Some classics from the telecom company TalkTalk
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reddit.comPosted May 27, 2021, 10:23 AM UTC
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reddit.comTalk Talk made these three increasingly influential and weird, and decreasingly commercially viable, albums after having some chart success. I recently got the last one, Laughing Stock. Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock were assembled by sampling/editing improvisations by session musicians to build arrangements. They are often described as inventing Post Rock. Mark Hollis' ideas on making music are really interesting, for example a musical idea is at its best the first time you play it. Trying to repeat it would lose the magic, so if you make a mistake better come up with a whole new idea.
The real purpose of this post though, was to make a joke about a telecom company having the same name. I feel that this elaborate explanation has somewhat killed the joke.
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Three straight up 10/10 albums. Mark Hollis' album is also excellent, what a way to close the career.
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Love the Mark Hollis solo album too, though I don't think he was allowed the time and money at that point to make it quite so perfectly formed as the last two Talk Talk albums.
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Still I think the end result is amazing, and I'm glad I got a good vinyl copy. It's hard for me to imagine an even better recording.
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Nice, I've never seen it on vinyl.
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There's the 2019 reissue you can still get. Just watch out though, people were reporting quality control issues, like uneven surface or loud surface noise. My copy is flat and, while it had some noise here and there, it didn't retract me from the experience, so I might've gotten lucky
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Dang, those are fire my friend. Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden is truly a masterpiece.
It certainly is, some of my favourite bits I still have no idea what instrument it is. I think Laughing Stock is my favourite, but maybe only because I heard it first.