The Essential

Tracklist

• 1
  Today
  3:28
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Talk Talk
  3:17
  3.0 ★
• 3
  My Foolish Friend
  3:19
• 4
  Such a Shame
  5:43
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Dum Dum Girl
  3:50
  3.0 ★
• 6
  It’s My Life
  3:54
  3.8 ★
• 7
  Give It Up
  5:17
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Living in Another World
  6:55
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Life’s What You Make It
  4:28
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Happiness Is Easy
  6:32
  3.0 ★
• 11
  I Believe in You
  6:01
• 12
  Desire
  7:01

More by Talk Talk

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock 1991

Spirit of Eden

Spirit of Eden 1988

The Collection

The Collection 2000

London 1986

London 1986 1999

Asides Besides

Asides Besides 1998

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk 1990

Release credits

• Alan Gorrie
  electric bass guitar [10]
• Colin Thurston
  producer [1-2], recording [1-2]
• Danny Thompson
  acoustic bass guitar [10]
• David Rhodes
  guitar [7-8]
• David Roach
  soprano saxophone [8]
• Ian Curnow
  additional [7], keyboard [6]
• Lee Harris
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 7-10]
• Lee Harris
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Mark Feltham
  harmonica [8]
• Mark Hollis
  acoustic guitar [6], additional [10], background vocals [6], lead vocals [1-2], mellotron [7], piano [7-9], vocal [6-10]
• Martin Ditcham
  percussion [8-10]
• Mike Robinson
  mix [1-2]
• Morris Pert
  percussion [6, 8, 10]
• Paul Webb
  background vocals [8-9], bass [7-8], bass guitar [1-2], fretless bass [6]
• Paul Webb
  background vocals [6]
• Phil Ramocon
  piano [6]
• Phil Reis
  percussion [10]
• Phill Brown
  engineer [11-12]
• Rhett Davies
  producer [3]
• Robbie McIntosh
  guitar [6, 8, 10], resonator guitar [7]
• Simon Brenner
  keyboard [1-2]
• Steve Winwood
  organ [8, 10]
• The Children From The Barbara Speake School
  choir vocals [10]
• Tim Friese‐Greene
  drum machine [6], drums (drum set) [6], mellotron [9], organ [7, 9-10], piano [6], producer [4-12], programming [6], synthesizer [6, 10]
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Issues

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  T
  (Combined release view)
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  T
  The Essential

  Copy Control CD
  2003
• 

  E
  Essential

  Digital Media
  9 September 2011
• E
  Essential

  CD