Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk
Producer: Tim Friese-Greene
Capitol/EMI Records, 2006
1 CD
Catalogue #: 57129
EAN: 0724385712920
UPC: 724385712920
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Talk Talk includes: Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Tim Friese-Greene (guitar, piano, harmonium, organ); Robbie McIntosh (12-string guitar, dobro); Mark Feltham (harmonica); Henry Lowthar (trumpet);
Paul Webb (electric bass); Lee Harris (drums); Martin Ditcham (percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Choir Of Chelmsford.
Australian edition.
Talk Talk: Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, keyboards).
Recording information: 1988.
As the album opens, you almost think that you have put on a Miles Davis album by mistake. The strains of trumpeter Henry Lowther are certainly convincing. Mark Hollis and his band moved on from the New Romantic tag and certainly produced a much more varied and ambitious album. 'The Rainbow' is a startling opener, and after Lowther's trumpet solo is a spooky harmonica solo from ex-Nine Below Zero ace, Mark Feltham. Other cameos convince the listener that Talk Talk have grown. The choice of musicians such as Nigel Kennedy, and the marvellous string bassist Danny Thompson, can do nothing but enhance their reputation. The City of Chelmsford choir are the icing on the cake.
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Talk Talk
Talk Talk began as an early-1980s synth-pop band in the style of Duran Duran. It didn't take long for the group's aesthetic ambitions to come to the fore, though. By the mid-'80s, their music was full of jazz-tinged ambience and extended instrumental sections, pioneering a new, adventurous brand of art-rock. After Talk Talk's breakup, frontman Mark Hollis continued in an even less mainstream vein with some subtly inventive solo work, while bassist Paul Webb and drummer Lee Harris formed O Rang and went on to record with Portishead's Beth Gibbons.
