Talk:Stop Making Sense (album)

Frantz's Drumming?
Why does the article highlight Frantz's drumming on the additional tracks included in the special edition as being from the original concert recordings? Surely the same could be said of the contributions of each of the other musicians on stage? This seems a bit superfluous and should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.56.70.117 (talk) 10:55, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I've taken that out, man from nine years ago. The article originally claimed that "all of Chris Frantz's acoustic drumming is replaced with synthesized drum sounds" which really needs a source. Listening to the original 1984 release and comparing it with the film, the drum sound is noticeably different - the album has 1980s-style "big drums" - but my guess is that they applied a tonne of effects to the drum tracks on the multi-track live recording rather than replacing them from scratch. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:06, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

October 15th release date disputed
This album had already been on Billboard's charts three weeks by the time their October 4th issue was released. This precludes an October 15th or even October ## release for the album. See http://books.google.com/books?id=MyQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT86&dq=%22Stop%20Making%20Sense%22%20%22Talking%20Heads%22&pg=PT86#v=onepage&q&f=false

I have further found a September 16, 1984 Sacramento Bee article by David Barton in which Barton enumerates "Stop Making Sense" as a September release. LP FACTORIES TURN IT UP - SACRAMENTO BEE - Sunday, September 16, 1984 - Author: David Barton. Since the entire article is accessible to me only through a pay-service, I will quote only the relevant portion here: "As ususal, rock, pop, country and R&B releases dominate with albums such as David Bowie's Tonight, Hall and Oates' Big Bam Boom (their first new LP in two years) and U2's U2 (produced by Brian Eno) topping the list for September, with live albums from Talking Heads ( Stop Making Sense ) and the Who (a double from their farewell tour) sure to turn a few heads." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.114.107.8 (talk) 07:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Chart positions
It's totally unclear why there are two different chart positions given for each country. Is it 1984 and 1985? If so: why?? I'm putting the US Billboard listing as No. 41 and adding an online reference. SteveStrummer (talk) 02:13, 6 October 2019 (UTC)