Spirit Of Eden (Half Speed Master) (180g)
Talk TalkLPA
- The Rainbow
- Eden
- Desire
LPB
- Inheritance
- I Believe In You
- Wealth
Since its original release in 1988, Talk Talk’s critically acclaimed fourth album ‘Spirit Of Eden’ has grown to become one of the most influential albums of the 80’s. A step away from its hugely commercially successful predecessor ‘The Colour Of Spring’, ‘Spirit Of Eden’ is steeped in legend for its long and improvisational recording sessions that created a body of work that would go on to be vital in the creation of post-rock as a genre and has subsequently been credited by NME in 2013 as one of the top 100 of their ‘500 Greatest Album Of All Time”, Q Magazine’s ‘40 Best Albums of the '80s’ and was 419 in Colin Larkins acclaimed book ‘All Time Top 1000 Albums’.
This new reissue is a single-vinyl remastered at half-speed by Matt Colton at Metropolis and overseen by drummer Lee Harris and Mark Hollis’ son Charlie. It will be released on 23 January 2026 and is available to pre-order here.
Upon its original release it was met with huge critical acclaim despite it being a hugely challenging album to market - the nature of the music meant that it did not offer up any obvious singles for radio promotion or the ability for the band to play it live due to its improvisational nature.
Reviews however were incredible Mojo 5/5, Uncut 10/10, Pitchfork 10/10, Record Collector 5/5, Sounds 5/5, Q 4/5, NME 7/10, Record Mirror 4/5. Record Mirror called them "a law unto themselves, unconstrained by narrow ideas of 'what will sell'", while Q Magazine likened the album to "the pastoral epics of the early 70s" and noted "a range, ambition and self-sufficiency that enables Hollis and co to step out of time and into their own”. Sounds said they had "evolved into contemplative muso-techs", and "uncommonly beautiful".
As time rolls on, the album's importance has become more realised and it holds greater significance in the annals of time and is credited as a vital album for inspiring artists such as Sigur Rós, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Low, Elbow, Doves, Graham Coxon and latter-period Radiohead.
