This is a really good album from The Furs. For a reason that I can't really explain I bought the first Furs album back in the day, loved it, but never bought another - definitely not fair to this excellent band. Talk Talk Talk lacks some of the immediacy and raw energy of the self titled first album. Its a little slicker a little cleaner and a little less grungy...but I miss the grunginess of the first album. Still a really accomplished album that shows Richard Butler's songwriting is starting to evolve. 4 stars