Remain in Light

Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980, by Sire Records. The band's third and final album to be produced by Brian Eno, Remain in Light was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and Sigma Sound Studios in New York in July and August 1980. After the release of Fear of Music in 1979, Talking Heads and Eno sought to dispel notions of the band as a mere vehicle for frontman and songwriter David Byrne. Drawing influence from Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti, they blended African polyrhythms and funk with electronics, recording instrumental tracks as a series of looping grooves. Session musicians included the guitarist Adrian Belew, the singer Nona Hendryx, and the trumpeter Jon Hassell. Byrne struggled with writer's block, but adopted a scattered, stream of consciousness lyrical style inspired by early rap and academic literature on Africa. The album artwork was conceived by bassist, Tina Weymouth, and drummer, Chris Frantz, with the help of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computers and design company, M & Co. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remain_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)