Talkback (album)

Talkback
Studio album by Spoons
Released 1983
Recorded Sounds Interchange, Toronto 1982
Genre New Wave, Synth Pop
Label Ready / LR039
Producer Nile Rodgers
Spoons chronology
Arias & Symphonies
(1982)
Talkback
(1983)
Listen to the City
(1984)

Talkback was the third album by the Burlington, Ontario-based band Spoons. The tracks that got airplay in Canada were "Old Emotions",[1] "The Rhythm" and "Talk Back". A video was also produced for "Old Emotions", directed by Rob Quartly. This is the first Spoons album produced by Nile Rodgers.

The album was originally released only on vinyl and cassette, but this album was newly released on CD in Canada by Ready Records on 22 January 2010, (RR039). The CD includes the Nile Rogers produced Singles "Tell No Lies" and "Romantic Traffic", which were recorded after the initial release of the "Talkback" album.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Talk Back"   Deppe, Preuss 4:36
2. "Camera Shy"   Deppe 4:06
3. "My Favourite Page"   Deppe 3:58
4. "Don't Shoot the Messenger"   Deppe, Preuss 3:16
5. "Time Stands Still"   Deppe 5:01
6. "Old Emotions"   Deppe, Horne 3:40
7. "Stop"   Deppe, Horne 3:08
8. "Out of My Hands"   Deppe 3:46
9. "Quiet World"   Deppe 4:35
10. "The Rhythm"   Deppe, Horne 4:20
2010 CD bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "Tell No Lies"   Deppe 4:12
12. "Romantic Traffic"   Deppe, Preuss 3:35

Singles

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Top Singles". Volume 39, No. 17. RPM. 24 December 1983. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4439&type=1. Retrieved 5 July 2011.