Artist: TALKING HEADS
Album: TRUE STORIES REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1986/ 2009
Media type: CD

True Stories is the seventh album released by Talking Heads in 1986; it was released at the same time as the David Byrne film of the same name, True Stories.

The album does not contain the actors' performances from the film, and as such is not considered a true soundtrack album. Byrne stated in an interview that the decision not to release these unique renditions (including performances by John Goodman and Pops Staples) is a major regret.[citation needed] Instead, this is a Talking Heads studio album featuring recordings of songs from the film. While an original cast recording for this movie was never released, several of the film performances did appear on single releases of several songs from the album.

Later, lead singer Byrne released the album Sounds from True Stories containing incidental music from the soundtrack.

The single "Wild Wild Life" became the big hit from the album, accompanied by its video airplay on MTV. The "Wild Wild Life" video won two MTV Video Music Awards in 1987: "Best Group Video", beating U2 and Crowded House, and "Best Video from a Film". (The video is in fact an extended sequence lifted directly from the film itself.) A video for "Love for Sale" was created for use in the film (during a sequence when a woman, played by Swoosie Kurtz, watches the video on TV), and an extended version was later released as a video in its own right.

The reissue was produced by Andy Zax with Talking Heads.
All songs written by David Byrne.

TRACKLIST:

1."Love for Sale" – 4:30
2."Puzzlin' Evidence" – 5:23
3."Hey Now" – 3:42
4."Papa Legba" – 5:54
5."Wild Wild Life" – 3:39
6."Radio Head" – 3:14
7."Dream Operator" – 4:39
8."People Like Us" – 4:26
9."City of Dreams" – 5:06

2005/ 2009 reissue bonus tracks:

10."Wild Wild Life (Extended Mix) [CD bonus track] – 5:30
11."Papa Legba (Pops Staples Vocal Version) [Re-release bonus track] – 5:59
12."Radio Head (Tito Larriva Vocal Version) [Re-release bonus track] – 3:50

LINE-UP:

David Byrne – guitar, vocals
Chris Frantz – drums
Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians:

Bert Cross Choir – vocals on "Puzzlin' Evidence"
Tommy Camfield – fiddle on "People Like Us"
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion on "Papa Legba", "Radio Head", and "People Like Us"
Steve Jordan – accordion on "Radio Head"
St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School Choir – vocals on "Hey Now"
Tommy Morrell – pedal steel guitar on "People Like Us" and "City of Dreams"