Jun 28 2025
5
I am getting to the point where I question why Iβm continuing with the user list, then every so often I get a glaring omission from the list I hadnβt thought of, this talk talk album is one of these masterpieces that was ignored from the list and make this user list all the worth while.
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Jun 08 2025
4
Nice early post-rock. Never knew Talk Talk produced anything besides their well known (and certainly not bad synth-pop).The nasal singing voice of Hollis still annoys me after a while.
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Jun 12 2025
4
This should have been the pick over "Laughing Stock."
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Jun 10 2025
3
Apple Music liner notes begins with βSpirit of Eden is one of the most powerful and singular experiences in modern musicβ
My liner notes βIt was fineβ
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Jun 12 2025
2
I was waiting for something to kick in but it never did.
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Jun 07 2025
5
I LOVE βItβs My Lifeβ and βLifeβs What You Make Itβ, and we already had the album with βLifeβs What You Make Itβ, so I assumed Iβd be hearing βItβs My Lifeβ on this.
This was not the 80s confection my palette was expecting.
Instead Talk Talk has served up a moody, low-key sort of album that has more in common with experimental jazz than those 80s songs I love. As this was totally out of left field it took a few minutes to adjust, but once I did I really got into this. It was pretty cool to lie back and loll around to this. Really interesting and at the same time quite soothing to me.
What a terrific suggestion for the list!
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Jun 10 2025
4
This did not sound like I thought it was going to. Atmospheric, occasionally dipping into things like jazz and blues.
It reminded me of later Pink Floyd, which I mean in the best way possible. This smacks of "The Division Bell".
But also... I'm not sure if it's essential in the way that this list *tries* to be. It definitely is at least as good as like... 400 albums on the real list, though, so why not.
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Jul 04 2025
4
I already like this album and the first song is my favourite Talk Talk song. What a relaxing and interesting album. Greatly enjoyed listening to this!
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Jul 15 2025
4
Hey this kinda music doesn't have to be shit! You know why? They don't outstay their welcome. 42 minutes and that's it. That helps so much.
My personal rating: 4/5
My rating relative to the list: 4.5/5
Should this have been included on the original list? Slight yes.
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Jul 23 2025
4
What is post-rock?
Take a rock band. Let them keep their instruments and their style, but don't let them write rock songs. Let it zone out and put more of a focus on instrumental atmosphere. Borrow more deeply from other genres, more than indie or alt rock. Explore drone, psychedelia, classical, jazz, maybe even noise. Be loose with it, but still have a purpose. A good rule of thumb is to let the song crescendo and then see where it moves from there. The worlds at your fingertips. Be free.
Talk Talk certainly didn't "invent" post-rock but they are instrumental in cultivating it's sound. Baffles me that they included Tortoise and Sigur RΓ³s on the original list, but the one Talk Talk album that was there was The Colour of Spring. Either this or Laughing Stock would've been perfect additions.
CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: Yes.
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Jul 23 2025
4
July 22 2025
HL: "The Rainbow", "Eden", "I Believe In You", "Wealth"
Talk Talk's follow-up to The Colour of Spring has been on my personal list since I started cobbling that spreadsheet together, and I finally bit that bullet... last month, before I knew someone posted it here. But now I get to listen to it again :D
Now in one way, Spirit of Eden is harder to get into than its predecessor. Its slow pace and emphasis on ambience and improvisation had me thinking "Wait, that's it?" after the first time I heard "Wealth" fade off into the ether.
Yet the tone it sets, somewhere between religiously cathartic and meditative, is so unlike past Talk Talk and 80s popular music that it intrigues me still.
4 stars- maybe more with time
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Jun 06 2025
3
At first I thought this was gonna be some lame ambient music but then the blues hit and it got much more interesting. Didnβt stick around the whole time but it was an overall pleasant experience.
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Jun 07 2025
3
Slightly better than last time I listened to it
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Jun 08 2025
3
Post-rock, art rock, experimental rock, ambient. Ni fu ni fa.
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Jun 09 2025
3
Rating: 6/10
Best songs: Desire
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Jun 09 2025
3
This was a solid album and impressive given Talk Talkβs popular 80s hits. This was like a prog rock/jazz 80s album that had instrumental range while being a cohesive album. Wild definitely listen to this again as itβs front to back a really good listen and is pretty seamless between tracks and with the instrumental depth itβs got plenty of layers. 7.6/10
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Jun 11 2025
3
Surprisingly somber and contemplative. Very interesting. 3 stars.
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Jun 12 2025
3
Late 80s serviceable adult contempo
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Jun 12 2025
3
Very experimental. Was fine to listen to, but not to special
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Jun 13 2025
3
A little heavy on the Art for my tastes, but decently interesting anyway.
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Jun 13 2025
3
I feel like I would have called this boring if I didn't bother to say "don't I know these guys"? Wikipedia told me I did but they dropped the 80s synth and invented post rock. Well, ok. Good on them.
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Jul 04 2025
3
This was alright, it didn't blow me away but was nice enough.
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Jul 05 2025
3
Enjoyed it enough.
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Jul 11 2025
3
Okay the opening has my attention. a slow ambient intro into a swampy blues piano/guitar combo. Okay I am bought in when it hits Eden. Inheritance I'm not such a fan of. I Believe In You is a similar disappointment. Really the back half squanders what was a really promising sonic start.
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Jun 06 2025
2
Not quite my tempo
2
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Jun 07 2025
2
There are some beautiful melodic moments on this LP, but the surrounding space in each track is so sparse that it feels more like reaching an oasis in a desert than any sort of musical epiphany. Couple that with the ho-hum intermediary songs sandwiched in between tracks stretched well beyond their attention-carrying capacity and the whole album just drags β if the dead space that populates most of this LP was filled I think I would have enjoyed it much more.
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Jun 07 2025
2
I listened to the full first song before I looked up this album on Wikipedia and it already felt improvisational. I don't rate improvisation when it comes to this kind of music. I think it's good for jam sessions, but it's not good for creating full rock music albums. This was okay. I have no real feelings towards it one way or the other. 2/5.
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Jun 08 2025
2
Some parts of Spirit Of Eden worked for me, the first two tracks created some atmosphere and a decent sound, but it was hard going and didn't last very long before fading into nothingness. 2/5.
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Jun 11 2025
2
Not at all what I was expecting. Found it rather underwhelming.
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Jun 13 2025
2
Ethereal but never really goes anywhere or shows me something good
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Jun 10 2025
1
Pretentious garbage
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Jun 10 2025
1
Dear lord, this is a terrible album. Sure, it's nicely produced with a fair degree of dynamic range - but it is a tepid to the point of discomfort.
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