The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)

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The Party's Over
Studio album by Talk Talk
Released	July 1982
Recorded	1981-82
Genre	New Romantic
Length	35:56
Label	EMI
Producer	Colin Thurston
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Q (September 1997) Rolling Stone link
Talk Talk chronology
The Party's Over (1982) It's My Life (1984)

The Party's Over (known simply as Talk Talk in the U.S.) was the first album by Talk Talk. It was released in 1982 and produced by Colin Thurston, who was a former engineer for David Bowie but was better known for producing Duran Duran's first two albums.

In the United Kingdom, the album's single "Today" was a top twenty hit and the remixed version of the single "Talk Talk" reached #1 in South Africa in 1983 (and #23 in the UK). However, the album did poorly in the United States, where it reached #132 on the Billboard pop album charts, while the single "Talk Talk" peaked at #75.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Talk Talk" (Hollis/Hollis) – 3:23
2. "It's So Serious" (Brenner/Harris/Hollis/Webb) – 3:21
3. "Today" (Brenner/Harris/Hollis/Webb) – 3:30
4. "The Party's Over" (Brenner/Harris/Hollis/Webb) – 6:12
5. "Hate" (Brenner/Harris/Hollis/Webb) – 3:58
6. "Have You Heard the News?" (Hollis) – 5:07
7. "Mirror Man" (Hollis) – 3:21
8. "Another Word" (Webb) – 3:14
9. "Candy" (Hollis) – 4:41

[edit] Personnel

• Lee Harris - Drums
• Mark Hollis - Vocals
• Mike Robinson - Mixing
• Paul Webb - Bass
• Simon Brenner - Keyboards