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Talk Talk was a popular English music group that was active from 1981 to 1991. In mainstream circles, the group is most well known for their early synthpop/New Wave singles, including the international hits "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World". However, in the music community they are recognised more for the artistic achievements of their later experimental albums, recognised as forerunners to the post-rock genre. Image File history File links Talk_Talk_in_1988. ...
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The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ...
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The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ...
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Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, Hålilönj) is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. ...
Mark Hollis (born January 4, 1955 in Tottenham, London, England) is a musician, being most famous as the lead singer of Talk Talk. ...
Talk Talk was an British music group that was formed in 1981. ...
Lee Harris (born July 20, 1962) is an English musician. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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Its My Life is a song originally written and recorded by band Talk Talk. ...
The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ...
Beginnings
Although they were associated with the New Wave movement and bands such as EMI stable-mates Duran Duran, Talk Talk had a progressive depth their contemporaries lacked.[citation needed] With the addition of unofficial fourth member Tim Friese-Greene in 1983, who replaced Simon Brenner on keyboards after the "My Foolish Friend" single and became producer for the band, each successive Talk Talk release became more sophisticated and innovative.[citation needed] Friese-Greene and Hollis were responsible for the group's sound and direction. Friese-Greene did not generally play with the band during live shows; Talk Talk stopped playing live in 1986. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ...
Duran Duran is a British pop band notable for a long series of catchy, synthesiser-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. ...
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Success They had a huge success in 1984/85 in continental Europe with the album It's My Life. The accompanying single "Such a Shame" (a song inspired by the book The Dice Man) became a major hit and a number one in several countries during this period, and an icon for many New Wave European listeners. The aforementioned title cut was also a big hit. But, strangely, this album and its singles were relatively ignored in their native UK, even though they maintained a substantial cult following. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Its My Life was the second album by Talk Talk, released in 1984. ...
The Dice Man is a comedic novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. ...
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They eventually abandoned the New Wave style completely with the minor classic The Colour of Spring in 1986. This became their biggest studio album success in the UK, partly thanks to the Top 20 single "Life's What You Make It", and was again a hit album in Europe, featuring another Top 40 single: "Living in Another World". The Colour of Spring is Talk Talks third album and was released in 1986. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Later period The success of The Colour of Spring afforded the band an open budget and schedule for the recording of their next album. About a year in the making, Spirit of Eden was released in 1988. The album was assembled from many hours of improvised instrumentation that Hollis and Friese-Greene had edited and arranged using digital equipment. The result was a mix of rock, jazz, classical, and ambient music. While critically praised, the album was not as commercially viable as its predecessors, and the band declared they would not tour in support of it. Spirit of Eden is a 1988 album by Talk Talk, their fourth by this point. ...
During the making of Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk manager Keith Aspden had attempted to free the band from their recording contract with EMI. "I knew by that time that EMI was not the company this band should be with," Aspden said. "I was fearful that the money wouldn't be there to record another album."[1] EMI, however, wished to keep the band on their roster.[2] After many months of litigation, the band ultimately succeeded in extracting themselves from the contract. EMI then sued the band, claiming that Spirit of Eden was not "commercially satisfactory," but the case was thrown out of court.[3] A recording contract (also commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. ...
The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ...
In 1990, Talk Talk agreed to a two-album contract with Polydor. They released Laughing Stock on the Verve Records imprint in 1991. By this time, Webb had left the group. Talk Talk had by then morphed into what was essentially a brand name for the studio recordings of Hollis and Friese-Greene, along with a bevy of session studio players (including Harris). Laughing Stock crystallised the experimental sound the band started with Spirit of Eden (which has been retroactively categorised as "post-rock" by some critics). Laughing Stock adopted an even more minimalist style than its predecessor, but this did not stop it achieving a respectable Top 30 showing in the UK Albums Chart. Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ...
For other uses, see Laughing stock (disambiguation) Laughing Stock was Talk Talks fifth and final album, released in 1991. ...
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The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ...
The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ...
With the band now released from EMI, the label released the retrospective compilation Natural History in 1990. Surprisingly, it went on to sell over one million copies in Britain alone and rose to number 3 in the UK album chart. The 1984 single "It's My Life" was also re-released, and this time became the band's biggest success in their native country, making number 13 in the UK Singles Chart. Following up on this renewed popular interest in the band, the label released History Revisited in 1991, a compilation of 12 inch singles and alternative versions which made the Top 40, an unusually high showing for a remix album. The band sued EMI for remixing their material without permission. Natural History is a 1990 compilation album by Talk Talk and was the highest selling album of their career. ...
The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...
History Revisited: The Remixes is a 1991 album composed of remixes of hit Talk Talk songs. ...
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Breakup and aftermath After Laughing Stock, Talk Talk disbanded. Paul Webb and Lee Harris went on to form the band .O.rang, while Tim Friese-Greene started recording under the name Heligoland. In 1998, Mark Hollis released his self-titled solo début Mark Hollis, which was very much in keeping with the minimalist post-rock sound of Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. . ...
Timothy Alan Friese-Greene is an English musician and producer. ...
Mark Hollis is a self titled 1998 album by the ex Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis. ...
Webb also collaborated under the name of Rustin Man with Beth Gibbons and released Out of Season in 2002, while Harris featured on the Bark Psychosis 2004 album, ///Codename: Dustsucker. Paul Webb (born January 16, 1962) is an English musician. ...
Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965, in Exeter, Devon, England) is the vocalist for the trip-hop band Portishead. ...
Out of Season is an album by Portishead frontwoman Beth Gibbons and former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb (under the pseudonym Rustin Man). ...
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Bark Psychosis are a band from Waltham Forest in East London. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 2003 No Doubt released a cover version of "It's My Life" which became a major international hit. No Doubt is a third wave ska band from Anaheim, California, United States. ...
Selected discography -
The band Talk Talk released 5 studio albums in their 10 year career // Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk (1990) : UK #3, Switzerland #27 History Revisited: The Remixes (1991) : UK #35 The Very Best of Talk Talk (1997) : UK #54, Norway #20 (in 2002) Asides Besides (1998) 12X12...
The Partys Over (known simply as Talk Talk in the U.S.) was also the first album by Talk Talk. ...
Its My Life was the second album by Talk Talk, released in 1984. ...
The Colour of Spring is Talk Talks third album and was released in 1986. ...
Spirit of Eden is a 1988 album by Talk Talk, their fourth by this point. ...
For other uses, see Laughing stock (disambiguation) Laughing Stock was Talk Talks fifth and final album, released in 1991. ...
Notes - ^ Irvin, "Paradise Regained," 54.
- ^ Neiss.
- ^ Tape Op
External links
References - Talk Talk Original Picture Sleeve UK Discography and other release (7" / 12" / 3" / Japan, U.S.A....) / Lyrics...
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