Editing Remain in Light (section)

===Accolades and legacy===
''Remain in Light'' was named the best album of 1980 by ''Sounds'', ahead of the Skids' ''[[The Absolute Game]]'', and by ''[[Melody Maker]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=The Best of 1980|last=''Sounds'' staff|work=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|page=31|date=December 13, 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=1980 Melody Maker Albums|last=''Melody Maker'' staff|work=[[Melody Maker]]|type=pull-out section|date=December 13, 1980}}</ref> while ''The New York Times'' included it in its unnumbered shortlist of the 10 best records issued that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Pop Life: The 10 best of the albums issued in 1980|last=Palmer, Robert|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=C19|date=December 19, 1980}}</ref> It figured highly in other end-of-year best album lists, notably at number two, behind [[The Clash]]'s ''[[London Calling]]'', by Christgau,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans80.php |title=Pazz & Jop 1980: Dean's List |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=February 9, 1981 |access-date=August 25, 2009 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref> and at number six by ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Best Albums of 1980|last=''NME'' staff|work=[[NME]]|type=pull-out section|date=December 13, 1980}}</ref> It featured at number three—behind ''London Calling'' and [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s ''[[The River (Bruce Springsteen album)|The River]]''—in ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s 1980 [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll, which aggregates the votes of hundreds of prominent reviewers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres80.php |title=The 1980 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=February 9, 1981 |access-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>

{{quote box|quote="So they congregated in a Nassau studio with Brian Eno and created a record without precedent&nbsp;... Both daringly experimental and pop-accessible, ''Remain in Light'' may be the Talking Heads' defining moment."<ref name=pitch />|source=—''Pitchfork''{{'}}s Ryan Schreiber in 2002|width=25%|align=right}}
In 1989, ''Rolling Stone'' named ''Remain in Light'' the fourth-best album of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Irwin, Jim|title=The Mojo Collection: The Greatest Albums of All Time|year=2001 |publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|isbn=1-84195-067-X |page=507}}</ref> In 1993, it was included at number 11 in ''NME''{{'}}s list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s,<ref>{{cite news |title=The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s|last=''NME'' staff|work=[[NME]]|page=19|date=September 25, 1993}}</ref> and at number 68 in the publication's Greatest Albums Of All Time list.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greatest Albums Of All Time|last=''NME'' staff|work=[[NME]]|page=29|date=October 2, 1993}}</ref> In 1997, ''[[The Guardian]]'' collated worldwide data from renowned critics, artists, and radio [[DJ]]s, which placed the record at number 43 in the list of the 100 Best Albums Ever.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 Best Albums Ever|work=[[The Guardian]]|page=''Features'' insert|date=September 19, 1997}}</ref> In 1999, it was included by ''Vibe'' as one of its "100 Essential Albums Of The 20th Century".<ref>{{cite news |title=100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century|last=''Vibe'' staff|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|page=162|date=December 1999}}</ref> In 2000 it was voted number 227 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|edition=3rd|year=2000|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=107}}</ref> In 2002, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' featured ''Remain in Light'' at number two, behind only [[Sonic Youth]]'s ''[[Daydream Nation]],'' in its Top 100 Albums Of The 1980s list.<ref name=pitch>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5882-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/10/|title=Top 100 Albums of the 1980s|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=November 20, 2002|access-date=June 11, 2009|last=''Pitchfork'' staff|page=10}}</ref> In 2003, [[VH1]] named the record at number 88 during its "100 Greatest Albums" countdown,<ref>{{cite book |editor=Hoye, Jacob|title=VH1: 100 Greatest Albums|year=2003 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-7434-4876-6 |page=194}}</ref> while ''Slant Magazine'' included it in its unnumbered shortlist of "50 Essential Pop Albums".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/vitalpop.asp|last=''Slant'' staff|title=Vitalpop!|website=[[Slant Magazine]]|year=2003|access-date=September 15, 2009}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' placed it at number 129 in its December 2015 issue of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]", as the highest of four Talking Heads releases on the list.<ref name="RSLIST">{{cite magazine |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|last=''Rolling Stone'' staff|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|page=126|date=November 12, 2003}}</ref> In 2006, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine placed ''Remain in Light'' at number 27 in its list of the "40 Best Albums of the 80s".<ref>{{cite news |title=40 Best Albums of the 80s|last=''Q'' staff|work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|date=August 2006}}</ref> In 2012, ''Slant'' listed the album sixth on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_10 |title=Best Albums of the 1980s |last=''Slant'' staff |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=March 5, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2013 }}</ref> In 2020, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' included ''Remain in Light'' in its "80 Greatest Albums of 1980" list;<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-1980-1075743/|title=The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980 What came out of all this was, arguably, the greatest year for great albums ever|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=11 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> the publication also ranked it number 39 on its updated list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]" that year.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2020-09-22 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-03-07}}</ref>

[[Radiohead]] credited ''Remain in Light'' as a major influence on their 2000 album ''[[Kid A]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2000 |title=No more Thom for guitar rock |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-393-1309133 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182054/http://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-393-1309133 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=30 November 2017 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> The Radiohead guitarist [[Jonny Greenwood]] had assumed it was composed of [[Loop (music)|loops]], but learnt from Harrison that Talking Heads had instead recorded themselves playing the parts repetitively. Greenwood said: "And that's why it's not exhausting to listen to because you're not hearing the same piece of music over and over again. You're hearing it slightly different every time. There's a lesson there."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geslani |first=Michelle |date=2016-06-13 |title=Jonny Greenwood talks ''A Moon Shaped Pool'', Radiohead's ever-changing setlists, Talking Heads, and more |url=https://consequence.net/2016/06/jonny-greenwood-talks-a-moon-shaped-pool-radioheads-ever-changing-setlists-talking-heads-and-more-listen/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2018, the Beninese singer [[Angélique Kidjo]] released a song-for-song cover of ''Remain in Light'', produced by [[Jeff Bhasker]] and released on his Kravenworks label. She described herself as a longtime fan of the song "Once in a Lifetime", and wanted to pay tribute to the album by emphasizing its inspiration from African music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/31/615243331/first-listen-angelique-kidjo-remain-in-light |title=Angelique Kidjo Gives New Life To Talking Heads' 'Remain In Light' |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=May 31, 2018 |access-date=November 13, 2018 |last=Moore |first=Marcus J.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/angelique-kidjo-interview-myth-of-cultural-appropriation-covering-remain-in-light/ |title=Angélique Kidjo on the Myth of Cultural Appropriation and Covering Talking Heads' Remain in Light |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=June 7, 2018 |access-date=November 13, 2018 |last=Currin |first=Grayson Haver}}</ref>

In 2022, Harrison and Belew united for three concert dates for the album's 40th anniversary, in which they played all of the album and several more Talking Heads songs. In 2023, they expanded the project to a full North American tour, and included material from Belew's period in the Talking Heads-influenced 1980s incarnation of [[King Crimson]].<ref name="Harrison/Belew">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew Announce Remain in Light Tour Dates  |url=https://jambands.com/news/2022/11/01/jerry-harrison-and-adrian-belew-announce-remain-in-light-tour-dates/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=JamBands}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.remaininlight.net/ |title=REMAIN IN LIGHT 2023 TOUR |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>