Knowing what we know now about the career of Mark Hollis and Talk Talk, it’s much easier to hear the strengths of their second album, It’s My Life, and how it relates to the band Talk Talk would become. At the time of its release, the band had been linked to the New Romantic movement, opening for Duran Duran, but this album began the shift towards their own identifiable sound. The addition of producer-multi-instrumentalist Tim Friese-Greene provided the group with an entirely new weapon. The synths are still very present on this album — and the band were able to squeeze out hits with the über-catchy “Dum Dum Girl” and “It’s My Life” — but there’s a concentration in new textures. “Renée” is a hint to where the group’s sound would be going on future releases: Hollis’ chilling voice and instrumental passages that threaten to disappear into the fog. “Does Caroline Know” uses a challenging rhythm track, while the hummable “It’s You” takes the mechanized ‘80s sounds and turns on the heart and soul.
Tracklisting
- Dum Dum Girl
- Such A Shame
- Renée
- It’s My Life
- Tomorrow Started
- The Last Time
- Call In The Night Boy
- Does Caroline Know?
- It’s You
Apple Music
Videos
Talk Talk - It’s My Life ( Official Video)
More Videos
- Dum Dum Girl (1997 Remaster)
- Talk Talk - Such A Shame (Official Video)
- Talk Talk - Such A Shame (Album Version) (HQ)
- Renee (1997 Remaster)
- It’s My Life (1997 Remaster)
- Tomorrow Started (1997 Remaster)
- The Last Time (1997 Remaster)
- Call in the Night Boy (1997 Remaster)
- Does Caroline Know? (1997 Remaster)
- It’s You (1997 Remaster)
Release Images
Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | Vinyl LP Album |
| Label | EMI |
| Catalog Number | EMC 2400021 |
| Notes | Not to be mixed up with [r16968219], which has additional etchings and same sleeve and label printing or with [r2014968], which has same runout etchings but different back sleeve printing with cat# ‘TALK 1’. On sleeve: Logo: EMI (P) 1984 Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd. (C) 1984 EMI Records Ltd. Emi Records Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex, England. Country of manufacture of record as stated on record label. Stereo. Available on cassette. SP8402GL On labels: Tracks A1 & A4 (published by) Island Music Ltd. / Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. Tracks A2, A3, B1, B3, B4 & B5 (published by) Island Music Ltd. Track B2 (published by) Island Music Ltd. / Berlac Music. Side 1 total time: 19:57 Side 2 total time: 23:32 Manufactured in the Uk. On inner sleeve: Cat# EMC 2400021 (1) Credits are printed on the inner sleeve. Some copies came with lyrics inner sheet (see the last two pics). Inner sleeve with rounded corners. Hype sticker reads: Includes Singles The It’s My Life and Such A Shame. |
| Discogs URL | Talk Talk - It’s My Life |