Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

*Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk*
Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk
Talk Talk Collection
Date of issue	May 1990 .
Recorded by	1982 - 1988
Genres	Syntypop , art rock , post-rock
Duration	71:47
Producers	Colin Thurston, Tim Freeze-Green, Rhett Davis
A country	Great Britain
Language of songs	English
Labels	Parlophone , EMI
Professional reviews
	Allmusic ;
Talk Talk Timeline
Singles from Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk
	Life's What You Make It (reissue); Released: 1990; “ It's My Life (reissue) ”; Released: 1990; “ Such a Shame (reissue) ”; Released: 1990;

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk is a collection of the British band Talk Talk , published by EMI and Parlophone in 1990 . It contains songs recorded between 1982 and 1988 on the EMI label. The songs on the album are represented in the genres of syntypop , art rock and post-rock .

Content

About the album

The collection includes compositions from four Talk Talk ^[1] albums - The Party's Over , It's My Life , The Color of Spring, and from the penultimate album Spirit of Eden . Also on the disc was the full version of the song “My Foolish Friend”, previously released only as a single, the edited version of the composition “Desire” also got here ^[1] . The collection sold well, and against the background of its success, an album of remixes History Revisited ^[2] was released. He was produced by Colin Thurston, the original producer of Talk Talk and Duran Duran , Tim Freese-Green, co-author of many Talk Talk songs, the main producer and sole keyboardist of the group ^[3] , as well as Rhett Davis, who collaborated with Roxy Music . Like many Talk Talk records that received gold or silver status, the Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk album received gold status in the UK ^[4] . EMI reissued the three most popular Talk Talk singles - Life's What You Make It , Such a Shame , and It's My Life in 1990, which re-hit the charts.

List of Songs

#	original name	Transfer	The authors	Duration
one	"Today"	Today	Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, Mark Hollis, Paul Webb	3:30
2	Talk Talk	Speak speak	Ed Hollis, Mark Hollis	3:15
3	"My Foolish Friend"	My stupid friend	Simon Brenner, Mark Hollis	3:18
four	" Such a Shame "	What a nuisance	Ray Davis, Mark Hollis	5:22
five	"Dum Dum Girl"	Bad girl	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	4:02
6	" It's My Life "	My life	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	3:51
7	"Give It Up"	Drop it all	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	5:19
eight	"Living in Another World"	I live in another world	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	7 a.m.
9	" Life's What You Make It "	Life is what you do	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	4:25
ten	“Happiness Is Easy”	Happiness is easy	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	6:29 a.m.
eleven	"I Believe in You"	I believe in you	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	5:55
12	"Desire"	A wish	Tim Freeze Green, Mark Hollis	6:56 am
13	"Tomorrow Started"	Came tomorrow	Mark Hollis	7:45 a.m.

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1990	German albums chart	10 ^[5]
	Dutch Albums Chart	16 ^[6]
	New Zealand Albums Chart	20 ^[7]
	Swiss Albums Chart	27 ^[8]
	UK Albums Chart	3 ^[9]

Record Members

Simon Brenner, Ray Davis, Ed Hollis - composers;
Phil Brown is a record engineer;
Tim Freeze-Green - composer, producer;
Lee Harris - composer, drums ;
Mark Hollis - composer, keyboards , vocals ;
James Marsh - illustrations;
Mike Robinson - mixing ;
Paul Webb - bass , composer;
Rhett Davis - producer;

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ Woodstra, Chris. Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk - Talk Talk: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards (Neopr.) . Allmusic . Rovi. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.
↑ Buckley, Peter. Talk Talk // The Rough Guide Rock: The Definitive Guide to More than 1200 Artists and Bands . - 3rd Ed. - London : Rough Guides , 2003 .-- P. 1051. - 1232 p. - ISBN 978-1843531050 .
↑ Crane, Larry. The Book About Creative Music Recording . - Tape Op. - Hal Leonard Corporation, 2010. - T. 2. - S. 75. - ISBN 0977990303 .
↑ Certified Awards Search (Neopr.) . BPI Date of treatment June 18, 2012.
↑ Album - Talk Talk, Natural History - The Very Best of (unopened) (link not available) . charts.de . Media Control Charts. Date of treatment June 18, 2012. Archived April 27, 2014.
↑ Talk Talk - Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk (Neopr.) . Dutch Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.
↑ Talk Talk - Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk (Neopr.) . New Zealand Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.
↑ Talk Talk - Natural History: The Very Best of talk Talk (Neopr.) . Schweizer Hitparade . Hung Medien. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.
↑ Talk Talk. Artist Official Charts (Neopr.) . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment June 18, 2012.

[allmusic-1] ¹ ² ³ Woodstra, Chris. Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk - Talk Talk: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards (Neopr.) . Allmusic . Rovi. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.

[theroughguidetotrock-2] Buckley, Peter. Talk Talk // The Rough Guide Rock: The Definitive Guide to More than 1200 Artists and Bands . - 3rd Ed. - London : Rough Guides , 2003 .-- P. 1051. - 1232 p. - ISBN 978-1843531050 .

[3] Crane, Larry. The Book About Creative Music Recording . - Tape Op. - Hal Leonard Corporation, 2010. - T. 2. - S. 75. - ISBN 0977990303 .

[4] Certified Awards Search (Neopr.) . BPI Date of treatment June 18, 2012.

[5] Album - Talk Talk, Natural History - The Very Best of (unopened) (link not available) . charts.de . Media Control Charts. Date of treatment June 18, 2012. Archived April 27, 2014.

[6] Talk Talk - Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk (Neopr.) . Dutch Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.

[7] Talk Talk - Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk (Neopr.) . New Zealand Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.

[8] Talk Talk - Natural History: The Very Best of talk Talk (Neopr.) . Schweizer Hitparade . Hung Medien. Date of treatment June 18, 2012.

[UK-9] Talk Talk. Artist Official Charts (Neopr.) . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment June 18, 2012.