for clearing that up. With this in mind then should something not be changed in the article? So that at least the album length given in the info box and the total of the added track lengths match up. Perhaps even including two seperate album length values marked as LP and CD reissues, and/or in the track listing section state that all times refer to the original LP release. What are your thoughts? The Coj (talk) 14:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Singles

The article mentions that "Burning Down the House" was a substantial hit single, and that "This Must be the Place" was also released as a single. The Chart Performance section only includes an entry for "This Must be the Place". Is there a reason for this? Did "Burning" predate the album, or could no-one find a reference for the song's US chart position? I would fix it myself, but the omission seems too obvious to be an accident. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 12:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Speaking in Tongues was released on June 1, 1983. "Burning Down the House" was released in July 1983. I have added its chart place with a source. Thanks. 86.187.227.246 (talk) 18:35, 31 May 2023 (UTC)