Talk Is Cheap (studio album)
by Keith Richards

Talk Is Cheap by Keith Richards
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 8,255th   
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 47 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (108th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,202nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,255th)

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Talk Is Cheap is ranked as the best album by Keith Richards.

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Talk Is Cheap track list

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Talk Is Cheap rankings

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Overall rank: 8,255th | 1980s rank: 1,202nd | 1988 rank: 108th

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 47 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.

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From 02/17/2018 12:55 | #208538
Non servono molti ascolti di questo "Talk is cheap" per convincersi che Keith Richards aveva centrato il bersaglio come ai Rolling Stones non accadeva da tanto tempo. C'è tutto Richards in questo album che all'epoca poteva, seppur bello, apparire datato e che oggi ha le stimmate del classico senza tempo. E che come i migliori "vini costosi" più passa il tempo e più appare irresistibile.
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From 01/27/2013 12:45 | #63049
Not a bad album for Keiths first solo attempt. Better than anything Mick Jagger put out and also better than most Stones albums, but a bit hit and miss with some pretty dodgy 80s production in places. You Don't Move Me, his dig at Jagger, the standout track.
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From 06/14/2012 18:10 | #44441
It is funny to think that only now (today) has risen from BEA's lists, the man's album, who started 50 years ago, his career as a band called The Rolling Stones!
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