Spirit Of Eden
by Talk Talk

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When most guitar based music was embracing dance music or marketing their angst as Grunge anthems, Talk Talk release this little album of deconstructed intimacy. Spirit Of Eden may have seemed foreign but it made perfect sense to the Talk Talk evolution, that had been slowly progressing over three previous albums.
Album number 4 arrived like a frozen winter, the fourth and final season to complete the growth cycle. Upon its arrival it now become obvious that we'd actually arrived back at the beginning. Eden was invisible to the outside world, so far removed that it seemed completely out of place. The result was a revelation. In retrospect this was a vision of the current world, re-imagined as a protected place .A place where even the quietest voice is heard. Without distraction we discover Eden, a place where our inner child lives and

In choosing to become a witness we accepted an invitation to walk inside anothers spiritual journey, where truth can finally speak freely. Our commitment is one of complete meditation. A clear mind is needed to hear.
The Voice of vulnerability sings candidly into the open. Beautiful formations escape from the wandering cries and whispers. Somehow this album still sounds accidental and unrehearsed. It is a moment of time passing, that never becomes captured. Strength is born from sadness and loss, expressed with all the innocence of childhood. Honest confessions are not without doubt, but, never once is self pity indulged.

Spirit Of Eden requires your care. It isn't somewhere to escape. It is the declaration of an inner voice. It returns us to the essence our ourselves.

Fun fact on this album:
EMI actually tried to sue talk talk for Spirit of Eden after claiming it was not "commercially satisfactory."
One of the most beautiful records ever produced and that is what happens! Why is there so much wrong with the music industry? :(

'Spirit Of Eden' is a stunning 'slo-core' masterwork that references advanced electronic and celestial free-jazz and rock in the tradition of Canterbury. This astounding achievement is unquestionably the single greatest piece of work to be produced by a British band and ranks as one of the greatest albums produced anywhere.

My personal favourite album of all time. Over twenty years old and yet still sounds so current with today's ears.

Talk Talk had long left their pop sound (which was also great just different than this) and the styles of day were far from what they were doing, so this album sort of went unnoticed at the moment only to be discovered as a masterpiece later. Worthy of long listens.