{{Italic title|all=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = {{yesitalic|Still Life (Talking)}} | type = studio | artist = Pat Metheny Group | cover = StillLifeTalking.jpg | border = yes | released = {{Start date|1987|7|7}} | recorded = March–April 1987 | studio = Power Station, New York City | genre = Jazz fusion | length = {{Duration|m=42|s=30}} | label = Geffen | producer = Pat Metheny | chronology = Pat Metheny | prev_title = Song X | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Letter from Home | next_year = 1989 | italic_title = no }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143837 |title=Still Life (Talking) - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic |first=Alex |last=Henderson |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=994}}</ref> }}
'''''Still Life (Talking)''''' is the fifth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 1987 on Geffen Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance<ref>{{cite web |title=1987 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/30th-annual-grammy-awards |website=grammy.com |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref> and was certified gold by the RIAA on July 2, 1992.<ref name="gold">{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=PAT+METHENY+GROUP&ti=STILL+LIFE+%28TALKING%29|website=RIAA|accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, "Last Train Home" was used as the ending theme for "Battle in Egypt", the second half of the anime series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Komatsu |first=Mikikazu |date=2015-01-09 |title=Pat Metheny Group's 1987 Song "Last Train Home" Featured as New ED Song for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2015/1/9/pat-metheny-groups-1987-song-last-train-home-featured-as-new-ed-song-for-jojos-bizarre-adventure |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Crunchyroll}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing | all_writing = Pat Metheny except where noted | headline = Side one: | title1 = Minuano (Six Eight) | length1 = 9:28 | writer1 = Metheny, Mays
| title2 = So May It Secretly Begin | length2 = 6:25
| title3 = Last Train Home | length3 = 5:41 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two: | title1 = (It's Just) Talk | length1 = 6:17
| title2 = Third Wind | length2 = 8:37 | writer2 = Metheny, Mays
| title3 = Distance | length3 = 2:45 | writer3 = Mays
| title4 = In Her Family | length4 = 3:17 }}
==Personnel== * Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer * Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards * Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass * Paul Wertico – drums * Armando Marçal – percussion, backing vocals * Mark Ledford – vocals * David Blamires – vocals ===Technical staff=== * Pat Metheny – producer, arranger * Lyle Mays – co-producer, arranger * Rob Eaton – recording, mixing * Alexander Haas – assistant engineer * Bob Ludwig – mastering * M&Co. – design
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Years !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1987 |align="left"|''Billboard'' Jazz Albums |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|1987 |align="left"|''Billboard'' Black Albums |align="center"|43 |- |align="left"|1987 |align="left"|''Billboard'' Pop Albums<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pat-metheny/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=December 4, 2023|magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> |align="center"|86 |}
==Awards== '''Grammy Awards''' {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Category |- |align="left"|1988 |align="left"|Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Pat Metheny Group}} {{JoJo's Bizarre Adventure}}
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Category:Pat Metheny albums Category:1987 albums Category:Albums recorded at Power Station Category:Geffen Records albums Category:Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance