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Revision as of 04:29, 27 December 2017

For other uses, see Talk Talk Talk (disambiguation).

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
The Village VoiceA[5]

Talk Talk Talk is the second studio album by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs. It was released in June 1981 on the Columbia label. 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".[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Roger Morris, Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn and Vince Ely.

1981 UK track listing

Side one
  1. "Dumb Waiters" – 5:09
  2. "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
  3. "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
  4. "No Tears" – 3:14
  5. "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
Side two
  1. "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
  2. "It Goes On" – 3:52
  3. "So Run Down" – 2:51
  4. "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
  5. "She Is Mine" – 3:51

1981 US track listing

Side one
  1. "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
  2. "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
  3. "No Tears" – 3:14
  4. "Dumb Waiters" – 5:09
  5. "She Is Mine" – 3:51
Side two
  1. "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
  2. "It Goes On" – 3:52
  3. "So Run Down" – 2:51
  4. "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
  5. "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25

2002 reissue

  1. "Dumb Waiters" – 5:04
  2. "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
  3. "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
  4. "No Tears" – 3:14
  5. "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
  6. "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
  7. "It Goes On" – 3:52
  8. "So Run Down" – 2:51
  9. "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
  10. "She Is Mine" – 3:51
Bonus tracks
  1. "Mr. Jones" (Single Edit) – 3:26
  2. "So Run Down" (Early Version) – 3:05
  3. "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 flexidisc 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
Technical

Chart performance

Album
Year Chart Peak
position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums 89
Singles
Year Single Chart Peak
position
1981 "Dumb Waiters" /
"Into You Like a Train" 		Billboard Club Play Singles 27

References

  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Talk Talk Talk – The Psychedelic Furs". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2006.
  2. ^ "Psychedelic Furs; Talk Talk Talk; Forever Now". Entertainment Weekly. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ^ Tucker, Ken (20 August 1981). "The Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk". Rolling Stone (350). Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2006.
  4. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Psychedelic Furs". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 660–61. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (5 October 1981). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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