The Colour Of Spring
by Talk Talk

I put it on and the first track I was all like "Oh it's all like synthpop" but then this jangly guitar shit started bursting out with all this stand up bass and I was like "WWWWOOOOAAAHHHH" then all these kids started singing out of tune and I was like "WUT THEY OUT OF TUNE" but then I realized Talk Talk were awesome and probably intended that because they're really smart and shit so I was all like "WWWOOOAAAAH TTTAAALLLKKK TTAAALLKK" I was like banging my head as all this orchestration just started coming at me, coming at me just like bam, bam, bam all these drum machines kickin' out these sweet beats like damn those damn sweet beats I was turning that up till Mark Hollis' voice was like god speaking down to earth from heaven, blasting me a euphorial hit of baritone bliss like a strike of lightening from Zeus himself.

The rest was pretty good too.

From JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/09/2018 08:29 | #219443 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Ok, this is a seriously stellar album. Really. I Don't Believe In You, Give It Up, Living In Another World, and Life's What You Make It are all some of the best tracks that they had done up to this point in their career, and they are done in such a graceful and artful manner, belying what is to come. This is the best album that I would categorize under the 80s Pop/Dance-Rock/Art-Pop/etc genre that I can't fully define but know when I hear it.

95/100 (Superb)

From teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/29/2020 21:35 | #254773 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The Colour of Spring is much more than a transitional album from It's My Life to Spirit of Eden. This album indulges the listeners in some lush art pop arrangements while simultaneously lurching forward to their eventual genesis of an entire new genre.

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/26/2020 09:24 | #247188 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The first album in the Talk Talk 5 star holy trinity (1986 'The Colour of Spring' , 1988 'Spirit of Eden' , 1991 'Laughing Stock') with each great album better than the next and ending with the closing masterpiece. Start here and work forward to hear some of the greatest music of our times

Note: 'The Colour Of Spring' has for the first time quite rightly entered the BEA All-Time top 500 righting what I believed was a glaring anomaly

The beginning of what will be something so special in music… not often are artists left to make what they want - esp when it’s not deemed commercially lucrative. Love this album. It is somewhat eclipsed by the spirit of Eden. Hollis was clearly a very talented chap, and thankfully the record company let him do what he wanted. I feel very lucky when I listen to these albums. Thoughtful, beautiful, honest, melancholy. It’s always a pleasure.