True Stories

Talking Heads - True Stories
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1986 Ratings: #87 / 133
User Score
Based on 500 ratings
1986 Rank: #291
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Uncut
Talking Heads bring a heft and propulsive conviction to these songs from David Byrne’s engagingly quirky movie.
50
AllMusic

There is filler ... but the band's skill at arranging an album and maintaining a mood remains intact. So while True Stories may remain a regrettable chapter in the band's history, it's certainly not an embarrassing one.

MiaWatterson
70

Bonus points for giving the name to my favourite band, Television Feet
Not the most remarkable moment in Talking Heads' discography.

Pieter
51

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 RADIO HEAD 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 I AM A VIRGIN 🚨🚨🚨🚨

ENOUGH RADIO, BUT NOT ENOUGH HEAD?!!!

Plats
59

You could literally sneak some earphones on me and I wouldn't even know this is Talking Heads. The charm that made David Byrne and crew so great in the first place is all gone. While there are definitely a handful of enjoyable songs here, most of "True Stories" relies on too many conventions and pop rock formulas to make it a worthy TH release.

One thing I CAN give this record credit for is that track title, "Radio Head". It's a pretty cool title, sounds like something a ... read more

MattBlack
52

The worst Talking Heads album, and it's not even close.

All of these songs are tie-in tracks for the Byrne-directed film of the same name, and almost all of them fall flat. "Wild Wild Life" is the best one but it gets grating. Songs like "City Of Dreams", "People Like Us" and "Radio Head" have a charm but they don't rescue the album.

This is one of those albums that would've been better off not existing.

ScoopTime
49

If you thought the drop off from Stop Making Sense to Little Creatures was bad, then you won't believe how much worse their sound got from Little Creatures to True Stories. This is nothing short of disappointing and I just want to get that out of the way now because there is not a single song here I liked and that was really surprising. There are some bad songs on here and I didn't even realize that was possible from this band, but at this point they had already drifted so far from what they ... read more

mnartriam
40

Alright, it’s time for them to stop talking

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Track List

1Love for Sale
4:31
65
2Puzzlin' Evidence
5:24
59
3Hey Now
3:41
43
4Papa Legba
5:55
39
5Wild Wild Life
3:39
67
6Radio Head
3:32
61
7Dream Operator
4:38
64
8People Like Us
4:28
60
9City of Dreams
5:07
71
Total Length: 41 minutes
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Added on: February 25, 2013