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Mark Hollis
The Very Best Of Talk Talk is to be reissued as a newly re-ordered and now career-spanning compilation. Changes to the original 1997 release puts the band’s greatest hits in…
Classic Album: Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Initially ignored in the UK, Talk Talk’s second album, It’s My Life, marked the first signs of a shifting trajectory. But it stands up on its own merits as a…
The legends of Mark Hollis
Between 1998’s solo album and his death in 2019, Talk Talk singer Mark Hollis retreated into a reclusive, enigmatic silence. Aided by a new book and a documentary, we…
Q+A – Held By Trees
David Joseph’s instrumental project Held By Trees sees Talk Talk alumni joining forces for a remarkable album that immerses itself in the aura of the band’s Spirit Of Eden and…
Issue 75 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the bumper 108-page new issue of Classic Pop, our cover stars are The Associates – we take a trip inside their remarkable career and majestic album Sulk with Alan…
Making Talk Talk – The Colour Of Spring
After starting life as one of many bands cynically marketed by record companies to cash in on the New Romantic scene, on third studio album The Colour Of Spring Talk…
Classic Album: Spirit Of Eden – Talk Talk
On its release in 1988, Talk Talk’s fourth LP Spirit Of Eden was spurned upon its release. These days, it’s considered an incomparable work of genius. By Wyndham Wallace For…