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Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads

Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 1992 (1992-10-12)
Recorded1977–1991
Genre
Length63:20
LabelEMI/Warner Bros.
ProducerTony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Brian Eno, Nick Launay, Gary Goetzman, Steve Lillywhite, Talking Heads
Talking Heads chronology
Popular Favorites 1976–1992: Sand in the Vaseline
(1992)
Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads
(1992)
Once in a Lifetime
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads is a compilation album by Talking Heads, released in 1992. The single disc version of Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites, it was released outside of the US and UK in place of that album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original release (Year)Length
1."Psycho Killer"Byrne, Frantz, WeymouthTalking Heads: 77 (1977)4:21
2."Take Me to the River"Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" HodgesMore Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)5:01
3."Once in a Lifetime"Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth, Brian EnoRemain in Light (1980)4:19
4."Burning Down the House" Speaking in Tongues (1983)4:01
5."This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" Speaking in Tongues4:55
6."Slippery People" (Live) Stop Making Sense (1984)4:14
7."Life During Wartime" (Live) Stop Making Sense5:04
8."And She Was"ByrneLittle Creatures (1985) 
9."Road to Nowhere"ByrneLittle Creatures4:20
10."Wild Wild Life"ByrneTrue Stories (1986)3:41
11."Blind" Naked (1988)5:00
12."(Nothing But) Flowers" Naked5:34
13."Sax and Violins" Until the End of the World Soundtrack (1991)5:18
14."Lifetime Piling Up" Previously unreleased3:52
Total length:63:20

Charts

Chart performance for Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 66
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 7

Certifications

Certifications for Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[6] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References