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The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)

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Released
  
July 1982

Length
  
36:47

Artist
  
Talk Talk

Label
  
EMI

Recorded
  
1981–1982

The Party's Over (1982)
  
It's My Life (1984)

Release date
  
July 1982

Producer
  
Colin Thurston

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Genres
  
Electropop, New Romanticism

Similar
  
Talk Talk albums, Electropop albums

The Party's Over is the debut album by Talk Talk. It was released in 1982 and produced by Colin Thurston, who was a former engineer for David Bowie but was better known for producing Duran Duran's first two albums.

Contents

Release

The Party's Over was released in July 1982 by record label EMI.

In the United Kingdom, the album's single "Today" was a top-twenty hit. The remixed version of the single "Talk Talk" reached number 1 in South Africa in 1983 and number 23 in the UK. In the United States the album entered the Billboard Top 200, reaching number 132, while the single "Talk Talk" peaked at number 75.

In New Zealand, the album was a hit, peaking at number 8 due to the success of "Today", which reached number 10 in 1983.

Personnel

  • Mark Hollis – vocals
  • Simon Brenner – keyboards
  • Lee Harris – drums
  • Paul Webb – bass guitar
  • Additional personnel
  • Mike Robinson – mixing
  • James Marsh – cover art
  • Charts

    Album

    Songs

    1Talk Talk3:24
    2It’s So Serious3:23
    3Today3:29

    References

    The Party's Over (Talk Talk album) Wikipedia