Post-rock pioneers Talk Talk are to have their 1997 collection, The Very Best Of Talk Talk, reissued through Rhino Records on March 14.
The new version, which will be available as a double vinyl and CD, now places all the tracks in chronological order, as well as adding New Grass from the band's farewell album Laughing Stock. That album was released in 1991, but was Talk Talk's first and subsequently last album for new label, the reactivated jazz label Verve which went through Polydor Records. Verve had signed the band from EMI, following an acrimonious split with their former label, hence no tracks from Laughing Stock originally featuring on the compilation.
Talk Talk disbanded following the release of Laughing Stock, with singer Mark Hollis wanting to spend more time with his family. The singer did release a lone solo album, Mark Hollis, in 1998, but retired from music shortly afterwards. Hollis died in 2019, aged 64.
Guitarist Paul Webb and drummer Lee Harris formed the experimental .O.rang. who released two albums in the late 90s. Webb also performs under the name Rustin' Man, while Harris featured on Bark Psychosis's 2004 album ///CODENAME: dustsucker.
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Talk Talk: The Very Best Of...
LP1
Side A:
1) Talk Talk
2) Today (Single Version)
3) Have You Heard The News?
4) It's My Life
5) Such A Shame (Original Version)
Side B:
1) Dum Dum Girl
2) Life's What You Make It
3) Living In Another World
4) Give It Up
LP2
Side A:
1) April 5th
2) Time It's Time
3) I Believe In You (Single Version)
Side B:
1) Eden (Edit)
2) Wealth
3) New Grass
CD
1) Talk Talk
2) Today (Single Version)
3) Have You Heard The News?
4) It's My Life
5) Such A Shame (Original Version)
6) Dum Dum Girl
7) Life's What You Make It
8) Living In Another World
9) Give It Up
10) April 5th
11) Time It's Time
12) I Believe In You (Single Version)
13) Eden (Edit)
14) Wealth
15) New Grass
