Talk Talk Talk

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Talk Talk Talk
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Studio album by
The Psychedelic Furs
Released15 May 1981 (1981-05-15) [1]
Recorded1980–1981
Genre
Length41:11
Label CBS
Producer Steve Lillywhite
The Psychedelic Furs chronology
The Psychedelic Furs
(1980)		Talk Talk Talk
(1981)		 Forever Now
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Classic Rock 8/10 [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Smash Hits 8/10 [7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [8]
The Village Voice A [9]

Talk Talk Talk is the second studio album by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs. It was released 15 May 1981 by Columbia Records. It was reissued with bonus tracks in 2002 by Columbia/Legacy and on vinyl in the UK in 2011 without bonus content.

Contents

Content

AllMusic noted that with Talk Talk Talk, "the Furs introduce[d] a brighter, poppier side to their underground rock edge". [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Roger Morris, Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn and Vince Ely.

1981 UK track listing

Side 1

  1. "Dumb Waiters" – 5:09
  2. "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
  3. "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
  4. "No Tears" – 3:14
  5. "Mr. Jones" – 4:03

Side 2

  1. "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
  2. "It Goes On" – 3:52
  3. "So Run Down" – 2:51
  4. "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
  5. "She Is Mine" – 3:51

1981 US track listing

Side 1

  1. "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
  2. "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
  3. "No Tears" – 3:14
  4. "Dumb Waiters" – 5:09
  5. "She Is Mine" – 3:51

Side 2

  1. "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
  2. "It Goes On" – 3:52
  3. "So Run Down" – 2:51
  4. "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
  5. "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25

2002 reissue

  1. "Dumb Waiters" – 5:04
  2. "Pretty in Pink" – 3:59
  3. "I Wanna Sleep with You" – 3:17
  4. "No Tears" – 3:14
  5. "Mr. Jones" – 4:03
  6. "Into You Like a Train" – 4:35
  7. "It Goes On" – 3:52
  8. "So Run Down" – 2:51
  9. "All of This and Nothing" – 6:25
  10. "She Is Mine" – 3:51

Bonus tracks

  1. "Mr. Jones (Single Version)" – 3:26
  2. "So Run Down (Early Version)" – 3:05
  3. "All of This and Nothing (Demo)" – 9:02

The demo of "All of This and Nothing" ends at 3:51 and is followed at 4:23 by "Buy Talk Talk Talk". Some copies of the UK 7" single of "Dumb Waiters" came in a "playable sleeve" – a stiff card picture bag with a clear flexi disc attached. This consisted of Richard Butler introducing extracts from "Into You Like a Train", "I Wanna Sleep With You" and "Pretty in Pink".

Personnel

The Psychedelic Furs

Technical

Chart performance

Album

YearChartPeak
position
1981 Billboard 200 89

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak
position
1981"Dumb Waiters" /
"Into You Like a Train"		 US National Disco Action Top 80 27

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  4. ↑ "Psychedelic Furs; Talk Talk Talk; Forever Now". Entertainment Weekly . 8 March 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Tucker, Ken (20 August 1981). "The Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk". Rolling Stone . No. 350. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2006.
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