Buildings & Food

Talking Heads’ groundbreaking second album, "More Songs About Buildings And Food", returns July 25th, 2025, as a super deluxe edition. Released as the band celebrates its 50th anniversary, the collection captures a pivotal moment in their evolution and marks the 1st of 3 albums produced with Brian Eno.

The 3 CD + 1 BluRay set features the remastered album alongside 11 rarities, including 4 previously unreleased alternate versions of album tracks. The set also includes a live recording of the band’s August 1978 show at New York’s Entermedia Theatre. Footage from that show and another at Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley, both appear on the BluRay.

Additionally, there are Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound mixes by ET Thorngren and group member Jerry Harrison, plus a high resolution stereo version of the album. A 60 page hardcover book rounds out the package, with previously unseen photos and new liner notes with recollections from Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Harrison.

A 4 LP vinyl version of the album features the remastered album, rarities, and the New York concert recordings. A 2nd version, available exclusively at Talking Heads official website, includes reissues of 4 international 7” singles. US, UK, and Japanese versions of “Take Me To The River”, plus “The Good Thing”, from Holland. Each comes in a reproduction picture sleeve, all packaged alongside the 4 LP set in a custom die cut folio. You'll want to grab a copy while you can.....