Life During Wartime is the obvious crowd-pleaser here, so is it the best song on the album?

Sure, I suppose so? I think one of the amazing thing about Talking Heads is the strength of their non-"singles". Every time I listen to one of their albums a new song stands out to me. This time it was Animals. Life During Wartime really is a classic, though.

Its probably the one I listen to most, idk maybe Air is better but its definitely top 3 on the album