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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Remain in Light | type = studio | artist = [[Talking Heads]] | cover = TalkingHeadsRemaininLight.jpg | alt = Album cover containing four portraits covered by red blocks of colour, captioned "TALKING HEADS" (with inverted "A"s) at the top and (much smaller) "REMAIN IN LIGHT" at the bottom. | released = {{Start date|1980|10|8}} | recorded = July–August 1980 | studio = *[[Compass Point Studios|Compass Point]], [[Nassau, Bahamas]] *[[Sigma Sound Studios, New York City|Sigma Sound]], [[New York City]] | genre = {{flatlist| * [[New wave music|New wave]] * [[art rock]] * [[funk-rock]] * [[post-punk]] * [[dance-rock]] * [[afrofunk]] * [[worldbeat]] * [[psychedelic funk]] }} | length = {{Duration|m=40|s=10}} | label = [[Sire Records|Sire]] | producer = [[Brian Eno]] | prev_title = [[Fear of Music]] | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = [[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]] | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Singles | name = Remain in Light | type = studio | single1 = The Great Curve | single1date = 1980 (France) | single2 = [[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime]] | single2date = January 1981 | single3 = [[Houses in Motion]] | single3date = May 1981<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/808/|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=809 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref> | single4 = [[Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)]] | single4date = August 1981 (Japan) | single5 = [[Crosseyed and Painless]] | single5date = November 1981 (Germany) }}{{Extra album cover | header = Back cover | type = Studio album | cover = RILback.jpg | border = | alt = Album cover containing a drawing of a mountain range and four mostly red warplanes flying in formation. There is green text on the left hand side and a barcode in the top right corner. | caption = Artwork originally created as front cover }} }} '''''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 [[polyrhythm]]s and [[funk]] with electronics, recording instrumental tracks as a series of [[Loop (music)|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 (narrative mode)|stream-of-consciousness]] lyrical style inspired by early [[Hip hop music|rap]] and academic literature on Africa. The album artwork was conceived by the bassist, [[Tina Weymouth]], and the drummer, [[Chris Frantz]], with the help of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]'s computers and design company, [[M & Co. (design firm)|M&Co]]. The band hired additional members for a promotional tour, after which they went on a year-long hiatus to pursue side projects. ''Remain in Light'' attained widespread acclaim from critics for its sonic experimentation, rhythmic innovations, and merging of disparate genres into a cohesive whole. The album reached number 19 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart and number 21 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], and produced the singles "[[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime]]" and "[[Houses in Motion]]". It has been featured in several publications' lists of [[List of 1980s albums considered the best|the best albums of the 1980s]] and of all time, and is often considered Talking Heads' [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]]. In 2017, the [[Library of Congress]] deemed the album "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2018-11-08/talking-heads-remain-light |last=Cataldo |first=Jennie |title=Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light' |website=[[The World (radio program)|The World]] |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2023}}</ref> and selected it for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-029/ |title=National Recording Registry Picks Are "Over the Rainbow" |website=[[Library of Congress]] |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref>
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