alk Talk’s Very Best Of is to be reissued as a newly re-ordered and now career-spanning compilation. Changes to the original 1997 release puts Talk Talk’s greatest hits in chronological order and with a new inclusion from the band’s final album, Laughing Stock. The reissue will be available on black gatefold 2LP and CD on 14th March.
Talk Talk formed in 1981 by Mark Hollis, Lee Harris and Paul Webb. Starting as a synth-pop group, their first two albums The Party’s Over and It’s My Life reached the top 40 in the UK charts and produced global hits Talk Talk, Today, It’s My Life and Such a Shame. In 1986, they released The Colour of Spring which was followed by Spirit of Eden, the album that shifted their sound towards experimental post-rock. In 1991, Talk Talk released their last album Laughing Stock.
The band’s long-lasting legacy has manifested in many ways. Credited with inventing post-rock, cited as influences to an array of artists such as Kate Bush, Tears for Fears and Radiohead with others covering a host of Talk Talk repertoire, namely No Doubt’s hit cover of It’s My Life.
Tracklisting:
LP1
Side A:
1) Talk Talk
2) Today (Single Version)
3) Have You Heard The News?
4) It’s My Life
5) Such A Shame (Original Version)
Side B:
1) Dum Dum Girl
2) Life’s What You Make It
3) Living In Another World
4) Give It Up
LP2
Side A:
1) April 5th
2) Time It’s Time
3) I Believe In You (Single Version)
Side B:
1) Eden (Edit)
2) Wealth
3) New Grass
CD
Talk Talk
Today (Single Version)
Have You Heard The News?
It’s My Life
Such A Shame (Original Version)
Dum Dum Girl
Life’s What You Make It
Living In Another World
Give It Up
April 5th
Time It’s Time
I Believe In You (Single Version)
Eden (Edit)
Wealth
New Grass
