Ho 57 anni e ho conosciuto questo album del tutto casualmente in questi giorni. Era veramente molto tempo che non ascoltavo della musica di questo livello. Disarmante nella sua pura bellezza.
no matter how proverbially cloudy our days may be from time to time, I've always found this album and its moving lyrics to be such a meaningful ray of sunshine
Mark Hollis' voice certainly touches your soul. Had this album in the 80s, but it means a whole lot more to me now than back then. As does Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, they are like hymns.
I read the same comment under a Death album recently and under almost every album here on youtube. There must be thousands and thousands of masterpieces^^
Thank you for posting and for all your work. This albim is a piece of art. I had a very good time listening to it, here. THANK YOU. And thanks to Mark and his great band.
You’ve done a brilliant job cleaning & fine tuning the sound off this recording from the mid 80s my friend. Thank you for your time, effort & sharing this masterpiece of an album with us all. Mark Hollis (RIP) & the band members of Talk Talk would’ve loved the care & dedication to their work. Well done👍🏼😎👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The sound production and instrumentation on this album will never be replicated again. Pure brilliance. I'll never forget the first time I heard the first bars of Happiness is Easy and forever reassessed my standards for musical fulfillment forever. Thank you Talk Talk, MH, I'll never stop playing your music and this album is the pinnacle of musical perfection!!
I was around in the 80's and dismissed this lot as synth pop and only picked up Hollis's genius later. There is not a bad track on this album and the more you listen to it the more you find. His voice is exquisite. Can I suggest you listen to his interviews-it makes his music even better when you see what a lovely "reluctant front man" he was. His solo album is a gem. You walk through the notes. He says nothing he doesn't have to.
Happiness Is Easy need to be listened to with headphones All those sounds and notes that never repeat. So many bands take a riff and use it over and over. It boggles my mind how Mark could imagine such a song and make it work. The other members of Talk Talk deserve some credit also. In my opinion all of their music need to be listened to with headphones at least once. With each listen you discover something new.
The reason I got into Talk Talk in the first place was because I was weighing up buying a pair of pricey headphones and had asked for recommendations for tracks to put them through their paces. Been a fan since hearing HIE ever since (at least 30 years after it was released - and I was born in '79, for shame).
Came back to this today after many years and it's one of those rarities that sounds even better 30+ years later. It has what for me is the mark of true class - the songs are never predictable. I mean this in the sense that, if you listen as though you're hearing this for the first time, you're not usually able to predict what chord, key or tempo comes next within the song. More often that not the music goes off on wonderful tangents. The other thing that I'm struck by is how well these guys could play (and compose). Not for the first time, I wish I'd paid more attention when I saw this band in the flesh, as a support act.
