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Talk Talk are better known for their early synthpop/new wave singles, including the hits

Today,

Talk Talk,

It’s My Life,

Such a Shame and

Life’s What You Make It. They are also considered forerunners to the post-rock genre for their later experimental albums.

Although they were identified with bands such as Duran Duran during the New Wave movement, Talk Talk had a progressive depth their contemporaries lacked. After keyboardist Simon Brenner was replaced with producer and unofficial member Tim Friese-Greene, each successive Talk Talk release became more sophisticated and original.

They achieved success in 1984/85 in continental Europe with the album It’s My Life and the single

Such a Shame which became a hit in several countries during the period. Ironically, the album was relatively ignored in Talk Talk’s native England.

Talk Talk eventually abandoned the New Wave style completely with The Colour of Spring in 1986. The single “

Life’s What You Make It” allowed the album to become their greatest success in England. In 1988, Spirit of Eden relied on improvised structures and diverse, natural instruments (violin, harmonica) instead of a synth-driven, pop song mould. The eccentric sound clashed with their label, EMI, and they soon moved to Verve Records to release Laughing Stock. Laughing Stock crystallized the experimental sound the band started with Spirit of Eden. Both Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are often retroactivley labeled post-rock albums.

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Top Tracks

1	It's My Life full track	1,464
2	Such a Shame full track	855
3	Life's What You Make It full track	756
4	I Believe in You full track	429
5	Talk Talk full track	406
6	Myrrhman full track	404
7	Ascension Day full track	392
8	New Grass full track	374
9	After the Flood full track	371
10	Inheritance full track	313
11	Taphead full track	301
12	Desire full track	296
13	Living in Another World full track	294
14	The Rainbow full track	292
15	Eden full track	273

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yu00 wrote:
6 hours ago

I love Talk Talk!!

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riigo wrote:
yesterday morning

radiohead's reckoner is like a fisher price version of new grass

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riigo wrote:
yesterday morning

whoa what's with that pic.

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6m24ro wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

у него пркрасный голос

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garnimoa wrote:
Tuesday morning

The 80s are so good

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Wingscomander wrote:
Sunday evening

i Love the 80's

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egypthall wrote:
Saturday evening

Those devoted to the last two masterpieces should check out Mothlite... http://www.last.fm/music/Mothlite

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optimistic_tour wrote:
Friday morning

anybody else notice how Kanye West's "Graduation" cd has a super-similar cover to It's My Life?

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Tebbotronic wrote:
last week

Such an underated band, props to Talk Talk, Give it up!

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frederickallen wrote:
last week

new grass is amazing

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Hulelam wrote:
last week

All this band does to me is talk talk

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SSNVberghem wrote:
11 days ago

we love you

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fuktskadad wrote:
14 days ago

they're oh so easy to obsess over. new grass just kills me. i've never heard something so beautiful before.

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safflowerseed wrote:
14 days ago

I'm currently obsessed with them. Colour of Spring is like the music I always wanted to hear but never heard until now. Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden completely transport me.

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HMSTerror wrote:
last month

"The Colour Of Spring" is tremendous. The last two were good but I have to admit that I never listen to them.

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Amoide wrote:
last month

two last albums are PERFECTION

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bongojazz999 wrote:
last month

I love Talk Talk. "The Colour of Spring" was just a monumental album. Electronic ambience and yet completely acoustic and earthy.

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esa_es_la_chica wrote:
last month

I like them and they are pretty unusual, BUT I don't love them. I just listened to "Spirit of Eden" and I think their music is too obscure for me to really enjoy it. "Rainbow" is the best track in that album, IMAO

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TalkTalk-fan wrote:
last month

i saw them open for Duran duran at the hammersmith odeon december 1981..loved em ever since. its a shame it all ended up against a minimalist brick wall and everyone in the band lost interest. i guess nothings meant to last forever,mind you what a legacy of music they left behind.

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teddywong wrote:
last month

new grass man, new grasss

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