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Is this really the same Talk Talk who had topped the charts four years earlier with their hit Such a Shame? With Spirit of Eden, Mark Hollis’ band made a complete U-turn, leaving their oh-so-eighties synthesizers in the cellar this time round. Released in September 1988, this fourth album zig-zags between chamber pop and atmospheric jazz. Hollis' singing is accompanied by ethereal bass lines, slow-motion guitars and muffled drums. He abandons Bryan Ferry's dandyism for a more evocative tone, now sounding more like David Sylvian on Brilliant Trees… or maybe Brian Eno on Music For Airports. With this album, Talk Talk invented a kind of elegant post-rock that was mingled with classy new age. And to reach new heights of melancholy, the Englishman rolled out the oboes, harmoniums, violins, bassoons, cor anglais, dobros, the list goes on… A musical experience like no other. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Simon Edwards, Guitarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Phill Brown, Bowed Guitar - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Melodica, Miscellaneous - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Electric Bass Guitar - Michael Jeans, Oboe - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral, Choir
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Edwards, Guittarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Double Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Phil Brown, Engineer - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Bass - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral, Choir - Micheal Jeans, Oboe
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Edwards, Guitarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Phill Brown, Engineer, Bowed Guitar - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Melodica, Miscellaneous - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Electric Bass Guitar - Michael Jeans, Oboe - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral, Choir
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Edwards, Guitarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Phill Brown, Bowed Guitar - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Melodica, Miscellaneous - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Electric Bass Guitar - Michael Jeans, Oboe - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral, Choir
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Edwards, Guitarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Phill Brown, Bowed Guitar - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Melodica, Miscellaneous - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Electric Bass Guitar - Michael Jeans, Oboe - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral, Choir
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Edwards, Guitarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Phill Brown, Bowed Guitar - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Melodica, Miscellaneous - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Electric Bass Guitar - Michael Jeans, Oboe - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral, Choir
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Simon Edwards, Guittarron Guitar - Tim Friese-Greene, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Writer, Harmonium - Robbie McIntosh, 12 String Guitar, Dobro - Christopher Hooker, English Horn - Danny Thompson, Bass - Andrew Marriner, Clarinet - Henry Lowther, Trumpet - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Nigel Kennedy, Violin - Mark Feltham, Harmonica - Phill Brown, Engineer - Hugh Davies, Miscellaneous - Lee Harris, Drums - Mark Hollis, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer - Talk Talk, MainArtist - Paul Webb, Bass - Andrew Stowell, Bassoon - Micheal Jeans, Oboe
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
Is this really the same Talk Talk who had topped the charts four years earlier with their hit Such a Shame? With Spirit of Eden, Mark Hollis’ band made a complete U-turn, leaving their oh-so-eighties synthesizers in the cellar this time round. Released in September 1988, this fourth album zig-zags between chamber pop and atmospheric jazz. Hollis' singing is accompanied by ethereal bass lines, slow-motion guitars and muffled drums. He abandons Bryan Ferry's dandyism for a more evocative tone, now sounding more like David Sylvian on Brilliant Trees… or maybe Brian Eno on Music For Airports. With this album, Talk Talk invented a kind of elegant post-rock that was mingled with classy new age. And to reach new heights of melancholy, the Englishman rolled out the oboes, harmoniums, violins, bassoons, cor anglais, dobros, the list goes on… A musical experience like no other. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:35
- Main artists: Talk Talk
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2014 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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