Thank You for Sending Me an Angel

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"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel"
Song by Talking Heads
from the album More Songs About Buildings and Food
ReleasedJuly 14, 1978 (1978-07-14)
RecordedMarch–April 1978
StudioCompass Point, Nassau
Genre
Length2:11
LabelSire
Producer(s)
Official audio
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"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads. Written by vocalist David Byrne and co-produced by Brian Eno, it is the opening track on Talking Heads' second studio album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, released on July 14, 1978, by Sire Records.[2]

Recording

In 1975 Talking Heads recorded an early demo version of "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" at CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City.[3] The final version of the song, along with the other tracks on More Songs About Buildings and Food, were recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, between March and April 1978.[2]

Critical reception

In a contemporary review of More Songs About Buildings and Food, Steve Simels of

Stereo Review referred to "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" as "really quite exciting", and called it one of his favorite songs on the album.[4]

In 2004 British author and journalist Ian Gittins wrote the following about "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel":

Frantic and fervent, the song positively gallops towards the listener, powered by the kind of giddy-up percussive urgency that would later be used to such telling effect on "Road to Nowhere". Chris Frantz's drums sear scorch marks around the studio, and are even more effective in conjunction with some distinctly panic-stricken keyboards and Byrne's feral-sounding startled howls. [...] The shortest song on the album, "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" abruptly stops dead at 2' 11" but still functions as an erudite statement of intent.[5]

In 2022 writer Mike Segretto listed "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" as being among Byrne's "greatest songs".[6]

Live performances

Talking Heads performed "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" during their 1983–1984 concert tour in support of their 1983 album

Pantages Theatre in December 1983 is featured in the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Stop Making Sense (1984),[7] as well as the 1999 re-release of the live album of the same name.[8]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Gittins 2004, p. 39.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84195-973-3
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-63076-316-9
    .
  4. Stereo Review
    . Vol. 41. p. 148.
  5. ^ Gittins 2004, p. 39–40.
  6. ISBN 978-1493064595
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0306903373
    .
  8. ISSN 0006-2510
    . Retrieved October 4, 2023.

Bibliography

External links
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