History Trivia / MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood

* ReferencedBy Music/WeirdAlYankovic, a fan of the band, once provided a shout-out to the album title by etching a message in the original LP release of ''Music/DareToBeStupid'' reading "More Songs About Television And Food", lampshading his own tendency to write parody songs about these subjects.

-->"When we were making this album I remembered this stupid discussion we had about titles for the last album ... At that time I said, 'What are we gonna call an album that's just about buildings and food?' And Chris said, 'You call it more songs about buildings and food.'"

* OlderThanTheyThink: Several songs, including "Warning Sign," "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls" and "Stay Hungry," were staples of their first CBGB's performances.

* ThrowItIn: How Tina Weymouth attests that the album title was devised, as recorded in an interview with ''Creem'' magazine.

* BreakthroughHit: The band's cover of Music/AlGreen's "Take Me to the River", taken from this album, was the band's first Top 40 hit, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Top 100.

* BreakthroughHit: The band's cover of Music/AlGreen's "Take Me to the River", taken from this album, was the band's first single that did any kind of business on the pop charts, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Top 100.

* PromotedFanboy: Music/BrianEno was already a fan of TalkingHeads when he was asked to produce their second album. He ended up producing their [[Music/FearOfMusic next]] [[Music/RemainInLight two albums]] as well.