True Stories is the seventh studio album by American rock band Talking Heads.

It was released on September 15, 1986, by Sire Records, preceding lead singer David Byrne's related film True Stories.

Later that year, Byrne released the album Sounds from True Stories containing incidental music from the soundtrack.

[citation needed] In 2006, the album was re-released and remastered by Warner Music Group on their Warner Bros./Sire Records/Rhino Records labels in DualDisc format, with three bonus tracks on the CD side (an extended mix of "Wild Wild Life", "Papa Legba" with vocal by Pops Staples, and "Radio Head" with vocals by Tito Larriva).

"[6] Tucker found that "some of the songs verge on triteness or banality" but "Love for Sale" and "People Like Us" were "beautiful rock music.