šŸ’æ How Good Is It Really šŸ’æ Spirit Of Eden

Third favourite Talk Talk album, still a ten mind.

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What are your favourite and second favourite?

obviously heard this song a thousand times but had no idea who it was by until like a couple of years ago. my housemate put it on and it came up with Talk Talk and it blew my mind a bit. i mentioned that i only knew them as this experimental band who who did Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock and had no idea theyā€™d been popstars previously, while he on the other hand had no idea what Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock were.

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anyway quite like this album but donā€™t listen to it that often. i canā€™t remember which song is which so i need to check which one i like the best. iā€™m thinking a 7 or an 8.

iā€™ve listened to Laughing Stock a couple of times too but not for a while now. which does everyone think is better?

  • Spirit of Eden
  • Laughing Stock
  • one of the other ones

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This. Word for word

seems a bit too ā€¦ mannered so far? Or just maybe too mellow and smooth for me

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It the perfect midpoint of the more poppy stuff and the experimental last two albums

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is that the one with Lifeā€™s What You Make It on it? thatā€™s a good tune. was introduced to it via Rowland S Howardā€™s cover

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It is. There are few tracks that are Spirit Of Eden/Laughing Stock like but mostly itā€™s standard songs although with more ā€˜traditionalā€™ instruments instead of the synth pop of the early albums

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  1. Itā€™s just perfect in every way and sounds as amazing now as the day it was released. I still find it amazing that a synth pop band that released The Partyā€™s Over in 1982 could actually release an album like this just 6 years later.

And as far as Iā€™ve discovered there isnā€™t a single other artist that sounds like them, either before or after. Truly unique.

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I prefer the Bon Jovi cover

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Periodically give them another go but neither this or Laughing Stock have ever stuck. Will return again one day. Couldnā€™t say what it sounded like though so abstaining.

Colour Of Spring and Laughing Stock.

Laughing Stock is my favourite ā€œalbumā€ as a whole, but ā€œHappiness Is Easyā€, ā€œTime Its Timeā€ and ā€œApril 5thā€ are songs I listen to more than anything from Laughing Stock (except maybe ā€œNew Grassā€)

It took me ages to listen to Colour Of Spring as the narrative was always that the latter two albums are a completely different band, but Colour Of Spring is actually the perfect midpoint between their two sounds.

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Given it a 9. Itā€™s obviously really good but itā€™s become just a tiny bit overrated over the years. I donā€™t think it is quite as earth-shatteringly profound as it thinks it is.

Pretty much agree with all of that. Happiness Is Easy is such a good album opener and has a rare thing of children singing that actually works

Everyone liking this, wait till you see what Iā€™ve chosen

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smā€™shing pā€™mpkā€™ns?

absolutely not

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10

It is one of the few perfect albums and the run of their last three albums has to be one of the strongest runs of albums ever.

not that Iā€™ve got anything against the smashing pumpkins, I like them a lot. Iā€™m just saving that for a special occasion like Christmas or my birthday

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