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It's My Life (album)

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Released
  
February 1984

Length
  
43:26

Release date
  
February 1984

Producer
  
Tim Friese-Greene

Recorded
  
1983

Artist
  
Talk Talk

Label
  
Manhattan Records

Genres
  
Synth-pop, New wave

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It's My Life (1984)
  
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It's My Life is the second studio album by Talk Talk, released in 1984.

Contents

Release

It's My Life was released in February 1984 by record label EMI.

It was a Top 5 hit album in several European countries, thanks to the big international success of its singles (notably "Such a Shame"), but only reached number 35 in the UK Top 40 chart. In the United States, the album just missed the Top 40, reaching number 42.

It's My Life was particularly successful in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany where the album peak-charted at numbers 2, 3 and 4, respectively. In the Netherlands, the album stayed in the charts for 64 weeks between 1984 and 1986.

Cover

The cover to the album was produced by James Marsh, incorporating elements of The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais.

Personnel

  • Mark Hollis – vocals
  • Lee Harris – drums
  • Paul Webb – bass guitar
  • Additional personnel
  • Tim Friese-Greene – keyboards
  • Ian Curnow – keyboards
  • Phil Ramocon – piano
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Morris Pert – percussion
  • Henry Lowther – trumpet
  • James Marsh – cover art
  • Charts

    Album

    Songs

    1Dum Dum Girl3:50
    2Such a Shame5:36
    3Renée6:22

    References

    It's My Life (album) Wikipedia