Talk Talk are an English band formed in London in 1981, led by Mark Hollis with Paul Webb (bass) and Lee Harris (drums); they moved from 1980s synth-pop toward experimental, jazz- and ambient-inflected music, culminating in Spirit of Eden (1988) and Laughing Stock (1991).

Formed in 1981 in London. Core members: Mark Hollis (lead vocals, songwriter), Paul Webb (bass), Lee Harris (drums). Tim Friese-Greene was a long-time producer and collaborator. The band released notable albums including The Party's Over (1982), It's My Life (1984), The Colour of Spring (1986), Spirit of Eden (1988), and Laughing Stock (1991). Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are frequently cited as influential on the development of post-rock.

Talk Talk evolved from 1980s synth-pop into a pioneering, experimental band whose late albums Spirit of Eden (1988) and Laughing Stock (1991) are widely praised. Reviews celebrate the band's spiritual, ambient, and jazz-inflected approaches while noting a more conventional debut. The material here highlights transformative albums and standout reviewer perspectives.

For:Fans of experimental rock, post-rock, ambient, art-pop, and listeners interested in 1980s music evolution.

 I observe nature from a panorama. I observe the distance, the nuances, the play of symmetries. At the end of this game, I conceive what I see by layering the vision. It is all overlapped.

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 With this album, Talk Talk tells us what music is and what it feels like to listen to it.

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 Don't make the same mistake as the musical community in that 1991, and give the redeemed Talk Talk a chance to show you what music is heard up there, where mass pop music is just a distant memory...

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 The best thing, then, seems to be the sinuous "Have You Heard the News"

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 "Spirit Of Eden" is a rarefied poetry of the soul....

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