Talk Talk 
The best album credited to Talk Talk is Spirit Of Eden which is ranked number 125 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 10,266.
Talk Talk is ranked number 83 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 23,719.
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- Mark Hollis
- Rustin Man
- See also:
- Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
- .O.Rang
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Talk Talk best albums
The following albums by Talk Talk are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Talk Talk best tracks
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Talk Talk ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 38 hours ago |  Purplepash | 2,743 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2026 16:35 |  hoyquarlow | 260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 18:49 | Johnnyo | 3,237 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 83.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 14.4.
Talk Talk favourites
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Talk Talk forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 38 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5448): By Glitterboiii BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5445): By MW19704U BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdeptTalk Talk comments
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The story of how they started as a Synthpop band to the pioneers of Post-Rock is the stuff of legends these days. This is one of those bands who decided to leave the success they were getting early on and wanted to make music that they wanted regardless of the trends in their time. Major respect to Talk Talk for doing that. (Edited)
Can't give a rating to music like this. 'Laughing Stock' and 'Spirit of Eden' are monumental works of art. I cannot express how profoundly and deeply this band has affected me, and clearly others. Honored and grateful.
SquishypuffDave TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/01/2012 05:27 | #53880
Quite probably the best band to ever exist, as far as I'm concerned.
cannychub1 10/08/2013 16:31 | #87938
Became a favourite of mine back in '84/5 when a friend played a tape, can't remember the album (maybe a result of the herb we were smoking) but 'Such a Shame' made a big impression.
TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/03/2014 08:49 | #128581
This stuff is really fucking beautiful and top-notch, I can't believe I just found them recently.
