TALK TALK SPIRIT OF EDEN UK ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE EX

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TALK TALK SPIRIT OF EDEN UK PARLOPHONE  PCSD 1988

Full track list

Side One

1. "The Rainbow"   9:05 
2. "Eden"   6:37 
3. "Desire"   7:08

Side Two

4. "Inheritance"   5:16 
5. "I Believe in You"   6:24 
6. "Wealth"   6:35

Spirit of Eden consists of six songs. The first three, "The Rainbow," "Eden," and "Desire," don't have audible breaks between one another, as they were written as a single piece.[27] There is a forced silence of just over 30 seconds between "Desire" and "Inheritance". The original compact disc released throughout most of the world reflects this, while the North American version and reissues are divided into six tracks. Working titles of the songs were "Modell," "Camel," "Maureen," "Norm," "Inheritance," "Snow in Berlin," and "Eric."

THE BAND

Lee Harris – drums 
Paul Webb – electric bass 
Tim Friese-Greene – harmonium, piano, organ, guitar 
Mark Hollis – vocals, piano, organ, guitar 
Martin Ditcham – percussion 
Robbie McIntosh – dobro, 12 string guitar 
Mark Feltham – harmonica 
Simon Edwards – Mexican bass 
Danny Thompson – double bass 
Henry Lowther – trumpet 
Nigel Kennedy – violin 
Hugh Davies – shozygs 
Andrew Stowell – bassoon 
Michael Jeans – oboe 
Andrew Marriner – clarinet 
Christopher Hooker – cor anglais 
Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral  .

Spirit of Eden is a 1988 album by the English band Talk Talk. It was written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, and performed by numerous musicians using a diverse combination of instruments. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece. One critic recently wrote: "Spirit of Eden has not dated; it's remarkable how contemporary it sounds, anticipating post-rock, The Verve and Radiohead. It's the sound of an artist being given the keys to the kingdom and returning with art."

The album emerged from a demanding recording process: often working in darkness, the band recorded many hours of improvised performances, edited them down heavily, then arranged the remaining pieces into an album using digital equipment. The end product includes elements of rock, jazz, classical, and ambient music. The album was released on the Parlophone record label, an imprint of EMI.

Critics often view Spirit of Eden as a departure from Talk Talk's previous albums. Compared to their 1986 hit The Colour of Spring, it was commercially unsuccessful. Many critics, however, praise the album and consider it influential to the post-rock movement of the 1990s.

Background
Talk Talk, led by singer Mark Hollis, formed in England in the early 1980s. From the start, Hollis cited jazz and classical artists like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Béla Bartók, and Claude Debussy as major musical influences. But Talk Talk's first two albums, The Party's Over (1982) and It's My Life (1984), did not readily reflect such influences; critics compared the band to contemporary New Wave groups, especially Duran Duran. Hollis partly attributes the shortcomings of their early music to a financial need to use synthesizers in place of acoustic instruments.

Although critics did not favour the band's early output, the first two albums were commercially successful in Europe. This gave Talk Talk the money needed to hire additional musicians to play on their next album, The Colour of Spring (1986). The band no longer had to rely on synthesizers. Instead, musicians improvised with their instruments for many hours, then Hollis and producer Tim Friese-Greene edited and arranged the performances to get the sound they wanted. A total of sixteen musicians appeared on the album. The Colour of Spring became Talk Talk's most successful album, selling over two million copies and prompting a major world tour.] At the same time, minimalist songs like "April 5th," "Chameleon Day," and the outtake "It's Getting Late in the Evening" pointed towards the band's next direction.

For the success of The Colour of Spring, EMI rewarded Talk Talk with an open budget and schedule for the recording of their next album, Spirit of Eden. Talk Talk was given complete control over the recording process; their manager and EMI executives were barred from studio sessions. Recording for Spirit of Eden began in 1987 at Wessex Studios, London and took about a year to complete.

Contract dispute with EMI
By early March 1988, the band had finished recording Spirit of Eden and had sent a cassette of the album to EMI. After listening to the cassette, EMI representatives doubted that it could be commercially successful. They asked Hollis to re-record a song or replace material, but he refused to do so. By the time the masters were delivered later in the month, however, the label conceded that the album had been satisfactorily completed.

CONDITION 

SLEEVE EXCELLENT ( INCLUDES PRINTED INNER LYRIC SLEEVE)

CONDITION VINYL EXCELLENT