Remain in Light

Talking Heads

the heads’ fourth LP is a New Wave masterpiece that combined the thrust of a P-Funk dance party, the rhythm hypnosis of Nigerian funk master Fela Kuti, and the studied adventurousness of the album’s producer Brian Eno. It marked the band’s transformation from avatars of the punk avant-garde to polyrhythmic magicians with hit-single appeal. Just try not dancing to “Once in a Lifetime.”