The Party's Over
by Talk Talk
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Talk Talk bestography
The Party's Over is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Talk Talk on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Talk Talk is Spirit Of Eden which is ranked number 126 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,225.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Party's Over track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 19:17 | culwin | 1,539 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 06:56 | Pepeov | 545 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 11:19 |  Leonard | 6,605 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 19:08 | traistboar | 1,749 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 21:48 |  serpico | 864 | 86/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.3/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Jboy56 03/26/2024 08:52 | #302686 | TOP COMMENT
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So early 80s new romantic synths, kinda good but forgettable.. Only the first track can be considered as a banger
HoldenM 08/28/2023 20:13 | #298893 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid new wave album with a couple absolute bangers, but you know that they've got real heat on the way.
santropez 03/09/2019 15:13 | #233291
Best track: "The Party's Over"
Weakest track: "Candy"
JulianR 08/31/2018 21:26 | #220325 | TOP COMMENT
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Not a great album, but damn the first song is so catchy
It's a decent debut album, obviously it pales in comparison to the later albums, but everybody has to start somewhere! It's got a stone cold pop classic hit single "Talk Talk" and a couple of really good tunes - "Today" & "Mirror Man" which are worthy of a place on a compilation. It's also got some stinkers that are never going to be good songs in a million years, and are put to death by the unsympathetic production. The story is well known that EMI forced them into sounding like Duran Duran at the time, the sour beginning of a frustrating and ultimately futile relationship. Altogether it's an uneven unsteady record with occasional moments worthy of the reputation made later.
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