Talking Heads: 77 (1977)

Growing up in the suburban Midwest, our exposure to the early punk and new wave bands was pretty haphazard. We'd hear the occasional song from the Clash on the radio, or a friend would turn you on to his copy of a Ramones album, but for the most part you were on your own. The Talking Heads didn't really get much traction until Speaking in Tongues broke them open in '83. Somewhere along the line I picked up Remain In Light (on a cassette from the chain music store at the local mall), which remain...