Danceable, moody, intelligent, and timeless: all these describe the great album Remain in Light. Everything you want and need to know about Talking Heads lies here.

Funky is not the most common thing to describe Talking Heads. It was starting on More Songs About Buildings and Food, and it grew exponentially on Fear of Music, but it comes to a head on Remain in Light, and that's just scratching the surface. Paranoia remains embedded within the music and lyrics, coming to an explosive conclusion on "The Overload". Obviously, the centerpiece of the album is the universally renowned song "Once in a Lifetime". If any song could define Talking Heads, this is it. Complex, paranoid, funky, deep, and driving only begin to explain the genius of the song. Swirling synth lines with scratchy guitars and ending with an overdriven guitar line give "Once in a Lifetime" that edge that most songs only strive to achieve. The beauty of that song is that it sums up the album as a whole while never taking away from the beauty of the album. The first half is pulse-driving funk-punk-pop-rock that leads to an unwinding and despairing second half. Yes, this is a morbid album, but even morbidity can be enjoyable. Just listen to "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)," "Once in a Lifetime," and "Crosseyed and Painless" to see the fun over the lyrics. It's schizophrenic nature is executed exactly the way it should to succeed as well as it does as an artistic statement. Danceable doom is not uncommon, but nothing is as perfect at that combination as Remain in Light.