It's My Life (Album)
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Talk Talk studio album | |||||||||
Publication |
February 1984 |
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admission |
1983 |
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Label (s) | EMI Records | ||||||||
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
43:26 |
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Tim Friese-Greene |
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It's My Life is the second studio album by the English band Talk Talk . It was released in February 1984. Musically it is characterized by synth-pop and new wave .
Emergence
The recordings for the album took place in London , Tim Friese-Greene produced the record. The bassist Mike Oldfield , Phil Spalding , is heard as a guest musician on the album. He played instead of Paul Webb on The Last Time , because he only used a fretless bass , and a fretted bass was used for this song. Spalding later said that he played the session despite a hangover - Friese-Greene and Mark Hollis had asked him to record multiple takes despite the simplicity of the bass run.
Cover
The cover of the album was designed by James Marsh . It takes elements of the painting The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais .
Publication and reception
On January 13, the first single It's My Life was released in advance , which developed relatively successfully and reached number 46 in the British charts. The album was released in February 1984. The second single Such a Shame , which followed in March 1984 , became the band's biggest hit and reached number 2 in Germany and Austria and even the top position in Switzerland.
Due to the international success of the singles, the record also became a top 5 album in several European countries. It was particularly successful in Switzerland , the Netherlands and Germany , reaching positions 2, 3 and 4 respectively. In the Netherlands, the album stayed in the charts for 64 weeks between 1984 and 1986. It also peaked at number 35 on the UK album charts. In the United States , the album missed the top 40 and peaked at number 42.
Track list
No. | title | length |
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1. | Dum dum girl | 3:51 |
2. | Look for a shame | 5:42 |
3. | Renée | 6:22 |
4th | It's my life | 3:50 |
5. | Tomorrow Started | 5:57 |
6th | The Last Time | 4:23 |
7th | Call in the Night Boy | 3:47 |
8th. | Does Caroline Know? | 4:40 |
9. | It's you | 4:41 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Talk Talk - It's My Life' Story on Phil Spalding's homepage
- ↑ https://hitparade.ch/album/Talk-Talk/It's-My-Life-141