# | Title | Rating | Length |
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A1 | Burning Down the House- assistant engineer:
- John Convertino , Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark
- engineer:
- Butch Jones and Alex Sadkin (task: final overdubs)
- producer:
- Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Alex Sadkin
- bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- David Byrne
- bass synthesizer:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set) and synthesizer:
- Chris Frantz
- guest percussion:
- Steve Scales
- guest synthesizer:
- Wally Badarou
- guitar and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- background vocals:
- Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1983)
- recorded at:
- Blank Tapes in New York, New York, United States, Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 29)
- recording of:
- Burning Down the House
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. , Index Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| 4.45 | 4:00 |
A2 | Making Flippy Floppy | 4.5 | 5:53 |
A3 | Girlfriend Is Better- assistant engineer:
- John Convertino , Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark
- engineer:
- Butch Jones and Alex Sadkin
- producer:
- Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Alex Sadkin
- bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- David Byrne and Jerry Harrison
- bass guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- Brian Eno and Tina Weymouth
- double bass, guitar and synthesizer:
- Tina Weymouth
- guitar:
- Adrian Belew
- guitar and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- keyboard, membranophone and percussion and membranophone and synthesizer:
- Chris Frantz
- percussion:
- Robert Palmer and José Rossy
- synthesizer:
- Bernie Worrell
- background vocals:
- Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison , Nona Hendryx and Tina Weymouth
- lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1983)
- recording of:
- Girlfriend Is Better
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
| 4.35 | 5:45 |
A4 | Slippery People | 4.5 | 5:03 |
A5 | I Get Wild/Wild Gravity | 4 | 5:14 |
B1 | Swamp | 4.25 | 5:09 |
B2 | Moon Rocks | 4 | 5:42 |
B3 | Pull Up the Roots | 4 | 5:08 |
B4 | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | 3.75 | 4:56 |