The Re-Issue: The Very Best Of Talk Talk

Talk Talk's compilation "The Very Best Of Talk Talk" is to be reissued as a newly re-ordered and now career-spanning compilation. Changes to the original 1997 release puts the band's greatest hits in chronological order, with a new inclusion from their final album, "Laughing Stock." The reissue will be available on black gatefold 2LP and CD on 14 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 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, from which the single New Grass was picked.

The band’s long-lasting legacy has manifested in many ways. Oftenly 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. 

The Very Best Of Talk Talk Track List: 

LP One
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

LP Two
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 

1. Talk Talk
2. Today (Single Version)
3. Have You Heard The News?
4. It’s My Life
5. Such A Shame (Original Version)
6. Dum Dum Girl
7. Life’s What You Make It
8. Living In Another World
9. Give It Up
10. April 5th
11. Time It’s Time
12. I Believe In You (Single Version)
13. Eden (Edit)
14. Wealth
15. New Grass