Talk Talk

TALK TALK. English band formed in 1981. The group achieved early chart success with the synth-pop singles ; "Talk Talk" (1982) / "It's My Life" and "Such a Shame" (both 1984) before moving towards a more experimental approach informed by jazz and free improvisation in the mid-1980s. They achieved widespread critical success in Europe and the UK with the singles ; "Life's What You Make It" (1985) and "Living in Another World" (1986). In 1988, they released their fourth album Spirit of Eden which was critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful