{"title":"Talk Talk","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"talk-talk-laughing-stock-vinyl","title":"Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eYCIwaeReeo?si=ZUrRV9z6tvh9tRTu\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the lost gems of the 90s, Talk Talk's final album \u003cem\u003eLaughing Stock\u003c\/em\u003e has gathered momentum in the hushed tones of music fans' conversations since its release. At long last it has secured a reissue. The record took a year to make yet has required decades to fully appreciate. following up on the abstract \u003cem\u003eSpirit of Eden\u003c\/em\u003e, which sufficiently alienated pop fans of the band's earlier material, \u003cem\u003eLaughing Stock\u003c\/em\u003e took spaces in recorded music to new extremes, with layers of silence breathing through strings, woodwinds, percussion and Mark Hollis's delicate vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record exists as one complete thought, albeit with jagged diversions and tangents. Hollis's and producer Tim Friese-Greene's goal from the beginning was to create an album that completely enveloped the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring recording, microphones were placed at distances as far as 30 feet from the instruments they were recording, and passages were captured with no clear intention as to where they would finally be placed. Before Protools made the cut-and-paste, drag-and-drop process standard in songwriting, Hollis and Friese-Greene were in the studio with flugelhorn and viola players, capturing notes and phrases they collected and combined into the six tracks that became \u003cem\u003eLaughing Stock\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMyrrhman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAscension Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter The Flood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaphead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Grass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRuneii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Polydor ‎","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29300863939,"sku":"5365519","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/talk-talk-laughing-stock.jpg?v=1704910217"},{"product_id":"talk-talk-spirit-of-eden-vinyl","title":"Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden (Vinyl LP + DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AFQETve1wS0?si=avKmd_fPpW1zrY-y\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit Of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e isn't really a pop record or a new wave record or a jazz record. 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Where his previous band's music started as hard synth pop and disintegrated into abstraction, \u003ci\u003eMark Hollis\u003c\/i\u003e begins with silence, a full 20 seconds of room ambience, that breaks into compositions sprinkled with woodwinds and acoustic guitars, spread delicate and cerebral like Ulysses written on parchment paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is relentless in its tranquility, nestling through contemplative moments without hurry before moving on. 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