Talk Talk discography

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Talk Talk discography
Studio albums5
EPs1
Live albums1
Compilation albums8
Singles25
Video albums3
Music videos12
Remix albums4

English band Talk Talk released five studio albums, one live album, eight compilation albums, 25 singles, one EP, and two live video releases. All of their studio albums were released under EMI/Parlophone Records with the exception of their final album, which was released under Verve/Polydor. [1]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IT
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
The Party's Over
  • Released: 12 July 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
2194847132
It's My Life
  • Released: 13 February 1984
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
355941032749242
The Colour of Spring
  • Released: 17 February 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
871141181725358
Spirit of Eden
  • Released: 12 September 1988
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1947163212
Laughing Stock
  • Released: 16 September 1991
  • Label: Verve, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
266560
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK Indie
[16]
GER
[5]
London 1986
  • Released: 19 February 1999
  • Label: Pond Life
  • Formats: CD
3446
Force of Nature
  • Released: 2022
  • Label: Yellowin
  • Format: vinyl

Remix albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[2]
GER
[5]
IT
[6]
NL
[7]
It's My Mix
  • Released: March 1985
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Italy and Canada-only release
18
Mini LP
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Greece-only release
History Revisited: The Remixes
  • Released: 25 March 1991
  • Label: Parlophone/EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
352764
12x12 Original Remixes
  • Released: 2 August 1999
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[2] [17]
GER
[5]
NL
[7]
NOR
[18]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[10]
Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk
  • Released: 29 May 1990
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3101620
The Very Best of Talk Talk
  • Released: 27 January 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
5420
Asides Besides
  • Released: 20 April 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD
132
The Collection
  • Released: 4 September 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Missing Pieces
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Pond Life
  • Formats: CD, MC
Introducing... Talk Talk
  • Released: 28 July 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Essential61
Natural Order 1982–1991
  • Released: 14 January 2013
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleEP details
Talk Talk
  • Released: August 1982
  • Label: EMI America
  • Formats: LP
  • US-only release

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
BEL (FL)
[19]
FRA
[20]
GER
[5]
IRE
[21]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[10]
US
[22]
"Mirror Man"1982The Party's Over
"Talk Talk"5233
"Today"141610
"Talk Talk" (remix)2375
"My Foolish Friend"198357Non-album single
"It's My Life"19844673442533303231It's My Life
"Such a Shame"491372939189
"Dum Dum Girl"743320313424
"Another Word" [upper-alpha 1] 25The Party's Over
"Tomorrow Started" (live) [upper-alpha 2] Non-album single
"Renée"1985It's My Life
"Life's What You Make It"16701449241711111790The Colour of Spring
"Living in Another World"1986482144342223
"Give It Up"5932
"I Don't Believe in You"96
"I Believe in You"1988856543Spirit of Eden
"It's My Life" (2nd reissue)1990134923Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk
"Talk Talk" (remix reissue) [upper-alpha 3]
"Life's What You Make It" (reissue)2323
"Such a Shame" (reissue)78
"Living in Another World" (edit)199179History Revisited: The Remixes
"Life's What You Make It" (remix) [upper-alpha 4]
"After the Flood"106Laughing Stock
"New Grass"107
"Ascension Day"111
"It's My Life" (Liquid People vs Talk Talk)200364Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[23]
NL
[7]
Talk Talk
Natural History: The Best of Talk Talk – A Video Selection
  • Released: May 1990
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS
Live at Montreux 1986 2313
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

TitleYearDirectorAlbum
"Talk Talk"1982 Brian Grant The Party's Over
"Today"Simon Milne
"Talk Talk" (Version 2) Russell Mulcahy
"My Foolish Friend"1983Brian GrantNon-album single
"It's My Life"1984 Tim Pope It's My Life
"It's My Life" (Version 2)
"Such a Shame"
"Dum Dum Girl"
"Life's What You Make It"1985The Colour of Spring
"Living in Another World"1986
"Give It Up"Noel Oliver
"I Believe in You"1988Tim PopeSpirit of Eden

Notes

  1. "Another Word" was only released as a single in Continental Europe and the Philippines.
  2. This live version of "Tomorrow Started", recorded in September 1984 at Ahoy Rotterdam, was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
  3. The remixed version of "Talk Talk" was only reissued as a single in France.
  4. This remixed version of "Life's What You Make It" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.

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