Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites

Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads 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 latter three tracks were all based on unreleased outtakes from previous studio sessions and had been finished for exclusive release on this compilation.[3]

Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Compilation album by
Talking Heads
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992 (1992-10-13)
Recorded1976–1988
GenreRock
Length139:47
LabelSire/Warner Bros.
ProducerTony Bongiovi, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Nick Launay, Steve Lillywhite, Lance Quinn, Mark Spector, Tina Weymouth
Talking Heads chronology
Naked
(1988)		 Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
(1992)		 Once in a Lifetime
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

The album was also available as a three disc LP set at the time of release.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Byrne, except where noted.

Disc one – 1976–1983
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sugar on My Tongue" (Previously unreleased demo, 1975) 2:36
2."I Want to Live" (Previously unreleased demo) 3:23
3."Love → Building on Fire" (Non-album single, 1977) 2:57
4."I Wish You Wouldn't Say That" ("Psycho Killer" single, 1977) 2:36
5."Psycho Killer" (Talking Heads: 77, 1977)Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth4:20
6."Don't Worry About the Government" (Talking Heads: 77, 1977) 3:00
7."No Compassion" (Talking Heads: 77, 1977) 4:50
8."Warning Sign" (More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)Byrne, Frantz3:54
9."The Big Country" (More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978) 5:30
10."Take Me to the River" (More Songs About Buildings and Food)Al Green, Teenie Hodges5:02
11."Heaven" (Fear of Music, 1979)Byrne, Jerry Harrison4:02
12."Memories Can't Wait" (Fear of Music)Byrne, Harrison3:31
13."I Zimbra" (Fear of Music)Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball3:07
14."Once in a Lifetime" (Remain in Light, 1980)Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth4:19
15."Crosseyed and Painless" (Remain in Light)Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth4:45
16."Burning Down the House" (Speaking in Tongues, 1983)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth4:01
17."Swamp" (Speaking in Tongues)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth5:13
18."This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Speaking in Tongues)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth4:56
Total length:72:02
Disc two – 1984–1992
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Life During Wartime (Live)" (Stop Making Sense, 1984; originally from Fear of Music)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth5:04
2."Girlfriend Is Better (Live)" (Stop Making Sense; originally from Speaking in Tongues)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth3:36
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" (Naked, 1988)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth4:20
10."Blind" (Naked)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth5:00
11."(Nothing But) Flowers" (Naked)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth5:34
12."Sax and Violins" (Until the End of the World soundtrack, 1991)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth5:18
13."Gangster of Love" (Previously unreleased, 1992; based on outtakes from Remain in Light and Naked sessions, 1980/1987 and finished in August, 1991)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth4:29
14."Lifetime Piling Up" (Previously unreleased; outtake from Naked sessions, 1987)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth3:53
15."Popsicle" (Previously unreleased; outtake from Speaking in Tongues sessions, 1983)Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth5:19
Total length:67:45

Charts
Sales chart performance for Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Chart (1992) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 7
US Billboard 200[7] 158
Chart performance for singles from
Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Single Year Chart Position
"Sax and Violins" 1991 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 1
"Lifetime Piling Up" 1992 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 11
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References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. "1991 - Popular favorites: Sand in the Vaseline". www.talking-heads.nl.
  4. "Talking Heads - Sand In The Vaseline - Popular Favorites 1976-1992". Discogs.
  5. "Charts.nz – Talking Heads – Popular Favorites - Sand in the Vaseline". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  6. "Talking Heads | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  7. "Talking Heads Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  8. "Talking Heads Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
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