The third album from Talking Heads, 1979’s Fear of Music, is the bridge between the angular art rock of the Heads’ early work and the P-Funk-inspired modalism of their early-’80s output. Fear of Music is more than just a bridge, though. It’s the water under the bridge, the air, the animals, the cities the river flows through, and the heaven on top of it all: “…a place where nothing ever happens.”

This Super Deluxe Edition expands upon the original album featuring rare studio outtakes and alternate versions as well two previously unreleased in full complete shows from the Fear of Music tour recorded at Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts on August 24, 1979 and Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey on November 17, 1979.

The CD format includes a Blu-Ray disc featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Hi-Res Stereo Mixes as well as rare film footage of the band performing on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1979.

Features
Super Deluxe Edition
6LP Box Set
2026 Remaster
Rare Studio Outtakes & Alternate Versions
2 Previously Unreleased Complete 1979 Shows
Vinyl Etching on Side D
60-Page Photo Book with Liner Notes by Will Hermes
Selections
LP1 – Original Album (2026 Remaster)

SIDE A:

I Zimbra
Mind
Paper
Cities
Life During Wartime
Memories Can’t Wait
SIDE B:

Air
Heaven
Animals
Electric Guitar
Drugs
LP2 – Rarities (2026 Remaster)

SIDE C:

Mind (Alternate Version)
Life During Wartime (Alternate Version)
Dancing for Money (Unfinished Outtake)
Cities (Alternate Version)
Drugs (Alternate Version)
I Zimbra (12″ Version)
SIDE D:

Etching

LP3-4 – Live at Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts, August 24, 1979

SIDE E:

Artists Only *
Stay Hungry *
Cities
Paper *
SIDE F:

Mind
Heaven *
The Book I Read *
SIDE G:

Electric Guitar *
Air *
Warning Sign *
Love Goes to a Building on Fire *
SIDE H:

Memories Can’t Wait *
Psycho Killer *
Life During Wartime *
Take Me to the River *
LP5-6 – Live at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, November 17, 1979

SIDE I:

Artists Only
Stay Hungry
Cities *
Paper *
Mind *
SIDE J:

Heaven *
Electric Guitar *
Air
SIDE K:

Animals *
Love Goes to a Building on Fire
Found a Job *
SIDE L:

Memories Can’t Wait
Psycho Killer *
Life During Wartime *
*previously unreleased