Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden
Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 24 September 1988
TALK TALK, OF COURSE, DON'T. Ever since their initial, spurious labelling as a constituent of bosun Le Bon's "New Romantic" master race, the ironically titled Talk Talk have evolved into contemplative muso-techs with a communication capability every bit as impressive as top Jock master rhetorician Kenny Dalglish.
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