Talk Talk (ambient, jazz, pop, rock, genre)

**jackhammer** · 02-11-2008, 02:25 PM

A band that started out as a pop band (and I would say a good one at that) to creating an early post rock classic with Spirit Of Eden album. Mark Hollis tortured vocals dominated their sound and it was himself and Friese Greene (their producer and later keyboard player) who wrote everything and dominated the band later in their career. This track from earlier in their career (1984) and can be seen as fairly average but I love their early stuff too.

This track is from their later period and is probably the most commercial track on the album that encompasses pop, rock, ambient and Jazz.

their music can be seen as depressing, but I think there is a beautiful honesty in their music, and Spirit Of Eden (1988) is a lost classic.

**sleepy jack** · 02-11-2008, 02:30 PM

They probably had one of the greatest 3 album runs ever with The Colour of Spring/Spirit of Eden/Laughing Stock.

**jackhammer** · 02-11-2008, 02:34 PM

I agree, yet they are never mentioned enough as a highly original and influential band.

GravitySlips · 02-11-2008, 05:36 PM

Spirit of Eden = great
Laughing Stock = stunning

haven't heard any of the previous albums, although my mother liked their pop stuff.

**jackhammer** · 02-11-2008, 06:14 PM

The Colour Of Spring Was a crossover album if you will, but nothing was intentional with them. It is my favourite TT album in all honesty.

Frewen · 02-13-2008, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I agree, yet they are never mentioned enough as a highly original and influential band.

Most fans of post-rock recognise that they're heavily influential on the early bands within the subgenre. I seem to remember that it took a while for me to get into Laughing Stock but when it did, wow!

Molecules · 02-13-2008, 06:38 AM

had never heard Talk Talk before, i am now officially intrigued. there were alot of really experimental songwriters fronting pop groups in the 80's...i still don't understand exactly why the world suddenly turned to reverby drums and that recorded-in-an-echo-chamber sound though

Mr Nic · 02-20-2008, 07:31 AM

I loved this album in the early 80s...

I had a bit of a penchant for early Depeche Mode and synth / electro pop in general. Even though this album did really well, I still felt that they seemed a bit like outsiders - especially compared to other bands around at the time like Blancmange or OMD. I sort of felt that even then, they had a different path to follow and when The Colour Of Spring came out it certainly confirmed that there was whole other side to them.

**jackhammer** · 06-12-2008, 06:20 PM

I am just listening to The Colour Of Spring. What a brilliantly written pop album. Introspective pop keeps this forum alive.

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02-11-2008, 02:25 PM
jackhammer A Cabled Discount Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 5,416	Talk Talk A band that started out as a pop band (and I would say a good one at that) to creating an early post rock classic with Spirit Of Eden album. Mark Hollis tortured vocals dominated their sound and it was himself and Friese Greene (their producer and later keyboard player) who wrote everything and dominated the band later in their career. This track from earlier in their career (1984) and can be seen as fairly average but I love their early stuff too. This track is from their later period and is probably the most commercial track on the album that encompasses pop, rock, ambient and Jazz. their music can be seen as depressing, but I think there is a beautiful honesty in their music, and Spirit Of Eden (1988) is a lost classic. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

02-11-2008, 02:30 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,373	They probably had one of the greatest 3 album runs ever with The Colour of Spring/Spirit of Eden/Laughing Stock. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

02-11-2008, 02:34 PM
jackhammer A Cabled Discount Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 5,416	I agree, yet they are never mentioned enough as a highly original and influential band. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

02-11-2008, 05:36 PM
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 756	Spirit of Eden = great Laughing Stock = stunning haven't heard any of the previous albums, although my mother liked their pop stuff.

02-11-2008, 06:14 PM
jackhammer A Cabled Discount Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 5,416	The Colour Of Spring Was a crossover album if you will, but nothing was intentional with them. It is my favourite TT album in all honesty. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

02-13-2008, 06:38 AM
Molecules 'soupy twist' Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 634	had never heard Talk Talk before, i am now officially intrigued. there were alot of really experimental songwriters fronting pop groups in the 80's...i still don't understand exactly why the world suddenly turned to reverby drums and that recorded-in-an-echo-chamber sound though __________________ Substix Last FM 'Institutionalised cruelty is one thing. But the twisted brainwrong of a one-off man-mental is quite another.'

02-20-2008, 07:31 AM
Mr Nic Occasionally Curmudgeonly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 83	I loved this album in the early 80s... I had a bit of a penchant for early Depeche Mode and synth / electro pop in general. Even though this album did really well, I still felt that they seemed a bit like outsiders - especially compared to other bands around at the time like Blancmange or OMD. I sort of felt that even then, they had a different path to follow and when The Colour Of Spring came out it certainly confirmed that there was whole other side to them.

06-12-2008, 06:20 PM
jackhammer A Cabled Discount Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 5,416	I am just listening to The Colour Of Spring. What a brilliantly written pop album. Introspective pop keeps this forum alive. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.