Label: Warner / Rhino

Reissued 7/25/2025, Originally released 1978

Deluxe CD + Blu-ray - Talking Heads' groundbreaking second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, is released as a 3CD/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition. The collection captures a pivotal moment in their evolution and marks the first of three albums produced with Brian Eno. The 3CD/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition features the remastered album alongside 11 rarities, including four previously unreleased alternate versions of album tracks. The set also includes a live recording of the band's August 1978 show at New York's Entermedia Theatre. Footage from that show and another at Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley, both appear on the Blu-ray. Additionally, there are Dolby ATMOS and 5. 1 surround sound mixes by E. T. Thorngren and group member Jerry Harrison, plus a high-resolution stereo version of the album. A 60-page hardcover book rounds out the package, with previously unseen photos and new liner notes with recollections from Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Harrison.

4xLP - "Talking Heads' groundbreaking second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, is released as a 4LP Super Deluxe Edition. The collection captures a pivotal moment in their evolution and marks the first of three albums produced with Brian Eno. The 4LP Super Deluxe Edition features the remastered album alongside 11 rarities, including four previously unreleased alternate versions of album tracks. The set also includes a live recording of the band's August 1978 show at New York's Entermedia Theatre. A 60-page hardcover book rounds out the package, with previously unseen photos and new liner notes with recollections from Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Harrison. "

Track Listing:

1. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel
2. With Our Love
3. The Good Thing
4. Sign
5. The Girls Want to Be with the Girls
6. Found a Job
   
7. Artists Only
8. I'm Not in Love
9. Stay Hungry
10. Take Me to the River
11. The Big Country

Rarities

1. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel (Alternate Version)
2. With Our Love (Alternate Version)
3. Found a Job (Alternate Version)
4. The Good Thing (Alternate Version)
5. Warning Sign (Alternate Version)
6. Electricity (Instrumental)
   
7. The Girls Want to Be with the Girls (Alternate Version)
8. I'm Not in Love (Alternate Version)
9. Artists Only (Alternate Version)
10. The Big Country (Alternate Version)
11. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel ("Country Angel" Version)

Live

1. No Compassion (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
2. Warning Sign (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
3. The Book I Read (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
4. Stay Hungry (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
5. Artists Only (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
   
6. The Girls Want to Be with the Girls (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
7. Uh-Oh, Loves Comes to Town (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
8. With Our Love (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
9. Love Goes to a Building on Fire (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
10. Don't Worry About the Government (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
11. The Good Thing (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
    
12. Electricity (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
13. The Big Country (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
14. New Feeling (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
15. Pulled Up (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
16. Psycho Killer (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
    
17. Take Me to the River (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
18. Found a Job (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)
19. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel (Live at Entermedia Theater, New York, NY, August 10, 1978)