Popular Favorites 1976–1992: Sand in the Vaseline
1992 compilation album by Talking Heads
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Popular Favorites 1976–1992: Sand in the Vaseline is a two-disc compilation album by American rock band Talking Heads, released in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demo recordings ("Sugar on My Tongue," "I Want to Live"), a non-album A-side ("Love → Building on Fire") and B-side ("I Wish You Wouldn't Say That") and three newly finished songs ("Gangster of Love," "Lifetime Piling Up" and "Popsicle"). The last three tracks were all based on unreleased outtakes from previous studio sessions and had been finished for exclusive release on this compilation.[4]
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| Released | October 12, 1992[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1991 | |||
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| Length | 139:47 | |||
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| Singles from Popular Favorites 1976–1992: Sand in the Vaseline | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The album's title and cover art incorporated the 1974 painting by Ed Ruscha, Sand in the Vaseline.[5] It was also available as a three-disc LP set at the time of release.[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by David Byrne, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Sugar on My Tongue" | previously unreleased demo, 1975 | 2:36 | |
| 2. | "I Want to Live" | previously unreleased demo, 1976 | 3:23 | |
| 3. | "Love → Building on Fire" | non-album single, 1977 | 2:57 | |
| 4. | "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That" | B-side of "Psycho Killer" single, 1977 | 2:36 | |
| 5. | "Psycho Killer" | Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth | Talking Heads: 77, 1977 | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Don't Worry About the Government" | Talking Heads: 77 | 3:00 | |
| 7. | "No Compassion" | Talking Heads: 77 | 4:50 | |
| 8. | "Warning Sign" | Byrne, Frantz | More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 | 3:54 |
| 9. | "The Big Country" | More Songs About Buildings and Food | 5:30 | |
| 10. | "Take Me to the River" | Al Green, Teenie Hodges | More Songs About Buildings and Food | 5:02 |
| 11. | "Heaven" | Byrne, Jerry Harrison | Fear of Music, 1979 | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Memories Can't Wait" | Byrne, Harrison | Fear of Music | 3:31 |
| 13. | "I Zimbra" | Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball | Fear of Music | 3:07 |
| 14. | "Once in a Lifetime" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Remain in Light, 1980 | 4:19 |
| 15. | "Crosseyed and Painless" | Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Remain in Light | 4:45 |
| 16. | "Burning Down the House" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Speaking in Tongues, 1983 | 4:01 |
| 17. | "Swamp" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Speaking in Tongues | 5:13 |
| 18. | "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Speaking in Tongues | 4:56 |
| Total length: | 72:02 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Life During Wartime" (Live) | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Stop Making Sense, 1984 | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Girlfriend Is Better" (Live) | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Stop Making Sense | 3:36 |
| 3. | "And She Was" | Little Creatures, 1985 | 3:39 | |
| 4. | "Stay Up Late" | Little Creatures | 3:53 | |
| 5. | "Road to Nowhere" | Little Creatures | 4:20 | |
| 6. | "Wild Wild Life" | True Stories, 1986 | 3:40 | |
| 7. | "Love for Sale" | True Stories | 4:32 | |
| 8. | "City of Dreams" | True Stories | 5:08 | |
| 9. | "Mr. Jones" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Naked, 1988 | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Blind" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Naked | 5:00 |
| 11. | "(Nothing But) Flowers" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Naked | 5:34 |
| 12. | "Sax and Violins" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Until the End of the World soundtrack, 1991 | 5:18 |
| 13. | "Gangster of Love" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Based on outtakes from Remain in Light and Naked sessions, 1980/1987 and finished in August, 1991 | 4:29 |
| 14. | "Lifetime Piling Up" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Outtake from Naked sessions | 3:53 |
| 15. | "Popsicle" | Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth | Outtake from Speaking in Tongues sessions | 5:19 |
| Total length: | 67:45 | |||
Charts
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] | 37 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[8] | 7 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 158 |
| Single | Year | Chart | Position |
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| "Sax and Violins" | 1991 | US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[10] | 1 |
| "Lifetime Piling Up" | 1992 | US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[10] | 11 |