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Stop Making Sense is a live 1984 album by , the to the . The original release features nine of the tracks from the movie, albeit with treatment and editing. The album spent over two years on the 200 chart.
Limited pressings of the original LP version featured a full color picture book wrapped around the album jacket. Regular versions had many of the pictures and captions on the album's inner sleeve. In 1999, a 16-track re-release—with content and sound closely matching those of the movie—coincided with the 15th anniversary of the concert filming.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 345 on magazine's list of . In 2012 listed the album at #61 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s"
Side one "" (Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth) – 4:28 "Swamp" – 3:50 (LP) 4:28 (cassette, CD) "Slippery People" – 3:35 (LP) 4:13 (different mix; cassette, CD) ["When this song was originally recorded on ," says Frantz in the of , "it had a funky and compact sound. This Stop Making Sense version is funky and big as a house. (Or should I say church?)"] "" – 4:14 "" (Byrne) – 3:32 (LP) 5:07 (cassette, CD) Side two "" (Byrne, , Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:34 (LP) 5:34 (cassette, CD) "What a Day That Was" (Byrne) – 5:08 (LP) 6:30 (cassette, CD) "" – 4:52 (LP) 5:52 (cassette, CD) "" (, ) – 6:00