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Talking Heads Sounds from True Stories Release Date: 1986 This soundtrack to the Talking Heads film True Stories was the second release in a planned trilogy, the last of which -- the film's actors covering the Talking Heads songs from the album -- never surfaced. Fortunately, this second volume did, a selection of background music and non-David Byrne tunes written for the film. Of the Byrne-penned selections, only a few borrow from Heads songs, and the original compositions, perched somewhere between Penguin Cafe Orchestra and a general Americana feel, are pleasant. Meredith Monk's "Road Song" does Byrne one better in this department, and Carl Finch's incredibly silly "Mall Muzak" suite pokes cockeyed fun. The only proper songs here are Terry Allen's "Cocktail Desperado" and Steve Jordan's Tex-Mex "Soy de Texas," both romping good fun. Ted Mills, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Cocktail Desperado 2 Road Song 3 Freeway Son 4 Brownie's Theme 5 Mall Muzak 6 Dinner Music 7 Disco Hits 8 City of Steel 9 Love Theme from "True Storeis" 10 Festa Para Um Rei Negro 11 Buster's Theme 12 Soy de Tejas 13 I Love Metal Buildings 14 Glass Operator Releases: Year Type Label

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