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"Soar the bridges that I burnt before, one song among us all." "Over the last couple of hours, it was a very loose, flexibl...

Before his legendary work on Talk Talk's two enduring masterpieces, Spirit of Eden   and Laughing Stock , as well as Mark Hollis' e...

"Thirsting, within without, sighted, weeded, how they run, slain in number." Talk Talk consistently cultivated a strained relati...

"Stair by idle stair, faith one path and the second in fear." Addressing Talk Talk's fearless approach to conceiving and rec...

What makes Talk Talk's final two albums, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock , so distinctive is their formal experimentation with both ...

"Tell me how I fear it, I buy prejudice for my health. Is it worth so much when you taste it?" The Colour of Spring   and it...

Reportedly Talk Talk's last TV appearance. At this point in their career, I'm amazed anyone could even get them to lip-sync

"How can I accept I've given everything that I had and still you left." Talk Talk's (specifically Mark Hollis') stru...

"Blood disappears where deeds begin." Saddled with one of the oddest album titles in recent memory, Bark Psychosis' /// Code...

 "Incision carved out, no traces of doubt, I can't extract the truth." While Talk Talk drummer Lee Harris worked with Bark P...

One of the most unsung aspects of Talk Talk's groundbreaking later work was the band's rhythm section comprised of bassist Paul Web...

"Yesterday's faded, nothing can change it." The Colour of Spring is often described as Talk Talk's "transitional...

One of the things I like best about Talk Talk's videos is the subversive humor that often permeates them. It seems as though they are, o...

More greatness from Hollis & co.

"If only you had told her the words to unfold her long ago." During Portishead's interminably mysterious ten year hiatus, Be...

"If I could buy my reasoning, I'd pay to lose." After touring their debut album, The Party's Over , Talk Talk fell silen...

Talk Talk and their record company, EMI, battled constantly over the music videos, the latter claiming the band's efforts were blatantly...

"The more you try to live by different rules, the more you stay the same." During the recording sessions for The Party's Ove...

"And I hope that I've kept you amused, to wipe that spit right off my shoes." While The Party's Over is easily the most ...

Talk Talk doing the pop thing and doing it exceedingly well...