Album
The Colour Of Spring
1986 · Rock, Pop
44 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Colour Of Spring is a Rock album by Talk Talk, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 114 pressings tracked, owned by 44 collectors.
About
Talk Talk snuck into the music industry as part of the New Romantic movement, opening for Duran Duran and recording a debut album, 1982’s <i>The Party’s Over</i>, that fit the emerging music trend. However — and this is a big however — singer Mark Hollis and producer-multi-instrumentalist Tim Friese-Greene had other plans. They quickly moved away from the synthetic washes and began exploring natural atmospherics that created a brand new style of music. <i>The Colour of Spring</i> is the middle ground. It retains the accessible spirit of <i>It’s My Life</i> with the pop snap and crackle of “I Don’t Believe In You” and the white funk of “Life’s What You Make It,” but there is also a touch of the luminous stillness and grandiosity that dominates <i>Spirit of Eden</i> and <i>Laughing Stock</i>. <i>The Colour of Spring</i> is the album most likely to satisfy all comers. The music often has a pulse (“Living in Another World”) and when it does stretch out on “April 5th,” “Chameleon Day” and “Time It’s Time,” it’s with a sweetness that retains its connections to the pop-rock world the band would soon be leaving for ambient lands.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Happiness Is Easy
- A2I Don't Believe In You
- A3Life's What You Make It
- A4April 5th
Side B
- B1Living In Another World
- B2Give It Up
- B3Chameleon Day
- B4Time It's Time
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- lush
- brooding
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Mark HollisVOCALS VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT , ORGAN
- Alan GorrieBASS ELECTRIC BASS
- Children From The School Of Miss SpeakeVOCALS
- Danny ThompsonACOUSTIC BASS DOUBLE BASS
- David RhodesGUITAR
- David RoachSOPRANO SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, SAXOPHONE
- Gaynor SadlerHARP
- Ian Curnow
- Lee HarrisDRUMS
- Mark FelthamHARMONICA
- Martin DitchamPERCUSSION
- Morris PertPERCUSSION
- Paul WebbBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Phil ReisPERCUSSION
- Robbie McIntoshACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR RESONATOR GUITAR
- Steve WinwoodORGAN
- Tim Friese-GreeneELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT , PIANO ORGAN
44 collectors on Gatefold own this · 114 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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