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Fear of Music

by Talking Heads

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All Time

of 455,300

485
1970's

of 2,833

49
1979

of 271

5

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Overall Rating: 3.4903 Fear of Music is ranked overall as 3.4903 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.6120 Fear of Music has an avg. critic score of 3.6120 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

By titling their third albumFear of Musicand opening it with the African rhythmic experiment "I Zimbra," complete with nonsense lyrics by poet Hugo Ball, Talking Heads make the record seem more of a departure than it is. ...more

All Music Guide

By titling their third albumFear of Musicand opening it with the African rhythmic experiment "I Zimbra," complete with nonsense lyrics by poetHugo Ball, Talking Heads make the record seem more of a departure than it is. ...more

Rolling Stone

Time stands still when you're cracking up. At the brink of mental overload, there's a revelatory instant — a freeze frame in which everything fits together in new ways. Logic dissolves, paralogic reigns. And in that precarious moment, the world is fixed in place, skewed and renewed. ...more

Yahoo! Music

By titling their third album Fear of Music and opening it with the African rhythmic experiment "I Zimbra," complete with nonsense lyrics by poet Hugo Ball, Talking Heads make the record seem more of a departure than it is. ...more

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

Jeez, this is one strange album. This doesn�t sound much like any of the previous albums at all. When I first listened to it, I thought it sounded terrible. It starts off with the fun and dancey �I Zimbra,� but things get really weird from there. ...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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starling.rinet

Track listing: 1) I Zimbra; 2) Mind; 3) Paper; 4) Cities ; 5) Life During Wartime ; 6) Memories Can't Wait ; 7) Air; 8) Heaven ; 9) Animals; 10) Electric Guitar; 11) Drugs . I still can't decide if Fear Of Music qualifies as the best album of 1979...read the complete review at starling.rinet

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Playlouder

You go out all the time. You see loads of bands. You see some great bands. And then every now and then you see something really damn special. And you remember just how great rock & roll is. Again. Fear Of Music are special Really special. Four...read the complete review at Playlouder

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