{"id":261347,"date":"2025-11-13T23:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261347\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T23:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:35:11","slug":"talk-talks-spirit-of-eden-receives-new-vinyl-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261347\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden Receives New Vinyl Reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Talk Talk<\/a> dropped the band\u2019s fourth album, Spirit of Eden in 1988, even some of their most ardent fans didn\u2019t know what to make of it. After making their name on New Wave hits including \u201cTalk Talk\u201d and the timeless \u201cIt\u2019s My Life,\u201d singer-songwriter Mark Hollis<\/a> and company took a hard left turn into free-form jazz and improvisation on Spirit of Eden. It even made Conequence\u2019s \u201c11 Well-Liked Artists Who Made an Album That Pissed Off Their Fans\u201d<\/a>\u00a0list.<\/p>\n

In the years following its release, however, that foray into uncharted territory proved wildly influential, proving to be a building block in what would become known as post-rock. The album went on to inspire a wide range of artists, including Sigur R\u00f3s, Mogwai, Low, Doves, and latter-period Radiohead.<\/p>\n

On January 23rd, Spirit of Eden is set for reissue as a single LP vinyl release, cut at half-speed by Matt Colton at Metropolis and overseen by drummer Lee Harris and Mark Hollis\u2019 son, Charlie. Pre-orders are ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related Video<\/p>\n

Spirit of Eden Album Artwork:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Talk<\/p>\n

Spirit of Eden Tracklist:
Side A
01. The Rainbow
02. Eden
03. Desire<\/p>\n

Side B
01. Inheritance
02. I Believe in You
03. Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Talk Talk dropped the band\u2019s fourth album, Spirit of Eden in 1988, even some of their most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-261347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}