Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (Remastered Hi-Res Version) (1988) Hi Res

Is this really the same Talk Talk who had topped the charts four years earlier with their hit Such a Shame? With Spirit of Eden, Mark Hollis’ band made a complete U-turn, leaving their oh-so-eighties synthesizers in the cellar this time round. Released in September 1988, this fourth album zig-zags between chamber pop and atmospheric jazz. Hollis' singing is accompanied by ethereal bass lines, slow-motion guitars and muffled drums. He abandons Bryan Ferry's dandyism for a more evocative tone, now sounding more like David Sylvian on Brilliant Trees… or maybe Brian Eno on Music For Airports. With this album, Talk Talk invented a kind of elegant post-rock that was mingled with classy new age. And to reach new heights of melancholy, the Englishman rolled out the oboes, harmoniums, violins, bassoons, cor anglais, dobros, the list goes on… A musical experience like no other.