Audio CD review:
Talk Talk - The Party's Over

Talk Talk - The Party's Over

Band: Talk Talk Title: The Party's Over Rating: Release Date: 15 September, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Talk Talk 2: It's So Serious 3: Today 4: The Party's Over 5: Hate 6: Have You Heard The News? 7: Mirror Man 8: Another Word 9: Candy

Editoral Review Songs would lengthen, keyboard-plush arrangements would thicken like trellised ivy, and the group's initial hit-single schematics--so evident on this nicely textured debut album, in definitive cuts like "Talk Talk"--would get lost in the orchestral shuffle. Few could've predicted the flowery, experimental path that UK art-pop ensemble Talk Talk (and later, a solo singing Mark Hollis) would take in its long, colorful career. Which is not to say that this nugget from '82 isn't crucial listening. Hollis has one of those inimitable, almost otherworldly voices that sound great in any musical framework. Even in this only slightly cerebral setting. --Tom Lanham .. You can see a complete list of all Talk Talk discography, or go back to the Talk Talk tabs