Talk Talk Talk
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{{Infobox album
| name = Talk Talk Talk
| type = Studio album
| artist = The Psychedelic Furs
| cover = Talk Talk Talk (The Psychedelic Furs album - cover art).jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 15 May 1981{{cite magazine|date=16 May 1981|title=New Albums|magazine=Music Week}}
| recorded = 1980–1981
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = * New wave
| length = {{duration|m=41|s=11}}
| label = CBS
| producer = Steve Lillywhite
| prev_title = The Psychedelic Furs
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Forever Now
| next_year = 1982
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/talk-talk-talk-mw0000191369 |title=Talk Talk Talk – The Psychedelic Furs |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=12 August 2020 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}
| rev2 = Classic Rock
| rev2score = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=The Psychedelic Furs: Vinyl Reissues |magazine=Classic Rock |issue=253 |date=September 2018 |last=Quantick |first=David |author-link=David Quantick |page=99}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3score = A−{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2002/03/08/psychedelic-furs-talk-talk-talk-forever-now/ |title=Psychedelic Furs; Talk Talk Talk; Forever Now |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=8 March 2002 |accessdate=18 March 2017}}
| rev4 = Rolling Stone
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thepsychedelicfurs/albums/album/88244/rid/5947008/ |title=The Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=350 |date=20 August 1981 |accessdate=14 April 2006 |last=Tucker |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615035346/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thepsychedelicfurs/albums/album/88244/review/5947008/talk_talk_talk |archive-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=The Psychedelic Furs |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/660 660–61]}}
| rev6 = Smash Hits
| rev6score = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=The Psychedelic Furs: Talk, Talk, Talk |magazine=Smash Hits |volume=3 |issue=11 |date=28 May – 10 June 1981 |last=Dellar |first=Fred |page=23B}}
| rev7 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
| rev7score = 9/10{{cite book |chapter=Psychedelic Furs |last=Hannaham |first=James |author-link=James Hannaham |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=313–14}}
| rev8 = The Village Voice
| rev8score = A{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv10-81.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=5 October 1981 |accessdate=18 April 2012 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}
}}
Talk Talk Talk is the second studio album by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs. It was released on 15 May 1981 by Columbia Records. It was reissued with bonus tracks in 2002 by Columbia/Legacy and on vinyl in the UK in 2011 without bonus content.
Content
AllMusic noted that with Talk Talk Talk, "the Furs introduce[d] a brighter, poppier side to their underground rock edge".
Track listing
All songs were written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Roger Morris, Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn, and Vince Ely.
=1981 UK track listing=
Side 1
- "Dumb Waiters" – 5:09
- "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
- "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
- "No Tears" – 3:14
- "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
Side 2
- "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
- "It Goes On" – 3:52
- "So Run Down" – 2:51
- "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
- "She Is Mine" – 3:51
=1981 US track listing=
Side 1
- "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
- "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
- "No Tears" – 3:14
- "Dumb Waiters" – 5:09
- "She Is Mine" – 3:51
Side 2
- "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
- "It Goes On" – 3:52
- "So Run Down" – 2:51
- "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
- "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
=2002 reissue=
- "Dumb Waiters" – 5:04
- "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
- "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
- "No Tears" – 3:14
- "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
- "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
- "It Goes On" – 3:52
- "So Run Down" – 2:51
- "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
- "She Is Mine" – 3:51
Bonus tracks
{{ordered list|start=11
|"Mr. Jones (Single Version)" – 3:26
|"So Run Down (Early Version)" – 3:05
|"All of This and Nothing (Demo)" – 9:02
}}
The demo of "All of This and Nothing" ends at 3:51 and is followed at 4:23 by "Buy Talk Talk Talk". Some copies of the UK 7" single of "Dumb Waiters" came in a "playable sleeve" – a stiff card picture bag with a clear flexi disc attached. This consisted of Richard Butler introducing extracts from "Into You Like a Train", "I Wanna Sleep With You" and "Pretty in Pink".
Personnel
The Psychedelic Furs
- Richard Butler – vocals
- Roger Morris – lead guitar
- John Ashton – rhythm guitar
- Tim Butler – bass
- Duncan Kilburn – saxophone, keyboards
- Vince Ely – drums
Technical
- Steve Lillywhite – producer
- Phil Thornalley, Will Gosling – engineers
- Julian Balme, Richard Butler – design (after Andy Warhol)
- Andrew Douglas – photography
Chart performance
Album
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Chart ! Peak |
1981
| align="center"| 89 |
Singles
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Single ! Chart ! Peak |
1981
| "Dumb Waiters" / | US National Disco Action Top 80 | align="center"| 27 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{discogs master|82407}}
*[http://www.radio3net.ro/dbartists/supersearch/VGFsaywgVGFsaywgVGFsaw==/Talk,%20Talk,%20Talk Talk Talk Talk] (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)
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