Talk Talk (depeche mode, ambient, jazz, pop, rock)

jackhammer · 02-11-2008, 03:25 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, 03:30 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, 03:34 PM

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

GravitySlips · 02-11-2008, 06:36 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, 07:14 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, 02:36 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, 07:38 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, 08:31 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, 07:20 PM

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

jackhammer · 11-11-2008, 02:37 PM

I forgot how good this track was until I was just playing an alternate version of it. Better than Radiohead? I think so. Expect a compilation up in the next few hours.:

02-11-2008, 03:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	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. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-11-2008, 03:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I agree, yet they are never mentioned enough as a highly original and influential band. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-11-2008, 07:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	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. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-13-2008, 07:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	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 __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

06-12-2008, 07:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I am just listening to The Colour Of Spring. What a brilliantly written pop album. Introspective pop keeps this forum alive. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-11-2008, 06:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	Spirit of Eden = great Laughing Stock = stunning haven't heard any of the previous albums, although my mother liked their pop stuff.

02-20-2008, 08:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mr Nic Occasionally Curmudgeonly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 87	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.

11-11-2008, 02:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I forgot how good this track was until I was just playing an alternate version of it. Better than Radiohead? I think so. Expect a compilation up in the next few hours.: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”