| # | Title | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Blind- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Mark Wallis
- alto saxophone:
- Stan Harrison
- baritone saxophone:
- Steve Elfon
- bass guitar and background vocals:
- Tina Weymouth
- congas, cowbell and talking drum:
- Abdou M’Boup
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar:
- David Byrne and Yves N'Djock
- keyboard [conga bass]:
- Wally Badarou
- kora:
- Mory Kanté
- piano [French piano]:
- Jerry Harrison
- tenor saxophone:
- Lenny Pickett
- trombone:
- Robin Eubanks
- trumpet:
- Laurie Frink and Earl Gardner
- lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- brass [horns] arranger:
- Lenny Pickett
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Blind
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3.25 | 4:58 |
| 2 | Mr. Jones- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- James A. Farber
- alto saxophone:
- Mitch Frohman and Bobby Porcelli
- baritone saxophone:
- Steve Sacks
- bass guitar and keyboard [flute]:
- Tina Weymouth
- bass trombone:
- Dale Turk
- congas, cowbell, shakers and wood block:
- Manolo Badrena
- cowbell [muted cowbells]:
- Abdou M’Boup
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar:
- David Byrne
- keyboard [marimba]:
- Jerry Harrison
- kora:
- Mory Kanté
- tenor saxophone:
- Al Acosta
- trumpet:
- Ángel Fernández , Steve Gluzband and Charlie Sepulveda
- vocals:
- David Byrne
- performer:
- Jose "Ite" Jerez
- brass [horns] arranger:
- Ángel Fernández
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Mr. Jones
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3.25 | 4:18 |
| 3 | Totally Nude- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- James A. Farber
- accordion:
- Philippe Servain
- bass guitar:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set) [frog chorus]:
- Chris Frantz
- guitar:
- David Byrne and Yves N'Djock
- keyboard [steel drum] and tambourine [frog chorus]:
- Jerry Harrison
- pedal steel guitar:
- Eric Weisberg
- percussion:
- Abdou M’Boup
- background vocals and lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Totally Nude
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3.65 | 4:03 |
| 4 | Ruby Dear- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Mark Wallis
- bass guitar:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar:
- David Byrne , Jerry Harrison and Johnny Marr
- maracas and shaken idiophone [leg seed pods]:
- Brice Wassy
- percussion [oil drum]:
- Moussa Cissokao
- background vocals:
- David Byrne and Jerry Harrison
- lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Ruby Dear
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3 | 3:48 |
| 5 | (Nothing but) Flowers | 3 | 5:14 |
| 6 | The Democratic Circus- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- James A. Farber and Mark Wallis
- bass guitar and background vocals:
- Tina Weymouth
- congas:
- Sydney Thiam
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar:
- David Byrne and Jerry Harrison
- keyboard [cello]:
- Jerry Harrison
- keyboard [space cha-cha] and lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- resonator guitar [dobro]:
- Eric Weisberg
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- The Democratic Circus
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3 | 5:01 |
| 7 | The Facts of Life- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- James A. Farber
- bass guitar and keyboard [machine]:
- Tina Weymouth
- bell and spoons:
- Brice Wassy
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar and lead vocals:
- David Byrne
- keyboard [scream, bass, flute]:
- Jerry Harrison
- keyboard [sonar, pedal steel]:
- Wally Badarou
- kora:
- Mory Kanté
- percussion [music stand]:
- Nino Gioia
- background vocals:
- David Byrne and Tina Weymouth
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- The Facts of Life
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3.35 | 6:26 |
| 8 | Mommy Daddy You and I- assistant recording engineer:
- Nick Delre (lead vocals, background vocals) and Jean-Loup Morette
- recording engineer:
- Fernando Kral (lead vocals, background vocals) and Richard Manwaring
- producer:
- Steve Lillywhite and Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Nick Delre
- accordion:
- James Fearnley
- bass guitar and electronic organ:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set):
- Chris Frantz
- guitar:
- David Byrne and Jerry Harrison
- guitar [twang bar]:
- Johnny Marr
- instruments:
- Manolo Badrena
- background vocals:
- Jerry Harrison
- vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (lead vocals, background vocals) and Studios Davout in Paris, Île-de-France, France
- mixed at:
- Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Mommy Daddy You and I
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Index Music, Inc.
| 3 | 3:58 |
| 9 | Big Daddy | 3 | 4:01 |
| 10 | Cool Water | 2 | 5:08 |
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