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Once In A Lifetime

by Talking Heads

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All Time

of 455,477

7,794
1990's

of 166,477

5,080
1992

of 11,150

474

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.8230 Once In A Lifetime is ranked overall as 2.8230 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.1960 Once In A Lifetime has an avg. critic score of 3.1960 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

Avoid the last disc, groove on the first two, and ruminate on the strange beauty of this sui generis body of work. ...more

All Music Guide

If Once in a Lifetime does run out of steam toward the end, it has to be said that it doesn't outstay its welcome, and apart from a track or two at the very end, this is a compelling, entertaining listen from start to finish. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Talking Heads are one of a handful of seminal rock bands whose catalog has been curiously overlooked in the CD era. ...more

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Blender

Marred only by incredibly pompous liner notes and a lack of worthy ...read the complete review at Blender

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Dot Music

Even the vague pointlessness that hangs over this product (some interesting rarities – aside from the not-very-different 'alternate takes' of a few tracks included here – wouldn't have gone amiss) can't detract from the incredible music ...read the complete review at Dot Music

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New York Magazine

Once in a Lifetime shies away from the Talking Heads’ life force. It presents them as winking ironists, not the true black-music believers that they were....read the complete review at New York Magazine

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